Click here to see how I spent my week This last week I got to teach Fly Fishing to the Order of the Arrow volunteers in the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest. It was a physically taxing week as I had just had surgery this past January on my ankle and so I am WAY out of shape for walking on slippery/loose rocks up and down the streams of Western Virginia. This was the BIGGEST public service initiative since the CCC and resulted in 250,000 volunteer hours dedicated to building and restoring trails in our National Forests. But boy did I have a LOT of fun!
The Scouts and Scouters were given one day out of five to have some recreation, and Fly Fishing was one of their choices. Dare I say it? It was a BLAST. I taught/guided during the day and taught them how to tie flies at night (them buggers can be hard to catch, you know?). I did fish every day, and on Friday I caught 100 fish. 71 in the morning and 29 in the afternoon. Most of them were Speckled Perch, with a few bass, sunfish and trout rounding out the mix.
This brings me to my only gripe. Life isn't always fair. You see, I never got a day off. Every day it was "Fish, fish, fish!" Bwahahahaha
My advice is simple. If you want your life to be FUN, then you simply need to serve others. You will always be rewarded if you put others ahead of yourself.
The Scouts and Scouters were given one day out of five to have some recreation, and Fly Fishing was one of their choices. Dare I say it? It was a BLAST. I taught/guided during the day and taught them how to tie flies at night (them buggers can be hard to catch, you know?). I did fish every day, and on Friday I caught 100 fish. 71 in the morning and 29 in the afternoon. Most of them were Speckled Perch, with a few bass, sunfish and trout rounding out the mix.
This brings me to my only gripe. Life isn't always fair. You see, I never got a day off. Every day it was "Fish, fish, fish!" Bwahahahaha
My advice is simple. If you want your life to be FUN, then you simply need to serve others. You will always be rewarded if you put others ahead of yourself.
