It was an enjoyable day with our friend Shannon McCormick and his family at their cottage in Wisconsin. Shannon and I used to fish the Henry’s Fork together back in the 80’s. I hadn’t seen him in at least five years. He moved away from the Yellowstone Country a while back but like with all friends, we keep in touch. He’s up doing his annual WI visit and he tracked us down.
We casted 9-weights and big flies for musky on his lake but todays scorching 96° temperature shut down not only the musky, but about every living thing in Wisconsin. After a couple hours of unsuccessful casting and rowing we settled to a shady corner of his property and enjoyed a few icy cold ones, burgers and brats.
It’s rarely only about the fishing these days. Unless it’s some exotic difficult species many miles from home, I just want to get out and have a great time. Though the heat knocked us down and the fish didn’t cooperate, it was a magnificent last day of spring. Granny and I will kick off the summer tomorrow with a few casts on our drive back home.
“It’s rarely only about the fishing these days.”
Probably what makes you such a good fisherman.
Keeps me calm and helps me think every tricky scenario out clearly without any pressure to “need” to catch a fish.