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...excites us enough that we eventually push our clocks ahead and lose an hour of sleep so that in our excitement we can greet the day earlier. But despite all of this, to me, March 1st holds a more noteworthy quality. In Missouri, it is the first day of trout season and in my hometown in the Ozarks, Trout...
...uninitiated, Trout Day originated when the local school district first decided to cancel class because too many students would skip to go fishing. Out of that small move, a local holiday was born. But, time has gone by and now most students don’t go fishing on their day off. I can hardly blame them. I never went fishing on Trout Day. The majority of the people I know didn’t go either. It was a day, in my mind that was too cold, too crowded, and started too early...
...despite mishaps, the day lives on. I have no doubt that even if the school board wised up to the fact that the majority of students don’t go fishing, Trout Day would never be excised from the books. It’s one of those local traditions in a small town that gleams with the tint of invincibility. Woe be to any public official who tries to remove Trout Day, because most likely the public outrage would in the end remove that official instead...
...Trout Day continues to stand as a monument to fish and as an excuse for a day off—a small piece of idiosyncrasy that somehow gives me assurance. The strength of our local flavors lies in the fact that they aren’t preserved for use’s sake, but because they remind us that who we are partly depends on from where we’ve come...
...achievements of Millard Fillmore. Columbus Day is a day to remember 1492—to paraphrase Vonnegut—the year sea pirates discovered a new continent. Thanksgiving is the time to eat cranberry-covered turkey and be nice to your family—all your family. But Trout Day is different. Trout Day requires nothing of us and can be legitimized only as a day to get off because it’s a nice day to go fishing. For this reason, Trout Day will forever be the grandest holiday of them all. It?...