| To me, baseball is not the great American pastime, | | | | It turns out that my dad had been into Arkansas trout |
| fishing is. I was raised on Arkansas trout fishing, and | | | | fishing for a long time, but had given it up in the last |
| my son has been raised on it as well. Trout fishing in | | | | few years. It seems that he just did not have enough |
| Arkansas is one of the most popular ways to spend | | | | time anymore, but when I began to ask him to take |
| time. You see, things move a little bit slower down | | | | me on a trip, he gladly agreed. Our first Arkansas trout |
| there. I do not want you to think that we are all | | | | fishing trip was a little bit awkward. You see, my dad |
| rednecks. Yes friends, we have electricity, plumbing, | | | | was not really the talkative type, and it was hard for |
| high-tech industry, and some of the greatest cities in | | | | him to be alone with nothing to do but sit there and fish |
| the world. In Arkansas, however, unlike in much of the | | | | for so long. On the other hand, I was just the opposite, |
| rest of America, these things do not replace the great | | | | and liked to talk nonstop. It took a while to get into a |
| outdoors. We still continue to take pleasure in nature, | | | | natural rhythm, but when we did, it was smooth sailing |
| even as we enjoy the modern conveniences of life. | | | | from there. |
| I still remember my first Arkansas trout fishing trip. I | | | | If you have never been Arkansas trout fishing before, I |
| was with my uncle, who I thought was a nut. He would | | | | suggest that you go with an expert. You see, the |
| make strange jokes that his kids could not understand, | | | | streams are different at different times of years, and |
| and sometimes stared off into the distance, but boy | | | | you have to use different fishing techniques. It can |
| did that man know how to fish for trout. He taught me | | | | actually get pretty complicated. You will have much |
| all the tricks that you need to know for Arkansas trout | | | | more success with your Arkansas trout fishing |
| fishing. He taught me how to use fishing flies, lures, | | | | adventure if you go with someone who knows the |
| sinkers, hooks, and all the rest. By the time I was done | | | | ropes. They can show you how it's done. |
| with a trip, I thought of myself as an expert fisherman. | | | | |