Writing for New West, outdoorsman Hayden Janssen ponders the purposes of fishing, the usufruct of fly fishing knowledge, and whether spin-casting in the snow is an absolute betrayal or simply an answer to the need for nature’s comfort.
“While I did manage to land in a nice brown trout on a spinning lure, I couldn’t help but feel that the practice, the reading, the self-discipline that I’ve displayed throughout the winter months, in the lone hope of catching 2011’s first fish on a copper john or wooly bugger, were all for (k)not.”
“Sometimes You Just Need the Ugly Stick”
Writing for New West, outdoorsman Hayden Janssen ponders the purposes of fishing, the usufruct of fly fishing knowledge, and whether spin-casting in the snow is an absolute betrayal or simply an answer to the need for nature’s comfort.
“While I did manage to land in a nice brown trout on a spinning lure, I couldn’t help but feel that the practice, the reading, the self-discipline that I’ve displayed throughout the winter months, in the lone hope of catching 2011’s first fish on a copper john or wooly bugger, were all for (k)not.”