Never gone fishing21stApril
I've met dozens of folks that have never gone fishing. If you did go fishing, count yourself lucky and please understand, its still important to empathize with those who lacked the opportunity. If you're one of those who never went fishing, of course its not your fault. What are you going to do if dad or mom never took you out the river and showed you how to bait a hook? Who's going to learn you the ropes (or the knots)?
Answer: You go out and do it. Get a license and CHEAP pole (G.I. Joe's is going out of business). Convince a friend to go with you. Sit there. Make mistakes and don't catch anything. Enjoy the riverbank and the birds. Then, with the same friend, go to the fishing section at Powells or to the internet and read up on what you can do differently.
And how do you get there? Fish on the banks of Willamette. Ride your bike down the Springwater Corridor in this nice weather. Put your pole and tackle in your hip basket. Plenty of people are doing it.
And what if you catch something? Gutting A Rainbow Trout in under 30 secs (you can find anything on youtube). It won't be pretty your first time, or second, or third. Someday you'll just wake up and know how to eloquently gut a fish.
And what if your sad about killing a fish? Taking a life? That's good. Because we need to be sad. Its imperative in today's cold world. We're so disconnected from what feeds us. Whether its potatoes grown by the agro-industry in Idaho or some wine grown in California. If that fish feeds you, then you will want more fish in the water. You took a life, now your responsible for putting 50 back in its place.
And what if during summer Trackers replaced our "taster days" with "Gone fishing days"? Meaning we just go fishing together. Meet early on Saturday morning with our bikes and poles. Someone buys doughnuts. We do whatever the moment asks us to. We can have people teaching each other. All you lucky ones that went fishing as a kid will get to share what you learned. Help people out. I guarantee we'll get varying levels of experience and that collaborative learning is what truly builds community. Send your answer to this question to tony@trackersnw.com
One last free taster day May 16
This is the last day of the taster season. If you want to find out what its like to fish together (and do more) with a team of fiends for one year, then come to the taster day. TrackersTEAMS Immersion is about sewing you into the land. Rocking you through the seasonal rounds of harvest and rhythms of the Willamette Valley. No other program does it as real as we do, and we do it by bikes in the city to boot.
One last blast for Alumni of Taster Days May 17
You know it. Refresh your skills, move onto new ones, throw swords and join us for a black tie and black dress wild/local foods cocktail party later that evening. If you have attended a taster day (or will), this is the party to close out the Taster Season.
Learn more or RSVP for either the taster day or alumni day
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