ColdWaterFshr Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Paul Dallas slipped his 15 foot canoe in to the inky pre-dawn fog hatchery boat ramp this morning and is still awake at this late evening hour to report on it, just for you. Many a moons have come and gone since the days he skinned his knees clambering among the slippery rocks in the dark, drowning injected nightcrawlers and Uncle Josh salmon eggs just upstream of this boatramp with Paul Sr. So it was a bit of a homecoming. The rotten smells and old frustrations came rushing back all it once. There was no booze, there was no tobacco, but it still felt good. Like the worn down wooden handles of an old wheelbarrel under the solid weight of wet manure. Yesterdays sunburn from all-day Table Rock tubing was salved in the cool fog as I paddled upstream. As the twilight of pre-dawn became evident, so did the thousands of dimpling fins all the way to outlet two. I felt like an indian. I've never seen so many fish and my fly-boxes were reached for more times than PD cares to admit. They laughed at me for coming back to this place and it hurt. Crackleback as an indicator and a size 18 grey scud about 3 ft below it. I managed only about 4 fish . . . but by 8 a.m. I had their number and they sent an 18" ambassador to call a truce. Cowards.
ColdWaterFshr Posted July 2, 2012 Author Posted July 2, 2012 yes . . . . finally. No more baseball for a whole month!
Daryk Campbell Sr Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Sounds like a fun trip. Very nice wording also. Money is just ink and paper, worthless until it switches hands, and worthless again until the next transaction. (me) I am the master of my unspoken words, and the slave to those that should have remained unsaid. (unknown)
DaddyO Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Dude!! I was ready to sit back and read a couple of chapters of that prose. DaddyO We all make decisions; but, in the end, our decisions make us.
ruthead Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Dude!! I was ready to sit back and read a couple of chapters of that prose. I agree. Very nice read. Just a shame to get the Readers Digest version. Thanks!! "Pretty soon we may not have any rights left because it might infringe on someone's rights"
Addicted to Creeks Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 Greatest fishing report ever Fish always lose by being "got in and dressed." It is best to weigh them while they are in the water. The only really large one I ever caught got away with my leader when I first struck him. He weighed ten pounds. —Charles Dudley Warner
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