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Fishing

"Time flies so fast after youth is past that we cannot accomplish one-half the many things we have in mind, or indeed one-half our duties. The only safe and sensible plan is to make other things give way to the essentials, and the first of these is flyfishing." -Theodore Gordon
I'm quite fond of fishing, especially fly fishing. I fish, not to catch fish, but because I find them in such beautiful places.
I am an advocate of 'catch and release' because a trout is much too beautiful to be caught only once. Release, however, does not become an issue until you catch; a fact that some of my more insensitive fishing buddies have pointed out to me on more that one occasion.
Fishing All 50
At approximately 11:00 AM, Hawaiian Standard time, on June 14, 1999, I made my 3rd cast into Lake Wilson in the historic town of Wahiawa, Hawaii and thus accomplished my goal of fishing in all 50 states of the US.
I have also managed to fish in several provinces of Canada; North Yorkshire, UK; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Queensland, Australia.

Favorite Fishing Spots by State/Province/Country
State Stream or Water Body Nearest Town
Alabama Lake Martin Red Hill
Alaska Kanuti River Coldfoot
Arizona Hades Lake North Rim
Arkansas White River Flippen
California Owens River Bishop
Colorado Frying Pan River Ruedi
Connecticut Pachaug Pond Glasgo
Delaware Hyde Run Brookland Terrace
Florida Gulf of Mexico Panama City Beach
Georgia Jacks River Blue Ridge
Hawaii Lake Wilson Wahiawa
Idaho Henrys Fork Snake River Island Park
Illinois Des Plaines River Gurnee
Indiana Prairie Creek Lebanon
Iowa Nishnabotna River Hamburg
Kansas Marais des Cygnes River Ottawa
Kentucky Little Yellow Creek Middlesboro
Louisana Caddo Lake Mooringport
Maine West Branch Penobscot River Millinocket
Maryland Potomac River Williamsport
Massachusetts Merrimack River Newburyport
Michigan Au Sable River Mio
Minnesota Lake Insula Winton
Mississippi Tippah River Potts Camp
Missouri Bulls Shoals Lake Isabella
Montana Madison River Cliff Lake
Nebraska North Platte River Bayard
Nevada West Walker River Wellington
New Hampshire Peabody River Gorham
New Jersey South Branch Raritan River High Bridge
New Mexico San Juan River Turley
New York West Branch Ausable River Wilmington
North Carolina Atlantic Ocean Nags Head
North Dakota Elm River Grandin
Ohio Clear Creek Franklin
Oklahoma Lake Texoma Kingston
Oregon Wilson River Glenwood
Pennsylvania Spring Creek Belefonte
Rhode Island Parris Brook Rockville
South Carolina Chattooga River Mountain Rest
South Dakota Iron Creek Keystone
Tennessee Hiwassee River Reliance
Texas Calaveras Lake Elmendorf
Utah Panguitch Creek Panguitch
Vermont Mollys Falls Pond Marshfield
Virginia Otter Lake Big Island
Washington Cle Elum River Roslyn
West Virginia Glade Creek Danese
Wisconsin Menominee River Marinette
Wyoming Firehole River Yellowstone National Park
British Columbia Elk River Gold River
New Brunswick Gaspereau River Port Elgin
Nova Scotia St. Anns Bay Baddeck
Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Harbour Charlottetown
Yukon Territory Unnamed Pond Beaver Creek
Ontario Niagra River Chipawa
Quebec Riviere Dutton Ouest Chartierville

Cuba Guantanamo Bay Guantanamo Naval Base
United Kingdom River Ure Hawes
Queensland, AU Coral Sea, Hinchinbrook Island Cardwell
My Favorite Fishing Guide
This is Heather, my lovely, red-haired niece, who took her dad and her uncle on a wonderful fishing trip up the beautiful Laurel Fork Creek in East Tennessee in the fall of 1997.
The fishing was not at it's best this trip but this is one of the most beautiful creeks I have been on and the big hole about 2 miles upstream will have to be revisited.
Heather is an interior designer and only took up flyfishing to please her dad. She has gotten so good at it that she has to be very careful she doesn't outcast and outfish him and her uncle.
Fish I Have Known
The Devil's Eel:
I think it was an eel. I caught it in Roberson's Creek on our farm in East Tennessee when I was about 8 years old. I had sneaked off from my assigned chore of hoeing corn in the field by the creek. I had never seen an eel before and it scared me so badly that I was sure it was the devil's punishment for fishing when I should have been working. I threw pole and all into the creek and ran back to where I had dropped the hoe and went back to work. It was a while before I fished again.
Linderman:
A largemouth bass of undetermined size who lives or lived in the pond on the Slim Chance Ranch in Floyd County, GA. I have hooked Linderman a time or two but never landed him. I haven't seen him in a while. He may be in the big pond in the sky. 'Hope not!
The Del Rio Kid:
This beautiful 19" cutthroat or "cutbow" trout - not sure which - that I hooked in this bend of the Delores River near Del Rio in southwestern Colorado. It was one of those perfect holes where you always expect to hook a big trout but never do - except on this ocassion. I drifted a Grey Ghost streamer under the log and he nailed it! We fought to a draw on that beautiful day in October, 1994. I took his pic, revived him and let him go. I hope he is still under that log in the bend of the river.
The Frying Pan 'Raiders':
The football shaped 20" brown trout just below the Rudei Resovoir on the Frying Pan River near Vail, Colorado. We 'scrimmaged' for several hours one morning in October, 1994. Raiders 20 ^frog 6. Best loss I ever had.
Larry, Darrell and Darrell:
The 18" rainbow and the two 19" browns caught and released on the Hiwassee River in southeastern Tennessee. There was a blanket hatch and fish were rising all over the place. I had hooked not a one until these boys came by and saved the day. Thanks guys. The world needs more dumb trout. Anything for a buck, huh?
The Brown Bomber of Sportsman's Hole:
Last and certainly biggest is the brown estimated at 20 pounds that I had on for two jumps in the White River in Arkansas. My heart is still pounding. I stood in that hole all day the next day and caught pneumonia.