Every fly fisher owns a private island, at least for a little while. It’s something we do – those of us who don’t own riverfront in the official eyes of the government. We go on our little outings, and we take over some of the space for a time that the government thinks is “public”. And without their knowing it, we wield our 9′ fiberglass swords and declare that plot of ground and all navigable water running through it to be our own sovereign nation. At the end of the day, we quietly re-sheath our weapons, and whisper to the nation that they may borrow our newly conquered territory…until we come back again another time. May it always be so.

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Scott Hale is the founder of ArtCreel.com, a website that brings together a wide variety of fly fishing art from many of the sport’s most celebrated artists. ArtCreel.com showcases “Fine Art for Anglers”, and provides an extraordinary one-stop experience for finding and purchasing high quality limited edition angling art and fish art prints.  You can purchase the piece above by clicking here.