Only the Bold Fish in the Cold

New song by Roy E. Howard at http://www.cantos.org/fishing/music.html

Only the bold fish in the cold

and the rain, and the wind, and the snow.

Socks and sweaters and gloves and caps and

long handled underwear and wraps,

chest waders, coat, pants, belt, and the rest.

There's hardly room for your net, rod, or vest!

The rain comes down and the water comes up, and

The channels and the holes are shifting sand.

You can wade through the ice and the mud where you sink

but the water is deeper than you think.

Did  you know that after a rain

there are holes in the creek that are six feet deep?

Don't wade alone in the Big Slough Creek

You may never be seen again.

In the winter it is dark in the morning and

dark in the day and the afternoon

Don't stay late, for when the sun goes down

you could slip and fall and drown.