I never thought I'd be craving rain in December, let alone hoping to fish in it, but I am. I'm enjoying the way the rain hits your fingers and feels like hundreds of bees stinging you. Putting your hand in cold, running water while releasing a fish is glorious. Not having the sun there to warm you on 40 degree days is remarkable. Hanging up soaked waders in the evening and putting them on damp is sublime.
Read moreGrow In the Open Air
"Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons; it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."
-Walt Whitman