So he added: only one part of that river would we know intimately. In 1999 he was individual champion at the Oceania Fly Fishing Championships. He also knew, from rich experience, that when people took to the river there was more going on than developing techniques for educated extractions. It is little wonder that the shopkeepers saw no reason to treat the river with respect, because its desecration had already taken place. Maybe there’s less drama around a fishing river, or maybe it’s more a slow-dawning sort.

Source: Stuff November 27, 2020 16:00 UTC