About the maker

a riverman.  a rod maker.
a fly fisherman,  forever waist deep in trout water
in liquid alpine
throwing dries.  rising fish.  hoping to get dragged under
 if I’m lucky.  in crystal blue.  green
in the company of pine.  cedar.  skies on fire.  gray drizzles
a split-cane wand.  the compass home
a strike.  the silk line.  pointing west.

 

-Jimmy Watts, winter 2007; and on the upper Snoqualmie, above (photo by Bret Simmons)