For your Friday evening pleasure… from Trout Fishing In America<\/i><\/p>\n
Knock on Wood (Part One)<\/b><\/p>\n
As a child when did I first hear about trout fishing in America? From whom? I guess it was a stepfather of mine. <\/p>\n
Summer of 1942.<\/p>\n
The old drunk told me about trout fishing. We he could talk, he had a way of describing trout as if they were precious and intelligent metal.<\/p>\n
Silver is not a good adjective to describe what I felt when he told me about trout fishing.<\/p>\n
I’d like to get it right.<\/p>\n
Maybe trout steel. Steel made from trout. The clear snow-filled river acting as foundry and heat.<\/p>\n
Imagine Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
A steel that comes from trout, used to make buildings, trains and tunnels.<\/p>\n
The Andrew Carnegie of Trout!<\/p>\n
The Reply of Trout Fishing in America:<\/p>\n
I remember with particular amusement, people with three-cornered hats fishing in the dawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For your Friday evening pleasure… from Trout Fishing In America Knock on Wood (Part One) As a child when did I first hear about trout fishing in America? From whom? I guess it was a stepfather of mine. Summer of 1942. The old drunk told me about trout fishing. We he could talk, he had a way of describing trout as if they were precious and intelligent metal. Silver is<\/p>\n