Random thoughts

In episode 7 I made the unfortunate mistake of saying John Gierach wrote Trout Madness. Of course we all know Robert Traver wrote said book. Gierach wrote Trout Bum. Both are fine books, with some of the most memorable lines written about fly rodding in the last 50 years. Traver and Gierach both deserve a special place on your bookshelf.

Poet, fly-fisher and local resident Sue West sent us a nice posting about what Nick Adams had in his fly vest. For those of you who have not read Big Two-Hearted River parts 1 and 2, I strongly suggest you do. In my humble opinion, it is one of the most important American stories written about the redemptive power of fishing and moving water. It's a story about fly fishing only ostensibly. It's really about so much more. Perhaps I will wax esoteric about it on the next episode.

Please keep the comments coming in. We look forward to reading them. Remember, we're looking for what you keep in your vest. We're also slowly collecting great road trip songs. I was thinking perhaps of burning a disc of road trip tunes - some designed for late night driving, some for getting in the mood. Anyway, always looking for suggestions.

And hey, it's only a few days to the opener. Maybe we'll see you out there.

joe