You Know You Are a Tester….

If you question everything…

“It’s too early to catch fish, middle of May should be good.”  “The water is too fast, too high, the conditions aren’t good yet.”

I went anyway.  I have been going for a couple weekends now.  Even if I don’t catch anything, it is so nice to be out in the woods, near the water, breathing in the atmosphere... 

My little one and I go together.  She talks and talks and talks… to sticks, to rocks, to the wind, to the water.  It is fascinating to hear her gibber-jabber along.  She loves the water, which is likely the only reason she puts up with her mother fishing.

We went to our regular “fishing hole” and she went about her talking while I went about my casting.

After about 20 minutes, I was planning on moving down the brook to the next “fishing hole”, when I hear a little voice in my head… “awe, go on, cast once more over there”.  So I did.  The hook got caught on a log, so I pulled a bit to get it off.  It landed back in the water and I started to reel it back in when I felt like it was stuck again.  Then… I felt a tug…

I pulled up a 13-inch brook trout…

I was soooo excited, my daughter said I was shaking…

All I kept hearing was the quotes from above… “too early”… “not yet”…

It reminded me of when I just know to run a certain test, in a certain area, under certain circumstances... It also reminded me of times when I found bugs that there “was no way” that could happen.  Same feeling, same joy…

Only difference is I get to eat the fish for supper J