Annual Thanksgiving Fishing Trip 2.

However unplanned, this Thanksgiving fishing is turning out to be a ritual for Fishfinder & me. Even without too many words, both of us knew that we have a lot to be thankful for during this Thanksgiving time. Things are challenging on many fronts with our work, family members, & general uncertainties about things we want to be certain about… Still, the way we see it – if you have the opportunity to spend a day fishing with your close friend - in the bigger picture of things, things are still alright.

Even with an aching back, Fishfinder took me out to some surprisingly scenic waters in New Jersey. It was fun watching Fishfinder hook into fish after fish, sometime 3 fish in a row, from a single spot. The stocked rainbows weren’t pretty but they were good sized & served their purpose well, it was good to see the brown & brook he caught. I didn’t hit no grand slam like Fishfinder, but I did hook into a fat hatchery rainbow, and that was good enough – at least that’s what I told Fishfinder, who kept complaining about how his landing net was too fishy from all the fish that had been in it that day. At the end of the day he rubbed it in good one last time with “so – I guess you don’t nymph much?”. I’ll get him back soon, and he knows it.

There was a lot of bird hunting going on in the woods and the long blowing sound of black powder guns in the distance made us both wish we have brighter colored hats. Like Fishfinder says, sometimes goofing off is exactly what the soul needs to recharge and get us through until the next time.