The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
Jason you and I have had this discussion of the frontier of this sport and where we can go as future voices...to me the next level is not in the new gear or another twist on an old pattern. It is to delve within and to understand the motivations and the meaning of our angling experience.
But to assign it as supernatural or whatever is missing the point. I am not a smoke and mirrors guy.
You like cheesburgers and 'all things not healthy' so mostly your needs are being met by Dirty Ron's before you hit the water. You are not hunting trout for chow. You are hunting for something 'higher'.
It can be years since I've seen one of my brothers, and after 5 minutes on the stream together, all our differences and distances just disappear; everything is right. I think that's supernatural.
The stream quiets us indeed. It fills a void; it provides a connection to something that we long for. It satisfies on a level that only we as anglers can appreciate and experience.
Saying that everyone experiences all of this is certainly a very broad statement when a lot of people do not.
Yeah, I wasn't saying everybody experiences it, only that everybody has the potential to. It has to be revealed by the right culture and life experiences, and most people do have it suppressed for their entire lives.
Jason Neuswanger
The Troutnut