Fly Fishin': A Short Story

By Bryson Strupp

This is a tale for those who have felt the silent whiz of a fly pole as the line thwaps gently against the water. It's a tale for those who have ever wondered how their happiness can coexist with a world obsessed with production. It's a tale of the brilliant resilience of the human heart and the sublimity of nature. It's a tale for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryson Strupp
• Release date: Nov 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311300577

Bryson Strupp

A young writer from Montana, he wrote his first book in the Brothers Tuerl series when he was 19.

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Fly Fishin’

A Short Story

By Bryson Strupp

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2013 Bryson Strupp

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I still remember the first time I saw it. It was lying there like a piece of paradise on the shores of heaven. It was just a small log cabin. Not much larger than your average shanty. The wood had lost the shimmer of youth, but it still maintained that alluring piece of backcountry. Its green tin roof still emitted a certain luster from its depths. Little did I know it then…

This cabin would change my life.

It was situated right on the banks of the Yellowstone River. It was so close that some years the water rose just to touch the base of the cabin. I’ll admit those years I suffered some severe anxiety-watching, hoping.

Looking back now it still amazes me how it happened. How I fell in love with Montana, with the woods, with the river, and with that cabin.

Some years ago I used to be a successful businessman; at least, I always thought I was successful. I worked at a popular trading firm in Los Angeles. I spent hours working on algorithms trying to beat the market per se. It was always a guessing game, always full of gambles. There were days when I would wake up and just know that that was my day. I was going to get some marginal gain somewhere out there, and for some reason or another it would work out just like I thought it would.

But