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he old gentleman stood kneedeep in the slow moving creek as
it emptied out into the bigger
water of the Holston River. He could feel the
cool water through his waders and it agitated
his arthritic knees. But if things held to form,
and the moving water warmed a bit, eventually it would massage his sore legs, making
him feel less old.
He always felt something special when
stepping into the energy of moving water in a
trout stream. e water pulls at him both
physically and figuratively. Something spiritual, he might even say...quietly...to himself. It was not about entering a world he
couldn't live in, any more than a fish could
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live in a man's world. It was about hearing the
sounds and smelling the aroma, shielded by
the canopy of trees overhead. It was about
chance sightings of hungry wildlife, fishing
for trout in their own way.
As he stripped a few more feet of line, he
read the water before him, made a few false
casts, and then sent his line whispering
through the guides of his old bamboo fly rod.
e line hovered momentarily in the early
morning air, then gently set itself down near
an eddy where the old man, if he had read the
water correctly, suspected a big brown to be
resting.
He no longer caught trout for food but
begrudged no one for doing so. Once, he had

liked nothing better than fresh trout cooked
in lemon and butter over a fire he made on
the rocky bank of a river. His reason for fishing had changed over the years. It began as all
about learning what a fish wanted and how to
catch a bunch of them. en decades ago, he
introduced his young bride, Ginny, to the
sport and she took to it instantly. In fact, she
was a much better caster than he. He loved
watching her graceful motions as she doublehauled a line and sent it right where she wanted it. ey became inseparable when it came
to fishing.
But growing a business and a family
tend to get in the way of what years ago were
important. Trout streams became a place to



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Virginia Wildlife Demo
Contents
Return of a Native: The Virginia Elk
Wild Light
Fly-Fishing Memories
Wild Rebound: A Tale of Golden Eagles
Amelia on the Appomattox: A Historical Retreat
Creating a Quail Quilt
Rattles Inthewilderness
A Quest for Snakeheads
“it’s Your Nature”
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Return of a Native: The Virginia Elk
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Wild Light
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Fly-Fishing Memories
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Wild Rebound: A Tale of Golden Eagles
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Amelia on the Appomattox: A Historical Retreat
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - Creating a Quail Quilt
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - A Quest for Snakeheads
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Virginia Wildlife Demo - “it’s Your Nature”
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