By Mike Hall, November 29, 2018
A very young cowboy was asked about his fishing trip on Monday.
‘Caught a 38 incher.’
‘No way, dude…tell the truth.’
‘What I meant is that I caught 38 inches of trout…an eleven incher, two ten inch browns, and a three and a four inch small fry.
Yeppers…38 inches of trout if you add them all together.
The first two of the day were the small fry who…when I felt the tug and set the hook, came flying past me like bullets in Baghdad.
Today, I wondered what it must feel like for those youngins’ to sample a bit of food and then be flying through space.
It must be like the ultimate ride at an amusement park. They must say the quickest ‘Oh Shit’ in history.
On second thought, it doesn’t resemble a ride at Elitch’s at all…and they don’t look amused one bit when I extract the hook and lift them from the net to return to their watery home.
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