Steel

The indications which tell

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The indications which tell your dry fly angler when to strike are clear and unmistakable, but those which bid a wet fly man raise his rod-point and draw in the steel are frequently so subtle, so evanescent and impalpable to the senses, that, when the bending rod assures him that he has divined aright, he … Read more

There is a creative

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There is a creative pleasure, which, for instance, the artisan in the Middle Ages, or in a country like Mexico, still today has – namely the pleasure of creating something. You find quite a few skilled workers who still have that pleasure: maybe in a steel mill; maybe a worker who works with a complicated … Read more

She dealt her pretty

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She dealt her pretty words like Blades — How glittering they shone — And every One unbared a Nerve Or wantoned with a Bone — She never deemed — she hurt — That — is not Steel’s Affair — A vulgar grimace in the Flesh — How ill the Creatures bear — To Ache is … Read more