Light in the House of Water: Angling on Little Cottonwood Creek by Maximilian Werner; Photos: Christian Werner
Christian Werner Maximilian Werner Photo Essay TroutThe following is a photo essay written by Maximilian Werner; photos were taken by Christian Werner. Maximilian lives in Salt Lake City. His poems, creative nonfiction, essays, and interviews have appeared or are forthcoming in several journals and magazines, including The North American Review, Yale Anglers’ Journal, ISLE, Weber Studies, Fly Rod and Reel, Sporting Classics, and Columbia. He is also an Academy of American Poets prize winner. Mr. Werner’s essay Anglers’ Ball placed 2nd in the 2008 Robert Traver Fly Fishing Writing Award. His book Black River Dreams won the 2008 Utah Arts Council’s Original Writing Competition for nonfiction and was published by Barclay Creek Press in the Fall of 2009, and is available in January 2010 (FlyAddicts.com will be publishing an excerpt during the week of January 18, 2010).
The clear, cold water glows in the deepening light of late afternoon. Fall is coming to the mountains.
Whether a trout answers the door depends on how I knock…
So I knock gently.
What is the difference between a trout, evening sunlight, rock, and water? Absolutely nothing.
In a house made of water, windows are everywhere.
And looking through each window is a gazer.
After setting and rising with the sun, I return.
This is how I live in the moment.
Brook Trout are living proof fire and water are not opposites.
If the poet had written, “In the stream, I am the absence of the stream,” he would have been wrong.
Fly Fishing is how we see the future.
Trout inspire us to gently handle what we love.
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Absolutely beautiful! makes me feel calm all over
I really liked the analogy of doors, house made of windows and the “gazer”. The pictures were great too. You guys make a great team.
Maximilian. It is nice to see something on our local waters(I live in Riverton) I have not been into fly fishing for to long yet But I have fished Big and Little C quite often. I really enjoyed your analogies. man I really need to get out.
Brian Petersen
Hey Max, congrats on the book publication. That’s quite an accomplishment!
Creative little photo essay here. Your bro. did a great job on the photographs. Nice teamwork.
later, KO
I grew up fishing that creek. Lived on it in the summers. Love every foot of it. THanks for the respect.
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