I initiated this blog in the spring, presuming I'd be able to post at least one fish story before too much time went by. Spring turned to summer, and summer to fall, and I never managed to wet a line. In fact, I've not yet bothered to buy a 2012 fishing license, much less affix a trout stamp to one. Crap.
It was the usual suite of barriers: too much going on with work (though if you're too busy to fish, you're just too busy), a lack of synchrony between my and my wife's ability to get time off, my continuing focus on cycling (including the acquisition of a sweet new mountain bike), and some other problems - big and small, real and imagined.
Wednesday night, however, I managed to break free and attend the monthly meeting of the Old Pueblo Chapter of Trout Unlimited. I was in TU for a time in Sacramento, joined back up later on here in Tucson, and more recently, I became a life member. Despite this, I'd never been to a chapter meeting. I dropped in to find out what they're all about but specifically, I wanted to see a presentation by Captain Jared Nelson of Lee's Ferry Anglers.
Now, if you're still with me after clicking through those links and seeing the photographs of the big rainbows and spectacular scenery, you can see why I'd very much like to get back up there. I've fished the walk-in area there a handfull of times in the past, but I never knew what I was doing. I still don't know what I'm doing, but now that I'm more or less grown up and have a professional job, I can actually afford to hire an expert like Capt. Nelson or one of his colleagues. I should also probably quit screwing around and just spring for someone to teach me how to operate a fly rod with at least a basic level of proficiency.
I wouldn't go so far as to say I have a plan for getting up there by a specific date, but it's going to happen. It just has to.
