A New Song from Band of Bluegrass-Loving Fly Fishers



Forest Station—a bluegrass band with angling roots in each Bozeman, Montana, and Jericho, Vermont—lately launch a brand new tune that any fly fisher can relate to. (Traces equivalent to “I attempted new flies a dozen occasions, and none of them appeared to work” would possibly hit just a little too near dwelling for a few of us.) “White Whale” is about what motivates anglers to proceed to stoke their obsessive fires.

 Try the lyrics under.

“A few of our music is in that overlap in a Venn diagram of bluegrass and fly-fishing,” mentioned guitarist Eli Martell-Crawford, who as soon as labored for Simms Fishing Merchandise. “Optimistically, we hope the tens of {dollars} to be made creating fly-fishing bluegrass songs and pushing them out on streaming music providers is sufficient to get our mandolin participant a brand new tube of Aquaseal.”

This isn’t the band’s first fly-fishing tune. The instrumental “Hopper Dropper” (Listen here) off their debut album captures the duality of a dry fly floating on the floor and a nymph dangling within the waters under.

“White Whale” and “Hopper Dropper are available on Spotify.

White Whale
Strolling down a chilly freestone with the recent solar on assault
For the lifetime of me I couldn’t shake the monkey off my again
I attempted new flies a dozen occasions, and none of them appeared to work
Lastly, on a golden stone I felt the bastard jerk

On the lookout for fact on a river with no identify
Down across the nook it’s burning like a flame
Dropping my thoughts within the Rocky Mountain solar
I’ll discover my white whale earlier than this previous day is completed

Outdated hoot owl peering out from the highest of a Jack Pine Tree
He instructed me that dangerous issues will all the time are available in three
The bruiser fled, he shook his head, he broke the tip of my line
The owl laughed and he made me slip
It’s what I get for making an attempt

On the lookout for fact on a river with no identify
Down across the nook it’s burning like a flame
Dropping my thoughts within the Rocky Mountain solar
I’ll discover my white whale earlier than this previous day is completed

Standing within the water with the twilight drawing close to
Moonlight on the river financial institution and I ain’t seeing clear
By the spinner fall I made the decision to by no means depart my put up
I’ll search and drift from nightfall to daybreak on this river stuffed with ghosts

On the lookout for fact on a river with no identify
Down across the nook it’s burning like a flame
Dropping my thoughts within the Rocky Mountain solar
I’ll discover my white whale earlier than this previous day is completed

Dropping my thoughts within the Rocky Mountain solar
I’ll discover my white whale earlier than this previous day is completed