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The fast food industry holds little, if any, fascination for me.  Give me a slice of bologna, cheese, a couple slices of light bread and some mustard and I’m good to go.  It’s quick, easy, and saves valuable time.  Yes, my time is valuable especially during the lunch hour.  I spend my lunch hours fly-fishing.

Just a half a block or so from my workplace is Rock Creek.  Rock Creek is the stream I grew up on spending my school lunch hours on the water.  Today, I spend my work lunch hours on the creek. 

Located in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area at Sulphur, Oklahoma, Rock Creek meanders its way through the park on its way to the Lake of the Arbuckles.  At one point Travertine Creek confluences with Rock Creek and together they twist and braid their way against a beautiful backdrop of trees, plants, and Bromide formations. 

When the Chickasaw tribe was moved from their homeland to what is now the recreation area they gave this area the name “Valley of peaceful riffles”.  The name seems most fitting.

Here, the waters are home to a variety of fish including Smallmouh, Largemouth, and Spotted Bass.  There are also Catfish, Red Ears, Redbreasts, Blue Gill, Warmouth, and Green Sunfish in both Rock Creek and Travertine.

My lunch hours are both thrilling and relaxing to me.  I love to stand in the water fly-fishing while watching the varied wildlife get on with their daily life.  Deer is a common sight here and I love to watch the Herons watching me.  It’s almost like a form of communication. 

Then there is the simple and pure relaxation I get from spending the lunch hour on the water.  I can leave work being totally tensed up and stressed out but after an hour of fly-fishing all anxiety has dissipated.

Fly-fishing on the lunch hour may be the best medicine in the world.  I’m a lucky man to be able to do what I do.

Good fishing everyone.