darthwader Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 OK... here is why my boss should keep me busy on slow days at work... my apologies in advance for the bad rhymes... The Night Before Christmas - Fly Fishing Style Twas the night before Christmas When I left my house And I sat by the river Watching the grouse My five weight was placed In a cottonwood with care In hopes that some winter trout Soon would be there The stoneflies were nestled In their river bottom bed While visions of hungry trout Danced in my head And Tony in his Neoprenes And I in my gore Had just settled down bankside And started to snore When out in the water There arose such a clatter As a trout sprung from the river And returned with a splatter Away to the cottonwood I flew like a flash Snagged my waders on barbed wire Made a 4 inch gash The sun on the breast Of the river below Made it look like July Though we were knee deep in snow When what to my wondering eyes Should appear But a 26 inch brown trout And a river bottom beer With a flick of his tail So lively and quick I reached for my fly rod I gave it a flick More rapid than eagles He bolted and split There I stood standing My language explicit You moron, you jerk You dummy, you turd How could you you imbicile You big freakin nerd To the top of the run And back through the seam He dashed away dashed away Like a bad fishing dream As the wind picked back up Like a hurricane fly I raised up my arms And looked up to the sky So back towards Tony I started to walk Another fish missed I’d rather not talk And then in a twinkling I heard from the right The rings of a trout rise And caught it in my sight As I drew up my rod And was turning around Up from the bank Tony came with a bound The trout rose up again And continued to eat Midges I presume As I positioned my feet A pink stripe on his gill plate And black spots on his back He looked like a trophy Or was I just on crack His eyes saw my midge And he turned with a flash He rose up to grab it And rolled with a splash His droll trouty mouth With it’s big giant kipe Grabbed my midge quickly I let out a yipe The bend in my rod I gritted my teeth And the fish raced in circles And went down beneath But winter had made him Less lively and strong He gave up quite quickly The fight wasn’t long He was chubby and plump A right jolly old trout Tony took my picture Kissing his snout With a blink of his eye And a shake of his head I let him return To the smooth river bed With a flick of his tail And a splash in my face He drifted back down To that most sacred place And as I tidied my line And rechecked my hook I looked over at Tony And realized he shook It was Christmas after all And my family was waiting So we went back to the truck Without much debating But as we got back on Deerfoot And the river drifted from sight Merry Christmas to all May your trout always fight!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggp Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 That was just great. :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lundvike Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Excellent well worth the read. thank you for postng it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyknot Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I like! If I were your boss, I would consider that time well spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walker1 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 That was awesome! signed Rob Skywalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeman Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Haha that's great, good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 That is Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownstone Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 gooder..well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutlover Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 tottaly rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesr1 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I really enjoyed that. I know it's not the easiest thing to print something you've written. You should be proud of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleMorningDunce Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I like! If I were your boss, I would consider that time well spent. Damn, I wish you were my boss, GK! Are you hiring??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adc Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 He's a poet He don't know it Good job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydropsyche Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I don't know why you wasted that on us. It should be published for $$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawgstoppah Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 No kidding. That was awesome. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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