Top 5 Reasons: Why a bad day fishing is better than a good day working.

5.  If a fish rises when you do not have your fishing rod in the car, did the fish actually rise?
     Note the ripples on the water. 
     Wanganui River on a fall day.  Southwest of Taumarunui on the Forgotten Highway.

4.  Keep fishing and you might find gold.  Upper Clutha River near Wanaka, South Island.

3.  We practice, we try, but there is nothing better than the real thing.  Lessons done.  Time to go on his own.  Upper Clutha River near Wanaka, South Island.

2.  Positive reinforcement goes a long way.  Joel with his first New Zealand rainbow on a fly.
     Lake Manuwai, Northland, NZ.

1.  Earlier in the series of pictures, gold was found on the river.  On a little stream near Glenorchy, South Island appropriately named Diamond Creek.....

  The camera caught a keeper of a memory that is more precious than diamonds.  McKeely's smile and eyes as she successfully placed her cast on the water. 
    No such thing as a bad day fishing.
    Fish On!