Feeling the Itch Again

After nearly a year and a half sabbatical from almost any fishing I have finally started to get interested in what was once my favorite past time. How did I lose my MOJO for fishing? I am not exactly sure but I can pinpoint a few things. Number one: The past two years have been pretty straining on my family and I. Lack of funds and the fight to find jobs to pay the mortgage and other bills has taken it's toll. Not to mention it is rather hard to take trips that you just don't have money to take. Number two: Stress....... the stress of school and the job situation has left me in a state that some days and weekends all I want to do is sleep and lounge. This lack of motivation to do anything has me bothered but until now it is just how I felt and nobody could change that....sorry to those that tried. Number three: After catching a nice Cutthroat at Henry's Lake a couple summers ago I took one last trip with my father in-law and my brother. After touting that I could catch fish at our location, ok I did catch a few, we did terrible. Or I did anyways and so did my father in-law. Tony, I think for the first time ever, schooled me pretty bad too. A week later i gave my father in-law some advice on a couple fisheries he was visiting and even loaned him some gear. He still caught nothing and as such I took both instances very personally. It was a huge blow to my ego and frankly fishing all of the sudden seemed uneventful and pointless. Confidence lost I was then bribed into accompanying a friend of mine to fish the Boise River one Saturday morning. This time I was skunk! The first time in 7 years I have not caught a fish on a fishing trip. Devastated I packed my stuff up, stacked it in the corner in the garage, and there it has sat ever since. I did have moments when I missed it I will admit but the pressures of other things in life have over shadowed my passion for an art that I truly once loved to embrace as often as possible. But no longer!! I have made the decision that all the clutter in my life may life has to go. I am in my last semester of school now and I have plans to spend more time with my kids and family. Very soon my two oldest will be joining the local fly-fishing club for kids called The Woolly Buggers. My plan is to introduce my kids to fly-fishing this spring and get them out on the water with me this summer. I also have plans to attend the Western Idaho Fly Fishing expo Jan, 14-15. Here are some details on that: http://www.bvffexpo.com/ Now as far as this blog goes, now that I am hyped about fishing again, I plan on sharing my knowledge publicly for the first time. I have 20 years of fly fishing experience and alot of knowledge, stories, and tips to share. So that is what this blog will be about me and my adventures, I hope you join me regularly and maybe even learn a few things. In the next few days I will share how I got into fly fishing in the first place and why I love it so much.