After a long day studying civil procedure I had hit the
wall. As I was reading the material, my
mind would wonder, I was reading and understanding each word as I read it but I
could not remember what I had read when I finished a sentence. It was about an hour before my wife would be
home for dinner so it seemed like a good idea to take a little break. It was gorgeous outside, so I decided I’d
take a little break before dinner to clear my head so I could get the most out
of studying after dinner. I decided to
go to a pond down the street from my house where I could toss some dry flies at
bluegill for a little while. I’ve never
fished for bluegills with a fly rod and I wanted to work on dry fly techniques
to prepare for trout fishing in PA. I
had great fun! It was nonstop action; I
must have caught fifty fish in like a half hour. It was like fishing for gills with a bobber
and worms as a kid. I even caught a
couple of juvenile largemouth bass on an ant pattern. When my wife called for me to meet her for
dinner, I felt the same kind of “just a few more casts” feeling I had as a kid
when my mom would whistle from the house for me to come in for dinner on a
summer evening.
