Mountain Water Memories

Producer: Troutbitten

“Favorite waters hold a piece of an angler’s history. Memories last, as though embedded into the rocks. And as this permanent structure persists immovable, the flowing water around these rocks—these memories—changes course, accelerates, and relaxes as time passes by. Deep into the fall season, I revisited one of the most important small streams in my life. I fished dry flies and dry dropper. Fishing was technical at times, and the weather swayed from sunny skies to strong winds that created a canvas of colored leaves, until eventually concluding with a cold, calm rain near the end of the day. But as great as the fishing was, all of it was secondary to the memories, both old and new, among the minor waterfalls of a steep canyon valley.”