It's cold outside. Pick up a book....

Little Rivers, a book written over a century ago is responsible for my inspiration in writing this post. I am always amazed by how much anglers and writers knew about what happens along the banks of a small stream. It must have been their passion for all of nature that caused them to seek these happenings and then to write about them. I would like to add that their writing was articulate, precise and thought provoking. In reading Little Rivers I have found references to what is natural and how to apply that which is natural to the world of angling and fly tying. It's said that if you take the time to observe and listen to you wild surroundings it will teach you more than you'll ever learn from a book or a class.

The enjoyment I derive from reading these old books can not be measured. It will always hold my interest to learn what these anglers knew and try to put them in my 21st century goings on.

If you look at the words behind the flies you'll see what inspired me to tie them. The words are eloquent.

Again the words carry forth my vision in the flies tied.

And on this page it was clear that the writer was speaking of brook trout when the words were written. The flies speak to the brook trout in their color and design.