Some of the greatest rewards in fly fishing have little to do with fish. The nature of the pursuit takes you to gorgeous places, and the adventures you have while trying to fool fish with a wad of feathers wrapped around a hook are the stories retold over and over around campfires.
Chattanooga’s Mike Fitzsimmons has lived enough of those stories to write a book. He’s a 60-something-year-old electrical engineer and writer who spends summers at Colorado campgrounds to feed his trout-fishing addiction. He’s compiled decades of experiences into short stories for his book, “Adventures of a Dry-Fly Junkie.”
We caught up with Mike to conduct a little Q&A about his thoughts on traveling and camping to fly fish. Here’s what he had to say.
Get Out Chattanooga: You’ve lived in several places and traveled extensively. What do you think about Chattanooga since landing here seven years ago?