Fly Fishing Fellowship
There are several reasons that we start fly fishing. Fly Fishing Fellowship is why most of us stay in the game as long as we do.
We see lots of good friends, fishing partners, and spouses that fish together year after year. Some are fishing together for the first time. While many are fishing with fly fishing partners that they have developed a relationship through fly fishing.
Fishing can be that bridge that joins us. Fly Fishing Fellowship is really terrific. I truly believe that.
Who is your favorite fishing partner. Your daughter or your son? Your neighbor. A friend that you do not see often enough. But the glue that holds you two together may be fishing. Or the outdoors.
It’s probably not Facebook, or IG, or TikTok, or…
Whether you are fishing in your local pond or creek make sure to enjoy your fishing friends. They certainly are part or your entire experience.
We have lots of anglers in our boats that really like to watch their fishing pals fish. It can be equally as rewarding to watch your buddy hook a few trout as opposed to you tempting a couple on the fly.
Fly Fishing Fellowship is part of the game. For many, it is most of the experience. For some it is everything.
2 Comments.
Mark R
Your posts often teach and provide instruction on catching fish through the act of casting a fly… your honest updates on the state of the catching on the Mo are valued by so many …but you sometimes wade into the rarified air of sharing the you, the why, the reasons, honest looking glass transparency that the instafacetoc gennow desciples lack the courage to explore…
Fellowship … developing, building, deepening real long lasting friendships requires time and emotional openness…the more time we spend with others the more clearly defined and visible our faults and imperfections become visible…but our lives are mostly filled with conflicting currents and confluences seemingly pushing our flies and our desires away from that direction we instinctively know is the path to joy… life and our fears often get in the way of our intuitive desires to truly share to deeply care for others… for many, the act, the sport, the art of flyfishing provides an opportunity to delve deeply into something deeply personal for me, myself and I … requiring time and mindfulness centered on the act and the now…our minds slow down, our fears centered on the future and regrets pillared in the past dispersed… our imperfections are no longer hidden from plain view, and like the velveteen rabbit we permit ourselves to be seen as we are… and friendships and fellowships thrive … in a world of lonliness caused by fear… flyfishing gives many a path to developing real friends…thank you for sharing..
Three of my college fraternity brothers and I have fished together every year for 41 years, many of those annual trips in Craig on the MO. Sharing our lives in this way has deepened our bonds…through the birth of our children, graduations, marriages, the loss of our parents, and now grandchildren. Fly fishing together is the perfect, relaxed way to connect and enjoy a lifelong fellowship.