fdelano Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Muscle Memory Oh to feel again rush of frigid water as I lift braided wet silk slowly back to two then fast forward to ten watching swinging arc carrying invisible tippet with clinched fly to rising bulge below riffles with flicking fins of feeding bass balanced forward-facing in main channel of fast-food line. Contact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Fly fishing, Franklin? Pardon me if one doesn't fly fish for bass -- I know nothing about the subject -- but the description of how the line is cast makes me remember what I've see of it. Good title. You've packed a lot into this short piece. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thanks, Tony. If you were ever to hook a 4 lb. smallmouth with a bamboo rod in fast water, you might be in danger of heart failure. Smallmouth make trout seem weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Throughout history and from Hemingway to Ewan MacColl's song "Shoals Of Herring"; the pursuit of fish has been inextricably linked to the human spirit.Your title is good: the enthusiasm and movement uplifting. Was that a military "Contact!" I felt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 All the best of Hemingway involved fish. There has to be a genetic component to humans' fascination with fishing. I have yet to see a kid that's not thrilled with that first catch. I have given bamboo fly rods to all my children and now working on g-kids. Fly fishing in the Shenandoah is for bluegills or smallmouth. The best bait for bass is a hellgrammite, natural or fly. Becoming a part of nature is a universal curative for being down. Thanks, Geoff. I guess the "Contact" just popped out of my mechanical background. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jharden Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Reading this poem evoked this from me. Retrieving Memories Crafted words of art Help hook a memory’s heart Time floating by just recalled Casting back to a river side Time spent bonding Ingesting nature With my Dad Both a gift Of deed and art From the Father Reconnect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 My namesake. Excellent word choice. Thanks for the memories. F. Delano Harden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 written with your signature brevity-excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 A deluge of praise from you Barry. Mil gracias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 I once read a survey that claimed there are no incarcerated felons whose fathers took them fishing. I hope it's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Love this! My brother has become the 'family' fisherman and has finally broken down and begun fly fishing for steelhead, his first hook up to a giant hen, might put the bass thrill to shame! ;-) I went fishing with my dad and grandfather, but now have the fondest memories of 2 boys out on a boat, fishing and laughing our a$$es off;-) I love this piece! Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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