Forget the blue ribbon, trophy streams with all the associated social hype, crowds, and everything that comes with it---

"... let me introduce an idea - just something to kick around: Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you can catch without being disappointed, and, of course, without losing the faith that there's a bigger one in there." - John Gierach, Fly Fishing Small Streams.


- this is what I am after.