Monday, November 11, 2013

Fishing the Elk River - Ann Style

Ann does most of the writing for this blog, just as she is doing at this moment.  We've worked out a keen deal where John captures the images, and Ann weaves the words to tell a story about the photograph.  So, today, Ann, in her third person present, will tell you about the purpose of the fish hat.  Our summer was peaceful and we lived on 35 acres of solitude, along the Elk River.  Ann, never a fisherman, believed that the purchase of a hat, with a fish on the front, would somehow conjure up the mighty fish spirits.  Sadly, she was way off base.  Okay, here I am, hat off...the secret is that I (Ann) do not care for fishing.  I understand why people are enthralled with the sport though.  It's a simple way to become hypnotized with nature, escape the craziness of the world and hope for the tug at the end of the line, and a large trout to burst from the river.  I could never get the gist of casting the line.  I hooked everything but a fish.  So, the hat, while emblazoned with a trout, will suffice as a great outdoor hat, to keep the sun off my head, shade my eyes from bright lights and just for today, make for a good story.

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