Comments on: The Nostalgia of Homewater http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss essays and musings on fly fishing for native trout Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:10:59 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1575 FR, It's good to have you drop by. I love that idea of being able to "wander mindlessly without need of a map or worrying about remembering landmarks." That really does bring one to that sense of place with one's home. Places that used to be...ah, yes. I grew up a navy brat, so I really had no sense of "home" growing up. I am finally comfortable calling northern Utah "home," after living here for about 25 years now. The first 10 of those years saw relatively little growth. But the past 10, oh boy! Yeah, I'm telling my kids the same thing, about the hundreds of acres of fields that now have subdivisions galore. Not pretty. FR,

It’s good to have you drop by. I love that idea of being able to “wander mindlessly without need of a map or worrying about remembering landmarks.” That really does bring one to that sense of place with one’s home.

Places that used to be…ah, yes. I grew up a navy brat, so I really had no sense of “home” growing up. I am finally comfortable calling northern Utah “home,” after living here for about 25 years now. The first 10 of those years saw relatively little growth. But the past 10, oh boy! Yeah, I’m telling my kids the same thing, about the hundreds of acres of fields that now have subdivisions galore. Not pretty.

]]> By: forestrat http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1574 forestrat Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:53:07 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1574 There are some woods that I feel especially at home in - places where I know the lay of the land and can wander mindlessly without need of a map or worrying about remembering landmarks as I walk. I know some places too where I can be pretty assured that no one else will be there and my reverie will be undisturbed. It is sad when places like that are destroyed. As a kid riding in the car with my dad, he would always be pointing out places where he used to hunt or fish when he was a kid and now it is a strip mall or whatever. Sure dad. Well now I find myself doing the same thing with my son - and he pays about as much attention to me as I did to my dad! MDW There are some woods that I feel especially at home in – places where I know the lay of the land and can wander mindlessly without need of a map or worrying about remembering landmarks as I walk. I know some places too where I can be pretty assured that no one else will be there and my reverie will be undisturbed.

It is sad when places like that are destroyed. As a kid riding in the car with my dad, he would always be pointing out places where he used to hunt or fish when he was a kid and now it is a strip mall or whatever. Sure dad. Well now I find myself doing the same thing with my son – and he pays about as much attention to me as I did to my dad!

MDW

]]> By: Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:49:41 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1572 ER, I'm glad you found something worthwhile in this piece. I had a somewhat similar experience as a boy--when I first moved to Utah I found canals running through the city. Everyone told me it was foolish to fish there when they saw me with my pole. I caught two browns. I've got a somewhat lengthy piece about this experience I've been toying with putting up as a post some day. ER,

I’m glad you found something worthwhile in this piece. I had a somewhat similar experience as a boy–when I first moved to Utah I found canals running through the city. Everyone told me it was foolish to fish there when they saw me with my pole. I caught two browns. I’ve got a somewhat lengthy piece about this experience I’ve been toying with putting up as a post some day.

]]> By: EcoRover http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 EcoRover Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:32:35 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1570 Thank you for this. As a boy, my homewater was a reach of Tununguant Creek (Bradford PA), channelized by the Army Corps, but each spring a few wild brown trout washed down from the headwaters and took up residence in "the spillway." Today, homewater is the relatively pristine Big Hole River. But the magic of catching a wild fish is no greater for me today (and maybe less so) than it was for that 8-year old boy... Thank you for this. As a boy, my homewater was a reach of Tununguant Creek (Bradford PA), channelized by the Army Corps, but each spring a few wild brown trout washed down from the headwaters and took up residence in “the spillway.”

Today, homewater is the relatively pristine Big Hole River. But the magic of catching a wild fish is no greater for me today (and maybe less so) than it was for that 8-year old boy…

]]> By: Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:20:00 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1545 Lucky duck! Lucky duck!

]]> By: Kevin http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Kevin Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:36:36 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1541 Homewater....... hmm. The problem is I have 100 super fine rivers or streams within 30 minutes of my house. I guess as the SF is my home water as it is the closest and is where I spend my winters ;) Homewater……. hmm. The problem is I have 100 super fine rivers or streams within 30 minutes of my house. I guess as the SF is my home water as it is the closest and is where I spend my winters ;)

]]> By: Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:29:07 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1538 Rod, As always, thank you for dropping by. I like that connection of you suspended in her waters while she partook of the waters near Jackson--excellent! My wife's grandparents were from there (grandma died last year and grandpa moved this year) so we spent a lot of time. I used to take my fifth grade students every year for four days and three nights at the Teton Science School just north of Jackson. There are some parts of the valley there that I really connect to as well. Rod,

As always, thank you for dropping by. I like that connection of you suspended in her waters while she partook of the waters near Jackson–excellent! My wife’s grandparents were from there (grandma died last year and grandpa moved this year) so we spent a lot of time. I used to take my fifth grade students every year for four days and three nights at the Teton Science School just north of Jackson. There are some parts of the valley there that I really connect to as well.

]]> By: rod http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 rod Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:07:32 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1534 Scott homewater.... the aquifer my mom drank from while i was growing, suspended and swimming within her waters was near Jackson, WY ... I felt a strange connection to that place the last time i visited.... thanks for your writing calm days , rod Scott
homewater…. the aquifer my mom drank from while i was growing, suspended and swimming within her waters was near Jackson, WY … I felt a strange connection to that place the last time i visited…. thanks for your writing calm days , rod

]]> By: Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:38:11 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1531 Thanks for stopping in Erik. Seeing a bird species on a particular water for the first time I always take as a good omen. When it's a bald eagle, extra good (shameless plug for another of my posts here: <a href="http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/324/the-eagle-and-the-augur-on-the-portneuf/" rel="nofollow">The Eagle and the Augur</a>). "Pleasant reunion," "quiet place," "inner soul"--yes, I think you've got a homewater somewhere. Thanks for stopping in Erik.

Seeing a bird species on a particular water for the first time I always take as a good omen. When it’s a bald eagle, extra good (shameless plug for another of my posts here: The Eagle and the Augur).

“Pleasant reunion,” “quiet place,” “inner soul”–yes, I think you’ve got a homewater somewhere.

]]> By: Erik Helm http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1804/the-nostalgia-of-homewater/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 Erik Helm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:30:18 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1804#comment-1530 Very nicely done. I fished my home water the other evening for smallmouth. It has been poor all year until now. The experience was quite like a pleasant reunion, especially as the fishing was good, and I saw the first bald eagle I have ever seen on this river. Home waters are kind of like our quiet place. A location we can go to get back in touch with our inner soul. Very nicely done.
I fished my home water the other evening for smallmouth. It has been poor all year until now. The experience was quite like a pleasant reunion, especially as the fishing was good, and I saw the first bald eagle I have ever seen on this river.

Home waters are kind of like our quiet place. A location we can go to get back in touch with our inner soul.

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