For the rest of you that occasionally follow this blog through my words and pictures a brief apology. I know people come here to read about carp, look at fish pictures and hopefully laugh or maybe learn a trick or two, but the past few months have been tough here at Carp on the Fly. I am not a professional angler...not a writer, nor a photographer. I am a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a friend and occasionally a guy who likes to walk in the waters and be a part of the world rather than a spectator. Who I am dictates what I do, and as such I may occasionally veer off the path so to speak. Life happens. I can't promise to stick to the straight and narrow, and all I can say is that it will likely happen again. If you love carp, stick with me...spring will be here soon and with it the warm waters and tailing fish....adventures will be had and I will tell some of those stories. For now, know that I wish you all the best...tight lines, and screaming reels. Happy New Year, and may 2013 bring you all something that you had no idea you were looking for.
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Happy New Years to you and the family John, just like you can't promise the straight and narrow (hadn't noticed any curvy and wideness myself) I can't promise an improved2013 but wouldn't be surprised if it happened anyways.
Happy new year John. Keep up the good work.
Sorry to hear about your loss. My dad passed away last year as well. I look forward to living vicariously threw your 2013 carp adventures.
Man, veering off the path is where the good stuff comes in. Don't change a thing. Hope you have a great 2013!
2012 has been quite the up and down, that's for sure.
And serendipity is a beautiful thing. May much of it find you and yours in the coming year. All the best, and keep up the great work here. Cheers!
This may be some of your best writing to date. Very personal is always the very best. Condolences on your loss, but with a hopeful eye turned toward the new year. God bless you and your family.
Hey John it was a great year of fishing and living. Even through the downtimes which remind us not to take life for granted. We are lucky to have a great place like the Big C and lucky to have great famalies who remind us of how well we have it. Happy New Year to you and your's!
Hey John,
I sympathize with and for you. The words you invoke of your father's teachings are true, if hard to do. Your meanderings are delightful, all is well on that front. Best 2013 wishes to you and yours!
Gregg
hi john
i felt for you back in september and i feel for you know mate. what people have said about your dad being with you on the water is true. wile i still have my dad, i was very close to my grandad and after he pasted i felt like you empty i loved fishing with him. my mother who is a methodist minister would say he was watching over me wile i fished keeping me safe on the water. i still think of him almost every time i fish i hear his laugh in my mind when i make a school boy error and spook or loose a fish. it will get better mate trust me.
May 2013 be full of healing, flowing waters and tightlines. Love your blog John and thanks letting us all live vicariously through you, good and bad, because the hills and valleys are what makes life worth living.
John.
Do you think you could do a link to the gear and flies use most use please?
It would help many of us I'm sure?
Richard, I will try to write up a gear report this winter. Check my Facebook page too, as it is easier to be active daily on Facebook than here on the blog. There has been a lot of discussion about flies recently on the Facebook page.
" a guy who likes to walk in the waters and be a part of the world rather than a spectator"
For me your writings show that you are "part of the world" in more aspects than fishing. Thanks for all your work and best of luck in the new year.
J.M.
Thanks Johnmet. What do you do in Transportation? I am in the same industry.
Will be with you every year; fishing carp and otherwise. Keep on.
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