This Morning

[Leland Miyawaki]

This morning on the Snoqualmie, I was lowholed by a man casting a 
spinner. I figured that it didn't matter as I had already fished 
through the run three times with three different flies and I was 
fixing to leave anyway,but it still kinda bothered me. A few moments 
later, I got sweet revenge as a hot 7-8 lb. hen simply blasted my #10 
Blue Charm. She struck about five feet above the spot my new fishing 
partner was standing on and immediately launched into a series of 
downstream cartwheels. I heard his expletives as he must have first 
thought that someone was tossing rocks into the river. When he saw my 
rod bending and heard my reel screaming, he began to cast all the 
more feverishly. The fun was when I slid her onto the rocks, held her 
by the wrist as I removed the hook, picked her up, turned quickly and 
slid her back into the water. I nonchalantly stood, gathered up my 
rod, and walked back to my car - without looking back - like it 
happens all the time.

Leland.