Blue Wing Olive, Humpy Yellow, Peacock Caddis...
Just a Few of My Favorite Things
Let me first start by saying, my name is Charisse Brown-Stein and I fell in love this past weekend. I am a Fly Fishermen! I am not embarrassed or ashamed. In fact, once Orvis sees me in my fishing vest and waders, I am sure I will be their next top model. When I listed learning to fly fishing, my thought was "at least I will get a couple of days in Colorado and spend time with Todd's dad, Barry and stepmom, Linda." Best case was Barry and I would bond a little... on the other hand, touching a fish? GROSS! But, from the moment Barry handed me the fly rod, I was in love (with fishing, not my father-in-law. Once again, GROSS!).
On Friday, I attended my first casting lesson at the Barry School of Fly Fishing. I had doubts in my abilities because there are so many things to concentrate on so many things at once. Barry kept saying, "up, hold, down, up, hold, down, keep your wrist straight, up, hold, down, keep your wrist straight, up, hold, down..." By the end of the day, my head hurt. But my wrist was straight... well, kinda.
Saturday was a good day, on a beautiful stream, but it was rainy and cold. I caught five fish. Barry and Linda left it up to me if we went fishing on Sunday. I immediately said YES. On Sunday, we fished about five hours on the Colorado River. Not once did I think about the time or anything besides fishing. I caught four fish and missed more than I can even count. Linda did inform me that I hooked the fish "like a girl" and that I "needed to get tougher." Thank goodness Barry was there to lend a little support to the future Orvis model.
I knew Barry and Linda had this love affair with fly fishing but I could never really understand it until this past weekend. I learned that Barry started stream fishing with his grandfather at the age of 6 and enjoyed it. Then, 12 years ago Linda watched the movie A River Runs Through It and their hobby started.
Thanks Barry and Linda and my niece Paige for taking me fishing and helping me to find my new love.
Things I learned:
1. I am ready to retire and begin my professional fly fishing career.
2. I am not the only A type personality in the family (Linda you know what I am talking about).
3. Patience...at least I am trying to learn to have more.
and lastly
4. Either Todd learns to love fly fishing or we will have to take separate vacations.
Until Next Time-Cbs
(FYI, for the novices out there, Blue Wing Olive, Humpy Yellow, and Peacock Caddis are flies... as if you didn't know that)
Just a Few of My Favorite Things
Let me first start by saying, my name is Charisse Brown-Stein and I fell in love this past weekend. I am a Fly Fishermen! I am not embarrassed or ashamed. In fact, once Orvis sees me in my fishing vest and waders, I am sure I will be their next top model. When I listed learning to fly fishing, my thought was "at least I will get a couple of days in Colorado and spend time with Todd's dad, Barry and stepmom, Linda." Best case was Barry and I would bond a little... on the other hand, touching a fish? GROSS! But, from the moment Barry handed me the fly rod, I was in love (with fishing, not my father-in-law. Once again, GROSS!).
On Friday, I attended my first casting lesson at the Barry School of Fly Fishing. I had doubts in my abilities because there are so many things to concentrate on so many things at once. Barry kept saying, "up, hold, down, up, hold, down, keep your wrist straight, up, hold, down, keep your wrist straight, up, hold, down..." By the end of the day, my head hurt. But my wrist was straight... well, kinda.
Saturday was a good day, on a beautiful stream, but it was rainy and cold. I caught five fish. Barry and Linda left it up to me if we went fishing on Sunday. I immediately said YES. On Sunday, we fished about five hours on the Colorado River. Not once did I think about the time or anything besides fishing. I caught four fish and missed more than I can even count. Linda did inform me that I hooked the fish "like a girl" and that I "needed to get tougher." Thank goodness Barry was there to lend a little support to the future Orvis model.
I knew Barry and Linda had this love affair with fly fishing but I could never really understand it until this past weekend. I learned that Barry started stream fishing with his grandfather at the age of 6 and enjoyed it. Then, 12 years ago Linda watched the movie A River Runs Through It and their hobby started.
Thanks Barry and Linda and my niece Paige for taking me fishing and helping me to find my new love.
Things I learned:
1. I am ready to retire and begin my professional fly fishing career.
2. I am not the only A type personality in the family (Linda you know what I am talking about).
3. Patience...at least I am trying to learn to have more.
and lastly
4. Either Todd learns to love fly fishing or we will have to take separate vacations.
Until Next Time-Cbs
(FYI, for the novices out there, Blue Wing Olive, Humpy Yellow, and Peacock Caddis are flies... as if you didn't know that)
3 Comments:
At 8:12 AM, Anonymous said…
Hey Charisse!
Welcome to fly fishing!
You look great in the gear, but I am sorry to say we are not currently looking for new models :) :)
Good luck on the river
James Hathaway
The Orvis Company
At 12:48 PM, Anonymous said…
Char,
Went fishing last night....same place. Above the bridge. Went from 5 to 7:30pm caught lots of fish. The last one you caught says to say hi. come back and fish...
The wicked stepmonster.
At 4:40 PM, Anonymous said…
Charisse:
When one claims to have caught a bunch of fish, it is traditional to have at least one photo of the angler, with fish, to back up that claim. I see no such photo to support this account of successful fly fishing, and I'm told that Todd was not present to bear witness. The only supposed witnesses are those that you had plied with the "gourmet meal" described on the prior entry.
It's all very "fishy"!
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