Deer Hunting - Stories with Buck Monkey » Fisherman http://www.buckmonkey.com A different kind of animal... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:01:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Socket Boys http://www.buckmonkey.com/socket-boys.html http://www.buckmonkey.com/socket-boys.html#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:55 +0000 admin http://www.buckmonkey.com/?p=37 “You boys about ready with your Science Fair experiment?” snarled Mr. O’Beeker. “I hope to heck you guys aren’t going to embarrass me with this project. You know, Old Miss Keaster, the Chairwoman of the Non-athletic Discretionary Spending and Sidewalk Maintenance Committee of the School Board, will be judging today. Do I need to remind you two leg-holders that this is the same committee that reviews my pay?”

“We’re finished with the project and able to demonstrate quite clearly one of the most significant contributions to the Science of Fishing in the 20th century,” I answered, in a reassuring yet understated sort of way.

]]> http://www.buckmonkey.com/socket-boys.html/feed 0 The Most Difficult Creek http://www.buckmonkey.com/the-most-difficult-creek.html http://www.buckmonkey.com/the-most-difficult-creek.html#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:05:30 +0000 admin http://www.buckmonkey.com/?p=32 The sport with the fly is a popular one these days. I long for the times when a chance meeting with fellow fly fisherman on beauty’s banks was met with celebration – a chance to exchange a story or two and, if lucky, to pawn a homemade fly in exchange for a complimentary word about its craftsmanship and allure. But these days, nearly all my lucky spots are overrun with impatient fishermen, scurrying from hole to hole, who have nary a minute to exchange a word or two. At best you’ll get a sideways glance as they throw treble hook up and down. Even those with the fly seem accustomed to using the elbow as a modern fly fisherman’s version of a can opener.

]]> http://www.buckmonkey.com/the-most-difficult-creek.html/feed 0 Nine Miles South of the Baraga County Line http://www.buckmonkey.com/nine-miles-south-of-the-baraga-county-line.html http://www.buckmonkey.com/nine-miles-south-of-the-baraga-county-line.html#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:21:59 +0000 admin http://www.buckmonkey.com/?p=3 I’d like to introduce myself. They call me the Troutmaster. Not a name I chose, but rather one forced upon me without encouragement and carried forward with humility. This, not a badge of honor but a duty to serve fisherman, trout and lore.

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