sport recreation

The Joy of Fly Fishing in New Brunswick

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:33 AM PDT

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I try to get out for a little fishing on opening day when it doesn’t mess with our anniversary which falls on April 17. Not sure why I agreed on that date but there are a lot of things I wonder about in marriage.

I learned that it’s better to NOT mention opening day of fishing season on the years our anniversary falls on a weekend.I learn, just slowly.

I was invited on a fishing trip open day, about 20 years ago. Asked Jenny if it would be alright. She even said yes, I just hadn’t learned that sometimes yes means no.

Most of you know I still haven’t been forgiven for making a stupid choice like that.

Anniversary Dinner

We have a favourite little restaurant we like to go to on special occasions. It’s just off Mountain Road, in Moncton, New Brunswick, at Killiam Drive. It’s an east Indian restaurant and the food reminds me so much of the cooking I used to get when I lived in Ontario.

This little restaurant is just a 10 minute walk from our house so it’s just enough to get our appetites active and to help digestion started on the walk home. The weather even cooperated.

Can I Get My Fishing License Too?

I am a little gun shy about talking fishing on our anniversary but I usually get my fishing license at Chubbies, which is just a 5 minute walk past the restaurant. So I asked if we could go there and get my license. I had to sign a document with my blood, stating I would not go fishing that weekend. Then Jenny even paid for my license.

So now we have been married 29 years. How time flies when you’re having fun, eh?

Off On Our Honeymoon

We had a great day for an April wedding. No rain, no snow, warm temps and even some sun when it was picture taking time.

So all the wedding stuff done, we were off to Fredericton New Brunswick for our wedding night and then off to Ontario, Niagara Falls and then to visit relatives that live in Ontario.

That year the water was so high they were talking about shutting down the highway that follows the Saint John River to Fredericton.

There were moose and deer all along that section of the highway along with police and rangers who were trying to get people to leave the moose along as they were plenty stressed already.

Well we made it through that section and I then tried to speed up to make up some time and as always when I try to speed I get stopped. This time instead of a ticket I was given a warning and he then wished us a happy safe wedding and we were on our way again, at the speed limit.

In Conlusion

Next year, 2012 is our 30th anniversary so I was thinking that maybe we could take a fishing trip somewhere nice. I haven’t got up the nerve to mention that one yet.