House of the Rising Tide
Photo by Joe Klementovich.
It doesn’t matter what time you fell asleep, you’re still tired if you wake up at 3:00 am. It’s early – wicked early – but you have to do it. You can catch up on sleep tomorrow or next week. Or after the Striped Bass leave for winter.
Every day on the water is a story waiting to be told, but there’s more to it than what’s presented in front of you that morning. What happened yesterday, last week, last season, and even years ago can get you on the fish when it isn’t obvious where they are or what they’re doing. If you’re not out there every day yourself, the best you can do is to fish with someone else who is. They know the preamble and the prequel to the book you just started. Heck, they probably wrote it…
