Tight Lines

Fishermen sometimes bestow this blessing on one another: “May you keep a tight line,” by which we mean, “May you always have a trout on your line.” As John got older, however, he must confess that a tight line means less to him now than it once did. He gets as much enjoyment from fishing as he do from catching. When he’s fishing, he has more time to walk streamside and enjoy the solitude and silence, and to look for places where fish might be lurking.

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