A River: A Thread That Binds

By Bud Beamer

Life is an adventure. Some things we can control, other experiences randomly happen. We can choose the environment, however, and the Deschutes River located in Central Oregon has had a significant impact on my life. Through poems, essays, and photographs with their captions, experiences will be shared in hopes that the reader can relate to share

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leland P Beamer
• Release date: Feb 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9781535609104

Bud Beamer

A River is truly exceptional. The poetry is exquisite as it captures the roles of fly fishing and a special river as they weave a beautiful thread in the author's life. I could not put the book down. Bud has captured so much about the important areas of our lives. Praise the Lord that there are a few people like Bud Beamer who can provide a book of this substance. -Bruce Bischof , past president Oregon Trout and executive member Deschutes River Conservancy

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A River

The Thread That Binds

Bud Beamer

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In memory of Todd Evans Beamer

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 A small mountain stream cascades its way east to contribute its crystal-clear waters to the Deschutes River. David V. Evans.

Copyright © 2018 Bud Beamer

All rights reserved. No part(s) of this book may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form, or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval systems without prior ex- pressed written permission of the author of this book.

Todd Beamer painting by Paul Landquist 

ISBNs

Epub: 978-1-5356-0910-4

Mobi: 978-1-5356-0911-1

Table of Contents

Success

Introduction

Part 1: Fishing for Poems

The Last Cast

Two Types of Luck (Last Cast part 2)

Fish On A Finger

Tight Connections

The Nose Knows

To See Or Not To See

To Cast A Lie

A Fisherman’s Best Friend

Honor When Honor Is Due

Poetic Justice

Rebirth On The River

Relishing Children And Releasing Fish

Why We Let Fish Go

Part 11: Running Rivers

Therapeutic Rapids

Hooked On The Middle Fork

Cuckoo On The River

III: Passions

Born On A Frosty Morn

Late Summer Geese

Hoses In The Trees

Reunions

Why We Are Who We Are

Hungry Eyes

Within The Prison Walls

IV: Dedication

Purple

A Place In The Stream

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Success

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction.

Bessie A. Stanley, 1905

Mecca

 Mecca: surrounded by hills of the High Desert and banked by lush foliage, the cold waters of the Deschutes River provide beauty and boundless recreation. David V. Evans.

Introduction

This is a book of three parts. It was initially intended to just capture my experiences of fly-fishing the Deschutes River, an exceptional stream located in North Central Oregon. I, like many others, love to fish, and I love the natural world and being outdoors on the flowing water. To help others enjoy the experiences vicariously, I recorded some of the happenings in the form of poems. The poetry is not Keats, nor Frost, or even Emerson-like in nature, but primarily simple poetry-like stories, some rhyming, some not, of occurrences on the river.

I found, however, that many happenings in my life other than just the fly fishing have had their origins in flowing water, whether in the river, on the river, on the banks of the river, or even from the water of the river itself. The multitude of thoughts dancing through my head, as well as some very significant decisions that I have made, have been spawned at moments when my senses were enriched by the nature of the river experience.

The day after arriving in Oregon to start my internship in Portland, my former wife and I visited Central Oregon and spent the afternoon hiking the Deschutes River on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. I had read of this world-renowned river in McClane’s New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia when I learned that I would be interning in Oregon. Now, experiencing the river firsthand, it all seemed surreal. A cold, clear, emerald-colored river filled with blue ribbon trout and steelhead, located at the edge of the high desert, didn’t