Swing the Fly Issue 2.1 Summer 2014 | Page 149

Obsessed

Standing in the Clearwater up to my knees

swinging a fly as pretty as you please

Only trouble is I can't get out

cause I'm obsessed with steelhead trout

The rain is falling on my bare head

my fire on the bank is all but dead

I'm cold and hungry chilled to the bone

my wife is wondering why I'm not home

I've landed one last steelhead trout

he was a beauty he fought quite a bout

The season is over it's done for the year

but come next fall I'll be right here

-Michael Poppy Cummins