This time, something about this trip flipped a switch, and the bug sunk it’s teeth deep in me. Sure I have spent countless hours on airplanes with rod tubes stuffed in the overhead bins in route to places like New Zealand, Florida, British Colombia, Louisiana, Argentina or Chile but the trout rivers of home always called to me. With more water to fish in one lifetime let alone 2 or 3, the exotic fishing bug never truly bit me. So when planning a 19 day, 17,000-mile journey to a continent that spans the length of the eighth largest country in the world, fishing on two completely different fisheries, visiting three lodges, and logging over a 100 hours of travel you use the fish as the excuse but not the reason.Īs a true blue, born and raised Rocky Mountain trout fisherman the need or want to leave my home states of Montana and Wyoming have been slim to none. And I’ve had trips that saw more fish caught then most people can only imagine seem to often turn out to be only a faint memory, if one at all. I have had life shaping trips that went fishless. Now don’t get me wrong the fish play a very important role, but in my eyes, they are just the icing on the cake. ![]() The fish may be the excuse but the friendships, adventures, food, whiskey/wine, laughs, and scenery far exceeds the fish. ![]() ![]() Thankfully myself and a few fishing buddies, realized early on in our fishing careers what Henry was talking about. As the Henry David Thoreau quote states “Many men go fishing all of their lives without ever realizing that it is not the fish they are chasing”. Tierra Del Fuego – Kau Tapen – Feb 26 th – March 4 thįor me, when planning any trip, fish are generally the excuse but rarely the reason.
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