Deer Hunting - Stories with Buck Monkey » Trout 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 Saving Tracker John http://www.buckmonkey.com/saving-tracker-john.html http://www.buckmonkey.com/saving-tracker-john.html#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:55 +0000 admin http://www.buckmonkey.com/?p=41 “I got a real good deal on the float tube, but the only swim fins they had left at Bendover Bob’s Bait and Barber Shop cost me an arm and a leg”, explained Tracker. “Bob personally recommended this high-capacity, state-of-the-art hand pump designed specifically for belly boat inflation. Bob also mentioned that I was quite shrewd to have purchased these accessories before one of his knowledgeable customers bought them. Why don’t you take the first shift driving and I’ll just get the directions out of the box and read them so I’ll know how to belly boat by the time we get to Grand Marais,” said Tracker.

Grand Marais was a welcome sight that Friday night in early August after some six hours of driving and listening to Tracker’s endless feature-function-benefit diatribe. “Listen,” I said. “How about we just check into the motel, you buy me dinner and a few drinks and I’ll share my years of belly boating experience with you. In fact, I’ll throw in a few fly fishing tips too.”

]]> http://www.buckmonkey.com/saving-tracker-john.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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