I apologize in advance for this but it's another long winter and I thought it may be interesting to start a discussion on fishing dreams. I'll begin -- dream was two nights ago:
Preface: I was in Mike and Kathy's shop last weekend (South Creek Ltd -- Lyons, CO) and Mike told a story about a carp he took on the fly when he was fishing with Gierach et al. Great visit and then I went fishing....just another day catching small fish in BigTJ's old stomping ground.
Dream: I'm fishing my 4 wt South Creek on some lake I don't recognize. Blindly throwing a dry fly near a bank when this fish comes from nowhere and gobbles it up. As in most dreams, I can't remember some details, in this case how I dropped the rod in the lake after setting the hook. Anyway, the carp takes off like a bat out of hell and proceeds to swim to the middle of the lake. Due to my long-held belief that a cane rod would float, I watch the rod being dragged all over the lake on top of the surface and within sight of my laser vision eyes (unrealistic but remember it's a dream). So being totally in a Superman invincible dreamlike trance, I take off swimming with the goal of acquiring my rod again, swimming to the shore while fighting him or her, and landing the fish for a very brief photo because I didn't want people here accusing me of killing a fish (okay that wasn't part of the dream). Sad part is I woke up and can't supply you the ending.
Okay so mine is pretty weak but please share....I know there are some good ones out there.
Preface: I was in Mike and Kathy's shop last weekend (South Creek Ltd -- Lyons, CO) and Mike told a story about a carp he took on the fly when he was fishing with Gierach et al. Great visit and then I went fishing....just another day catching small fish in BigTJ's old stomping ground.
Dream: I'm fishing my 4 wt South Creek on some lake I don't recognize. Blindly throwing a dry fly near a bank when this fish comes from nowhere and gobbles it up. As in most dreams, I can't remember some details, in this case how I dropped the rod in the lake after setting the hook. Anyway, the carp takes off like a bat out of hell and proceeds to swim to the middle of the lake. Due to my long-held belief that a cane rod would float, I watch the rod being dragged all over the lake on top of the surface and within sight of my laser vision eyes (unrealistic but remember it's a dream). So being totally in a Superman invincible dreamlike trance, I take off swimming with the goal of acquiring my rod again, swimming to the shore while fighting him or her, and landing the fish for a very brief photo because I didn't want people here accusing me of killing a fish (okay that wasn't part of the dream). Sad part is I woke up and can't supply you the ending.
Okay so mine is pretty weak but please share....I know there are some good ones out there.
