史上最糟糕的飞钓之旅 | 飞钓故事 #7

我觉得这次钓鱼之旅的开局，简直完美得不能再好了。

I don't think you could start a fishing trip out any better than the way this one began.

我们在峡谷入口处租了一座高档的圆顶帐篷，整晚就我们自己，河里全是大褐鳟，天气预报也说不错。

We had a fancy yurt at the mouth of the canyon all to ourselves, a river full of big brown trout, and decent weather in the forecast.

我对这次旅行的期待和信心，比最近任何一次都要强烈，但不只是因为看起来鱼情会很好。

I was more excited and optimistic about this trip than almost any recent memory, but not just because it looked like we'd have good fishing.

这是五年来我第一次能和好友瑞安·麦卡洛一起钓鱼，而且我VFC的合伙人亚历克斯也会跟我们一起去。

It'd be the first time in five years that I got to fish with my good friend Ryan McCullough, and Alex, my business partner here at VFC, was coming along with us too.

我们冷藏箱里有牛排， plenty of diet coke，我们三个人带的鱼饵，多到根本不可能全挂在树上。

We had steaks in the cooler, plenty of diet coke, and more flies between the three of us than we'd ever be able to lose in the trees.

不过老话说得好，再好的计划也扛不住现实的打击。

As the old saying goes though, no plan survives first contact with the enemy.

而我们呢，根本没意识到自己已经陷入麻烦，更没想到情况会恶化到这种地步。

And in our case, we didn't even know that we had an enemy or just how far south things were about to go.

我和瑞安·麦卡洛认识十多年了，这些年我们一起在西部各地钓鱼、探险，走遍了大半个美国。

I've been friends with Ryan McCullough for more than a decade now, and we've had the opportunity to fish and explore all over the Western US.

瑞安是教会的传教士，过去五年大部分时间都在威尔士度过，最近才搬回美国。

Ryan is a missionary for his church and spent most of the last five years in Wales before moving back to America.

他一回到美国，我们就马上安排了一次旅行，去我们最爱的那条河钓鱼。

Once he was stateside for a while, we quickly put together a trip to go fish one of our favorite rivers.

亚历克斯，我在VFC的好朋友兼合伙人，可不想错过这次乐趣。

Alex, my good friend and business partner here at VFC, didn't wanna miss out on the fun.

他听我讲过太多次和瑞安一起钓鱼的故事，所以二话不说就和我们一块儿出发了。

He's heard all of my stories about fishing with Ryan over the years, so he loaded up and headed out with us.

为了省事，不用跨三个州搬露营装备，我们找了个位于峡谷口的小屋，里面有烧烤架和全套厨房，这样就能直接在河边过夜，傍晚做饭，不用每天跑老远进城，也不用在篝火上煮饭。

To make things easier so we didn't have to haul camping gear across three states, we found a yurt at the mouth of a canyon that also had a grill and a complete kitchen, so we could stay on the river and cook meals late in the day and instead of making the long haul into town every night or cooking over a campfire.

而且，我们仨谁都没意见——能睡在真正的床上，总比睡帐篷强多了。

Plus, none of us were about to complain that we got to sleep on real beds instead of in a tent either.

瑞安比我们先到，一到就沿着河岸走下去，趁着天黑前最后几小时看鱼游动。

Ryan beat us there and walked down to the river to watch the fish in the last few hours of daylight.

他连鱼竿都没带。

He didn't even take a fly rod with him.

他跟我说，他只是想看看这条河现在是什么样子。

He told me he just wanted to see what the river was like now.

这可是他将近五年来第一次回来，一听到水流拍打石头的声音，他脸上的焦虑和压力一下子就消散了。

This was his first trip to it in almost five years and you could see the stress and worry melt off him the second he heard the sound of water rolling over the rocks.

等我和亚历克斯天黑后赶到，瑞安告诉我们，他看到几条鱼在吃水面的蠓虫，但没形成大规模的上浮。

When Alex and I rolled in after dark, Ryan told us he'd watched a few fish eat midges off the top, but there wasn't a huge hatch.

我问他为什么不下手钓，他说没必要。

When I asked him why he didn't try to catch any, he said he didn't need to.

他只需要知道鱼还在那儿就够了。

All he needed was to know the fish were there.

我听到说上浮不理想，鱼也没怎么吃水面，还挺意外的，毕竟这条河以褐鳟出名，它们抬头吃食的劲头，不输高山红点鲑。

Now, I was surprised to hear the hatch wasn't great and that there weren't too many fish eating off the top either Because this river is known for its brown trout that look up almost as eagerly as a high mountain cutthroat.

我心里隐隐有点担心，但还是把这念头压了下去。

The slightest bit of worry crept in, but I pushed the thought away.

这条河是难搞，但鱼总会以某种方式配合你。

The river could be tough, but the fish always cooperated in some manner.

somewhere，一定有鱼在浮水吃食。

Somewhere, there'd be fish rising.

我们只要找到它们就行。

We'd just have to find them.

不过，还有一个不确定因素，就是水流量。

There was one other wild card though, the flows.

这条河是尾水河，可惜的是，这一带也没能躲过席卷落基山脉大部分地区的干旱。

This river is a tailwater and unfortunately, that part of the country isn't free from the drought hitting most of the Rocky Mountains.

现在的水流量远低于这个季节的正常水平，因为水库正把水存着，留着给灌溉用。

The flows were well below normal for this time of year, which meant they're holding water back in the lake for irrigation season.

天气越来越暖，河边的田地也都种上了，我知道水流量上涨只是时间问题。

With the weather warming up and the fields on the way to the river all planted, I knew it was just a matter of time before the flows jumped.

那时，情况会朝两个方向发展。

That would do one of two things.

多出来的水会让鱼有更多活动空间，找到更好的觅食点，也会把不少鱼赶到岸边，让它们更容易被发现。

The extra water would give the fish room to move around and access better feeding lies, and it would push a lot of the fish towards the banks making them a bit easier to find.

再者，大量水流涌来会搅起很多水蚤、鼠妇、蠕虫，甚至小龙虾，这些都是大鳟鱼最爱的美食。

Plus a big rush of water can stir up a lot of scuds, sow bugs, worms, and even crawdads, all of which are great food items for big hungry trout.

或者，湖底涌出的冷水会让河温骤降，暂时中断昆虫羽化，让鱼儿变得焦躁不安。

Or all that cold water from the bottom of the lake would tank the river temps, shutting off the hatches for a while and putting the fish in a bit of a bad mood.

每条河里的鳟鱼对水位突变的反应都不一样，水位刚上涨时去钓鱼，总是充满不确定性。

Every river is different in how its trout react to sudden jumps and flows, and fishing right on the increase is always a gamble.

但钓鱼本来就是一场赌博，这点风险还不足以让我改期。

But fishing itself is a gamble anyway, so it wasn't enough of a concern to reschedule the trip over.

不过，当我们住进圆顶帐篷准备过夜时，我还是有点担心，第二天早上起来发现河水根本不配合。

Still, as we settled in for a night in beds in the yurt, I was a bit worried that we might wake up to a river that wouldn't want to cooperate.

没想到，我们没等到预期的小雨，反而迎来一片晴空，气温飙升，风也几乎没了。

Instead of the drizzle we expected, we woke up to a cloudless sky, soaring temps, and almost no wind.

河水看起来没涨多少，在线流量数据也证实，水位和昨晚一模一样。

The river didn't look any higher and a quick check of the flow data online confirmed it was at the same level as last night.

于是我们立刻沿河而上，直奔最好的河段，很快就在两个大水潭之间找到一片空旷的长流区。

So we high tailed it upriver to the best stretches of water and quickly found room on a long run between two large pools.

我搭了一个干蝇带子蝇的组合，亚历克斯也弄了套类似的。

I rigged up a mayfly dry dropper rig and Alex put together something similar.

鱼没浮上来吃食，虫子也不太活跃，但情况看着挺有希望。

The fish weren't rising and the bugs weren't terribly active yet, but things looked promising.

瑞安连钓竿都没装好。

Ryan didn't even rig his rod up.

他就坐在岸边等着。

He sat on the bank waiting.

他是那种最纯粹的干蝇派钓鱼人。

He is a dry fly purist in the best possible way.

他只对用干蝇钓鱼感兴趣，宁可坐着等，直到鱼开始吃食、虫子活跃起来，或者至少有把握能用干蝇中鱼。

He's really only interested in catching fish on dries, and he's perfectly happy to sit back and wait until the fish are rising, the bugs are active, or there's at least a good chance of a dry fly take.

他从不会只是为了表示自己试过了，就随便把蝇饵漂过可能有鱼的水域。

He often doesn't simply drift a fly over likely water just to say he's trying.

这是一种很特别的飞蝇钓法，虽然他蝇盒里连一条 nymph 都没有，但从不瞧不起用 nymph 的人。

It's a unique way to approach fly fishing, and while he doesn't have a single nymph in any of his fly boxes, he never looks down on anyone who uses them either.

要始终坚持一种钓鱼方式，确实需要一定的信念，但跟我们大多数人不一样，瑞安很清楚自己想要什么，也愿意耐心等待。

I reckon it takes a certain kind of conviction to only fish one way, but unlike a lot of us, Ryan knows exactly what he wants and he's willing to wait for it.

这里面或许藏着某种道理。

There's probably a lesson in there somewhere.

好几个小时都没什么动静，直到我和瑞安决定顺流而上，去看看下一个水潭，有没有鱼在活动。

Nothing happened for a few hours until Ryan and I decided to walk upstream and look at the next pool to see if the fish were moving around.

亚历克斯选择留在原地，继续钓我之前待过的那段水流。

Alex opted to stay behind and fish the part of the run I'd been in.

我们刚走不到五分钟，就听见有人喊叫。

We hadn't been gone for more than five minutes when we heard a holler.

瑞安和我立刻回头，看见下游的亚历克斯正钓上一条鱼，那鱼直接跳出了水面。

Ryan and I turned to look downstream at Alex who was hooked up to a fish that jumped clean out of the water.

不管是什么鱼，从远处看都大得惊人。

Whatever it was, the fish looked enormous even from a distance.

我们赶紧跑回去帮亚历克斯，用抄网捞起一条将近五十六厘米长的彩虹鳟。

We hightailed it back to Alex and helped him net a rainbow that went almost 22 inches long.

那条鱼咬的是一只十二号的皇家飞蝇，看起来特别像各种小虫子，这次很可能就是模仿突然出现在石头上爬行的石蛾。

The fish had eaten a royal flush, a size twelve fly that looks an awful lot like a lot of bugs and in this case, probably imitated the stoneflies that were suddenly out and crawling on the rocks.

五分钟前我们离开的时候，它们根本还不在这儿。

They hadn't been there when Ryan and I had left five minutes ago.

现在却到处都是，甚至还有掉进水里的。

Now they were everywhere, even falling into the water.

就在这时，我们听到了大鳟鱼轻轻啜食水面的标志性‘噗通’声。

That's when we heard the telltale plunk of a big trout sipping something from calm water.

我们都抬头往上游左岸看去，那里一圈圈涟漪正从一棵斜伸在水面上的棉白杨下缓缓散开。

We all looked upstream at the left bank where the rings of a rise were dissipating beneath a cottonwood that leaned precariously over the water.

没过几秒，那条鱼又跃出水面，一口吞下了一只石蛾。

A beat later, the fish rose again eating a stonefly in a single gulp.

我和瑞安对视了一眼，他让我先来投第一竿。

Ryan and I looked at each other and he told me to take the first cast.

我根本不用他多说，立刻换上瑞安十年前给我的那只石蛾假饵，小心翼翼地抛了出去。

I didn't need any more convincing, so I tied on a stonefly pattern that Ryan had given me almost ten years ago and made a tentative cast.

我第一竿抛得太靠右了，第二竿又太短。

My first cast landed too far to the right and my next cast was too short.

那条鱼还在吃，我简直不敢相信，水面上有这么多石蛾，咬钩这么持续不断。

The fish was still eating though and I couldn't believe there were enough stoneflies on the water for action this consistent.

终于，下一竿我精准地抛到了目标位置。

Finally, my next cast landed on target.

鱼一口吞下，我迅速提竿，大家全都大声欢呼起来——我钓上了一条将近二十英寸的褐鳟。

The fish slurped, I set the hook, and we all let out a huge holler as I fought an almost 20 inch brown to the net.

接下来该轮到瑞安了，因为河岸那片水域里，不止一条鱼在浮起觅食。

Ryan was up next because that wasn't the only fish rising in that pocket of water on the bank.

另一条鱼正紧贴着一丛根须和枝条在吃食。

Another fish was eating even tighter to a tangle of roots and branches.

我用同样的飞蝇试了几次都没成功，瑞安便停下来仔细观察水面。

A few casts with the same fly I'd used didn't yield anything though, so Ryan paused to take a look at the water.

就在这时，仿佛有谁在指挥一样，距离瑞安左脚不到五英尺的地方，一条鱼跃出了水面。

Then as if on cue, not even five feet from Ryan's left leg, a fish rose.

瑞安连停都没停。

Ryan didn't miss a beat.

他收线、抬杆，把一只石蛾飞蝇抛到了上游大约七英尺的地方。

He stripped in line, lifted his rod, and tossed a stone fly about seven feet upstream.

飞蝇顺流漂了两英尺，那条褐鳟又浮了上来，一口咬住，就像刚邀请姐妹去参加舞会一样兴奋。

It drifted a couple feet down, then the brown rose again and smashed that fly like it had just asked its sister to the prom.

我们谁都没想到，居然又冒出一条将近二十英寸的褐鳟，这么不顾一切地吃食——尤其是在这条以鳟鱼挑剔著称的河里，通常得用八号细线、26号飞蝇、十五英尺的前导线才有点希望钓到一条。

None of us could really believe that another almost 20 inch brown was eating with such reckless abandon, especially on a river like this where the trout are known to be so picky that it's common to need eight x tippet, size 26 flies, and 15 foot leaders to have a chance at landing one.

我们几个人都上了岸，石蛾又多，估计好戏才刚开场。

With each of us on the board and the stoneflies out in force, we reckon the things were just starting to warm up.

但我们谁也没料到，接下来会发生那样的事。

What we didn't expect is what happened next.

河水突然安静了。

The river shut off.

就像鱼神按了个按钮，把所有鱼全从水里抽走了。

Like the fish gods pressed a button and sucked all the fish right out of the water.

石蛾还是到处乱爬。

The stoneflies were still crawling everywhere.

有几只蜉蝣在飞，我还看见了一只毛翅虫。

A few mayflies buzzed and I even saw a caddis.

我们把能钓的水都搜了一遍，但河里人太多，其他人也一样没钓到鱼。

We covered as much water as we could, but the river was a bit crowded and no one else was having much luck either.

那天剩下的时间，我们谁都没咬到一口。

For the rest of the day, none of us even got a bite.

情况太冷清了，我最后干脆不扔竿了，就坐在岸边看着河面。

Things were so dead that I eventually quit casting and just sat on the bank watching the river.

我盼着傍晚能有虫子出水，于是守在一处合适的水道，看着太阳慢慢沉到峡谷后面。

I hoped that evening would bring out a hatch, so I waited in position at a likely run while the sun slowly slunk its way behind the canyon walls.

就算光线变暗、气温下降，虫子和鱼都没什么动静。

Even with the low light and dropping temps, the bugs didn't do much and the fish didn't either.

我们只看到零星几条鱼浮起来吃食。

A few random rises were all we got.

那天晚上，我们烤牛排的时候，我看了下河流的水位。

That night, while we grilled steaks, I checked the river flows.

我总觉得出了什么状况，果然，瑞安一放鱼，鱼就突然开始咬钩了。

I had a sneaking suspicion something had happened and sure enough, they jumped almost as soon as Ryan let his fish go.

我们指望一夜水位稳定能让鱼儿活跃些，于是就去休息了。

Hoping that a night of stable flows would put the fish in a better mood, we hit the hay.

第二天早上，情况还是一样糟。

The next morning, it was more of the same.

石蛾还在，蜉蝣嗡嗡飞，石蛾比前一天还多，但水色浑浊，水位又高，我们使出浑身解数，鱼就是不咬。

Stone flies out, mayflies buzzing, more caddies than the day before, but the water was slightly off color, high, and despite our best efforts, the fish refused to do anything.

蚯蚓、水蚤、摇蚊、毛毛虫饵、鱼卵——只要是能想到的饵料，各种钓法我们都试了个遍。

Worms, scuds, midges, mop flies, eggs, anything we could think of, any rig imaginable, we tried it all.

瑞安甚至还加了子线。

Ryan even tied on a dropper.

最后我们唯一钓到的，是亚历克斯偶然中了一条虹鳟，可还没来得及抄网，鱼就甩钩跑了。

All we had to show for it was a brief hookup Alex got with another rainbow, but it spat the hook before he could get it in the net.

那天下午的情况跟前一天一模一样。

That afternoon followed the same script as the day before.

我们选了一段适合抛干蝇的河段，一段不错的流水，最后汇入一个几百码长的水潭。

We picked a stretch of river that's good dry fly water, a nice run that dumps into a pool a few 100 yards long.

如果鱼真要吃食，昆虫真要孵化，这儿就是最可能发生的地方。

If the fish were going to rise and the bugs are going to hatch, this is where it would happen.

于是我们等着。

So we waited.

我又歇了会儿，因为感觉自己像在空抛影子一样。

I took another break from fishing because it was starting to feel like I was casting a ghost.

连一向从不歇着、总爱静静看水的亚历克斯也灰心了。

Even Alex who never takes a break to just sit and watch the water was defeated and discouraged.

他走过来，跟瑞安和我一起坐在岸边，呆呆地盯着水面，盼着虫子能突然冒出来。

He joined Ryan and I on the bank while we stared dumbfounded at the water trying to will a hatch into existence.

跟前一晚一样，什么都没发生。

Just like the night before, nothing happened.

鱼没跃出水面，虫子也没孵化，我们三人整个行程总共才钓到三条鱼。

The fish didn't rise, the bugs didn't hatch, and we ended the trip with three fish caught between us.

这绝对是我在钓鱼史上最糟糕的一次，就连当年去皮拉米德湖空手而归的时候都没这么惨。

By far the worst fishing trip I've ever been on, even those trips to Pyramid Lake years ago when I got skunked.

至少那时候，我朋友们还是能钓到鱼的。

At least on those trips, my buddies put fish in the net.

第二天早上离开时，我很难过，因为这条河没展现出它最精彩的一面。

When we left the next morning, I was sad that the river hadn't shown its best self.

我感觉有点被亏待了，尤其是这次本该是一次意义重大的旅行。

I felt a bit cheated, especially since this was a monumental trip.

瑞安和亚历克斯终于见面了。

Ryan and Alex got to meet.

我能和两个最欣赏的人一起钓鱼，可偏偏我们碰上了最倒霉的一次行程。

I got to fish with two of my favorite people, but we couldn't have come up with a worst trip if we tried.

一开始没钓到鱼已经够糟了，可我们明明亲眼看见那么壮观的石蛾羽化，也见过鱼吃那些虫子，结果却在关键时刻断了线。

It's one thing to get skunked from the start, but to see such a great stonefly hatch, catch fish on those bugs, and then get the middle fin.

这真够让人难受的。

Well, that really stings.

直到现在，距离那次钓鱼回来已经三个月了，我几乎都不想讲这个故事。

Even now, three months after the trip, I almost didn't wanna tell this story.

但就算在最糟的日子里，河流也总能教给我们一些东西，这次也不例外。

But there's always something to learn from the river even on the worst days, and this trip was no different.

大家好。

Hey, everybody.

欢迎收听。

Welcome to it.

这里是《Untangled》。

This is Untangled.

我是你们的主持人斯宾塞·杜兰特，希望你们喜欢刚才那个小故事。

I'm your host, Spencer Durant, and I hope you all enjoyed that little story.

这跟我在节目里平时讲的不太一样，但即便没钓到几条鱼，这个故事里依然有很多值得琢磨的地方。

A little little different than I've done usually here on the show, but it it's just there's a lot to learn from that story even though there weren't hardly any fish caught.

我真不是故意说得太夸张。

And I I wasn't trying to be too dramatic.

说起这事确实挺难受的，毕竟地方离得远。

It is kinda painful to talk about it because it's a long drive away.

这次我甚至专门飞过去，因为比我开车快多了。

I even flew to get there this time because it was quicker than driving for me.

我和朋友们一起去的，这种时候你总盼着能有点好结果，尤其是和朋友一起规划的旅行。

And I was with my buddies, and you just you want something good to happen when you plan a trip like that and you're with your buddies.

结果却一点都没如愿，说实话，我感觉特别受挫。

And then for it to just not pan out that way, it felt, I mean, I took it personal.

我不会骗你。

I'm not gonna lie.

现在我对这条河有点意见了。

I I got beef with that river now.

真的没有。

No.

这真的挺让人沮丧的。

It it just it's tough.

说到底，最重要的教训其实是——水流状态很关键。

And, really, I think the big takeaway more than anything is here is that flows matter.

就在上周，或者再往前一周，我们刚做了一期节目，讲怎么通过水流来提高钓鱼效果。

And we just did I think it was last week or maybe the week before, we just did a show about how to read river flows for better fishing.

如果你还不懂什么是水流，简单说就是，当河里水量突然增加时，这种水位的骤升，就像我刚才说的，会严重影响鱼的活动习惯。

So if you don't know what river flows are or anything like that, it's just when the river increases, when there's more water in it, that sudden jump in flows can, like I talked about in the story, can really impact the way the fish behave.

有时候这反而有好处，能激活鱼的活性，让它们特别活跃；但像这次，它们明显被惹毛了，根本不肯咬钩，整个过程就像个闹脾气的小孩，怎么哄都不理人。

And sometimes it's for the better, sometimes it kinda jumpstarts things and really gets the fish into a good mood, and then other times like this one, they just really were mad that that had happened and they didn't want to cooperate, and it felt like they were just pouting like a toddler the whole time.

所以钓鱼这事儿永远有风险，正因如此，关注水流才这么重要。

So it's always a gamble, and that's why it's important to check flows.

所以你总能听到有人问：‘现在水流是多少？’

It's why you hear a lot of folks always like, well, what are the flows at?

因为水流数据能给你提供大量有用的信息，帮你判断今天钓鱼会不会顺利。

Because that does give you a lot of good information on how the fishing should be.

不过可没保证一定成功，对吧？有时候鱼就是不咬钩。

Now there's no guarantee, right, because sometimes the fishes don't cooperate.

这一点对新手来说可能特别难接受，因为你明明什么都做对了，鱼就是不配合。

And that's the other part that maybe for beginners is a little tough because you'll go out and you're gonna do all the right things, and the fish just don't cooperate.

尤其是刚入门的时候，这真的特别打击人，因为你还没积累足够的经验，没法告诉自己：‘哦，上次是这样，下次肯定就好了。’

And especially as a beginner, that's really challenging because you don't have the years of positive reinforcement of knowing that, oh, yeah.

你还没建立起这种信心：今天虽然糟，但下次一定会好。

It was tough today, but it's gonna be great next time or whatever.

你还没有这种积累。

You don't have that built up.

你经历的只是一连串糟糕的钓鱼经历。

You just have a string of really bad trips.

所以你真的得靠自己坚持下去，不断尝试，继续钓鱼，因为当日子太糟的时候，真的很容易就想放弃。

And so you've really gotta find it in yourself to push through and to keep going and to keep trying and keep fishing because it can be really easy when those days are that tough to just say, yeah.

是啊。

Yeah.

不行。

No.

我真不干了。

I'm not doing it.

这活儿太费劲了。

This is too much work.

就是不行。

It's just no.

我真不干了。

I'm not doing it.

我懂。

So I get it.

我知道这有多让人沮丧，但有时候真没什么办法。

I understand how frustrating that can be, but sometimes there really isn't anything you could do.

有时候鱼就是完全不咬钩。

Sometimes the fish just don't cooperate at all.

有时候天气也不配合。

And sometimes the weather doesn't cooperate either.

我的意思是，这部分你也控制不了，你知道的，有些事就是没法安排。

I mean, there's that that aspect of it too where, you know, some of that's out of your control.

我们本来指望有一天会是阴天加毛毛雨，那种天气最适合蓝翅黄蛉虫了。

We'd hoped the weather was supposed to be overcast and drizzly one day, which is perfect for blue winged olive mayflies.

我们最希望的就是赶上那种虫子大量出没的时刻，结果一整天都是阳光明媚，根本没发生。

That's that's what we're really hoping for was to get into that kind of a hatch and just didn't materialize at all because it was bright and sunny the whole time.

所以那些蜉蝣根本没出现。

So the mayflies just weren't out there.

鱼也就没怎么理会它们。

The fish weren't on them as much.

钓鱼那天能不能顺利，牵扯的因素太多了，随便一个小状况都能把整个节奏搞砸。

So there's just there's so much that goes into having a good day on the water that any one little thing can really throw that it can funk up the shway.

完全打乱了原本的计划。

It can really throw it off kilter.

但说到底，这次最值得珍惜的，是和瑞安、亚历克斯一起待在野外，和好朋友在一起。

And, really, the the salvaging point from this was being out there with Ryan and Alex, being with your good buddies.

当你和那些你真心喜欢相处的人一起出门时，再糟糕的行程也会变得好承受得多。

That really does make those trips a lot more bearable when you're out there with folks that you enjoy being with.

所以啊，一定要找到靠谱的钓鱼伙伴，好好珍惜他们，因为当这种不顺心的日子来临时，你们会互相照应。

And so, you know, find the good fishing buddies and take good care of them because they're gonna take care of you, and you'll take care of them when these bad days happen like this.

有伴儿真好，哪怕钓鱼效果差劲，我和瑞安还是能并肩坐在特鲁特河边上，拿着飞蝇竿，聊聊天，补上这五年没见的功课。

So it's always good to have folks in your corner to share those those times with because as much as the fishing sucked, Ryan and I got to sit next to the Trout River with our fly rods and talk and catch up after not seeing each other for five years.

那真的特别棒。

So that was fantastic.

而且更巧的是，我和瑞安都特别喜欢收藏老式飞蝇竿。

And then on top of that, Ryan and I both have these same taste in vintage fly rods.

我们俩都收了不少古董竿子。

We collect a lot of vintage rods.

我带了几根，他带了几根，最后我们干脆一起拿出来，好好过了一把老竿投掷的瘾。

So I brought a few, and he brought a few, and we got to have a casting session with our vintage rods together.

那真的特别有意思。

So that was really fun.

其中有不少值得说的。

So there was a lot to it.

我们吃得很棒。

We had good food.

我们在一个舒服的院子里睡的觉。

We slept in the nice yard.

我们还睡了床。

We got a bed.

说真的，很多事情都值得一看，让人感叹。

I mean, there's a lot to just look at and say, hey.

这趟挺好的，尤其是那条河，我这辈子见过最大的蜘蛛都在那儿了。

This was good because that that river especially, there's some of the biggest spiders I've ever seen in my life.

那峡谷真是绝了。

Love that canyon.

那里蝎子和响尾蛇的数量比你想象的要多得多。

And there's more scorpions and rattlesnakes up there than you would expect.

我觉得露营总是有点像碰运气。

So camping's always kind of a roll of the dice, I feel like.

能不用一大早起来把蝎子从鞋子里倒出来，安心去吃早餐，真不错。

So it was nice to to not worry about, you know, dumping a a scorpion out of my shoes in the morning, get up to go to breakfast.

这趟旅行确实挺艰难的，但这种艰难的行程总是难免的。

So, yes, it was a tough trip, but you're gonna have those tough trips.

总会遇到特别难熬的日子，让人根本不想出门做任何事，但这就是钓鱼的一部分。

You're gonna have those tough days that make it really difficult to want to go out and do much of anything, but that that's just part of fishing.

这些日子最能看出跟你一起钓鱼的人是什么样的人，看他们怎么应对这些状况。

And it will it reveals a lot about the folks you fish with that how they react to those days.

很多人会因此发火，但千万别把情绪撒在别人身上。

It's very common to just get mad and angry about it, but, you know, definitely not take it out on each other.

这让我想起约翰·加罗奇说过的一句话。

But it's it reminds me of that John Garroch quote.

他说，那些让人讨厌的人和傻瓜，在钓鱼旅行中是藏不住的。

He said creeps and idiots can't conceal themselves long on fishing trips.

这话一点不假。

It's a 100% true.

你出去碰上这种糟糕的日子，就能看出朋友是啥样的人，也看清自己是啥样的人。

You go out and you have a tough day like this, you're gonna see what your buddies are made of what you're made of too.

你甚至可能会对自己在这些情况下的反应感到意外。

You you're gonna you might even end up surprising yourself with with how you react in these situations.

希望你们都喜欢这个故事。

So, hopefully, you all enjoyed the story.

我特别喜欢做这种讲故事的节目。

I love doing these story episodes.

如果你有什么想听的具体故事，或者对这些节目有什么建议，一定告诉我。

So if you've got any specific kinds of stories you'd like to hear, if you've got any feedback for these episodes, definitely let me know.

如果你是在Spotify上听的，欢迎留言。

Drop a comment if you're listening on Spotify.

如果你是在其他平台收听，欢迎加入我们的学习群，在群里留言吧。

If you're listening elsewhere, jump into our school group and drop comments there.

记得告诉我。

Let me know.

我很期待听到你的想法。

I'd love to hear from you.

我们的学习群就像Facebook，但好用多了。

Our school group, it's like Facebook, but it doesn't suck.

完全免费。

It's completely free.

你可以和来自世界各地的钓鱼爱好者一起交流。

You get to hang out with a bunch of other anglers from all over the world.

大家聊聊钓鱼的心得和技巧。

We get to chat and talk shop about fishing.

那里特别有意思。

It's a really fun place to be.

如果感兴趣，可以在节目笔记里找到加入的链接。

There's a link to join that down in the show notes if you're interested.

不过，真的非常感谢你们能来。

But, yeah, just I appreciate you guys being here.

谢谢你们每周都来听节目。

Appreciate you listening to the show every week.

别忘了把《Untangled》推荐给你认识的每个人。

Make sure you tell everybody you know about Untangled.

把这些故事分享给他们，让我们能帮助更多人过上真实的生活，让更多人拥有这样的体验，这正是我们一直在做的事。

Share these stories with them so we can help folks live real life, help as many people have these experiences as possible because that's really what we're all about here.

好了，下次再见，大家去钓鱼吧，好好享受，好好生活。

But until next time everybody, get on the water, enjoy yourselves, and live your life.