Georgia Brown Photo by Louis Cahill
Study the stream bed, brown and green.
Through ripples and reflections, we find rocks and wood, maybe a shining piece of metal someone has left behind. Even the flash of a flake of mica in the sand, no bigger than a fishes scale. How is it that we miss the trout.
Gliding above the mud and stone he is emerald and gold, vermillion and azure, violet and blaze. He is metallic, kinetic, aesthetic. Perfect in his camouflage, he is at once breathtaking and invisible.
Look closer, he is abstract. He is pointillism, he is impressionism, he is surrealism. He is cubist, fauvist, and expressionist, he is Monet, Van Gogh and Miro. He is Blake’s world In a grain of sand. Infinity in the palm of your hand.
He is beauty, and like all beauty, he vanishes into the mundane. It is a failing of the human eye, or maybe of the heart. He is truth, and like all truth he is hidden from us. To find him we must make a choice. When we choose our fly wisely, and present it well he will do what truth dose. Rise to the surface.
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Perfect way to start the morning, thank you
Cool! Coffee, a brown trout and a side of fishing poetry.
Damn dude. That kinda gave me goosebumps. No joke. Thanks!
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice writing Louis. Enjoyed it and the pic. It’s crazy how gorgeous these fish are, yet it can be difficult to pick them out in their natural environment despite their brilliant coloring.
Thanks Man. That was a special fish.
“…metallic, kinetic, aesthetic…
Beautifully articulated, Louis. Perfectly summarizing our fascination.
Thanks!
Thanks Mike. I’m working up a few lines inspired by your bare ass next!
HA! You’ll need to be bloody Shakespeare to make something good come from that.
Shakespeare was good but not that good!
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“…what truth dose”?
Nice. Very nice! You should have been a writer, or a photographer, or fly fishing guide…..or at least had your own fly fishing site!