Ah well, in Churchill terms, I always was more a buttress of the educational system than a pillar.”1 Therefore channeling Sir Winston,
What academics call the ‘Battle of the Classroom’ is over.
The ‘Battle of Fieldsports’ has begun…
And if I should last for a thousand years, it is my hope that men will still say,
“This was his finest hour.”
Yes, I realize that’s a stretch. It’s just me having a little fun. But what was once an avocational side job is now my profession. And Mrs. Miller, since you commented back in 1975 that I needed “to settle down and work,” you’ll be pleased to know that when I commit to something, never lacking intensity, I do so wholeheartedly. Today, I’m a full-time fly-fishing guide, living by my wits the way a hunter always does, and the World is not enough.2 Treat that last phrase as the operative motto of Voyageurs Fieldsport. What’s not to like?