He who has walked along the same river for many seasons grew affection for all that encompasses its natural existence. In an ever changing world, the man of the river respects all that lives in and around his home stream. Feeling an obligation to protect its unique qualities that others so easily provoke. A fisherman by destiny, I have seen a great many blissful spectacles along this river. Totems of my memories I cherish so deeply that will never be taken away. My sense of belonging to many rivers, lakes, and mountains , I constructed a spiritual headpiece honed from fish, rattlesnake, and leather. A symbol of the human spirit and nature binding together in an unique partnership and harmony.

The man of the river loves his provision of trout water, and is a huge part of his spirit as a wise-man. Trout angling provided an educational tool that opened up many explanations of life's strange and wondrous cycles. Those who take nothing but what they need are provided with what they seek.

I walk along the banks as if no one else knows except I, like a spirit who has constant presence without a trace. My spirit lives on even when I'm not there. Nature will remember those commendable to good and respectable deeds under life's balance. The man of the river lives on through vision and humble co-existence..........