Swing the Fly Issue 3.1 Summer 2015 | Page 101

The rain it dumps,

the rain it pours,

the rivers are rising,

bar the door.

The graphs we watch,

the sky we search,

we view the river

from a dry perch.

We wonder where

the water goes.

Will the ocean receive

these awesome flows?

The sea accepts,

and sends them back

in the form of

the next storm track.

And on these rises

steelhead swim,

to find their way

to where they begin.

The highs, the lows,

you know not when

the fish are there,

you try again.

and then it stops,

that rain on tin.

Grab your rod,

it's dropping in...