My prescription for this fever is 2-3 weeks of solitude, while tent camping stream-side and fly fishing high Rocky Mountain streams by day, then sipping whiskey out of a an old tin cup at dusk under a light show of stars you didn’t know existed in the city. I promise you it’ll fix you. I promise you a soul cleansing in exchange for a couple weeks of camping and fishing high mountain streams. The only rule is stay dry and layer. It’s my cure for the funk: fly fishing!
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