The Next Cast
Quote appearing on print:
"There is no alarm more welcome than nature’s predawn
call to me. “I’m going fishing”: a statement
whose meaning is as special in childhood as it is later in life;
it has been the subject of daydreams, transporting me to bygone
days time and time again. It has become a lifelong calling, and
my heart beat increases with mere thought of the twitch of line
or ripple of water. Fishing begins the night before, when I methodically
sort out my wares, make sandwiches, stock a stained tackle box
or broken-in creel, and imagine the next morning, while secretly
praying for good weather. In preparation there are little things
— tying knots, checking the weight of line, sorting either
freshly tied flies or my top five lures in standstill moments
of dreamy recognition and nostalgia to be relived the next day.
To cricket chirp and dewy grass I awake and creep to the water
as if I’d sneak up on the fish. Interrupting the water,
I cast, and I always love the smooth action of the day’s
first cast. The bait’s gentle blip is a calming sound to
me, and I see and hear everything: turtlehead shyly disappearing
amid weed lines, geese patrolling shore in unison, blue heron
in mid-hunt on one leg statue-still. Negotiating rocks or lily
pads, searching for holes or fish-beds with eagle’s eyes,
noticing a solitary ripple in the corner, I seek a worthy adversary
and when I find him we are going to tango. And when the dance
is over, I will recall a similar fish caught years before, thank
him for the fight and go looking for his brother with The
Next Cast."
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