Some Day Your Story Will Be Told

  • LenH
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 2385
    March 12, 2015 at 9:12 pm #1522803


    This morning I was gearing up to go fishing. It was still dark and cold. I turned the smallest light on in the house so I wouldn’t wake my family. The morning light was not bright but the tiny light shined quite brightly on me and I evaluated myself and my gear..

    When I looked at my gloves, I thought they were terribly inadequate with all their holes and wear marks. The light bulb in my head went on. I was just like my gloves.

    Fifty years of fishing in the driftless area has a way of wearing your equipment out and indirectly wearing you out. My recent surgeries have had me feeling just like that worn and tattered glove.

    I still look on the horizon and think about the next big trout. I may be tattered and worn but I can still dream.

    joe_the_fisher
    Wisconsin Dells WI
    Posts: 908
    March 12, 2015 at 10:38 pm #1522845

    Get out there and get some trout Len…you always have great pics! wave

    Art Green
    Brookfield,WI
    Posts: 733
    March 13, 2015 at 7:18 am #1522907
    joe_the_fisher wrote:

    Get out there and get some trout Len…you always have great pics! wave

    ….and enjoyable narrative to match as well. waytogo

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    March 13, 2015 at 9:25 am #1522985

    Take care Len! Good luck fishing!
    I’m going to be a cripled old man at 50 if i live that long!

    FryDog62
    Posts: 3696
    March 13, 2015 at 9:55 am #1523001

    Recovering from right wrist surgery (2nd one) myself. I appreciate your post and the analogy. This spring when its cold and the wrist is stiff and hurting I’ll be back out there too ~

    Mocha
    Park Rapids
    Posts: 1452
    March 13, 2015 at 11:29 am #1523055

    For everything there is a cost. Look at what you have in return for the years of beating up your body….. great memories!

    I never feel old and tattered like my gloves and yes I am not a spring chick anymore and have had health issues. My body maybe getting older but I try to change my perspective along with it. I am on a journey with the end goal at my demise. Everything before then is hopefully frosting on the cake! My cup is always half full and I hope to keep it that way.

    Good Luck to you Len and keep banging away at those trout and those absolutely GREAT pictures you so generously share with us on IDO.

    Chuck Melcher
    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
    Posts: 1966
    March 13, 2015 at 11:36 am #1523061

    Only thing better than a closet full of brand new fishing/ outdoor gear is one full of well used items. Used ones have a lot more living attached to them! Live your dreams, and there will be no regrets.

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