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The INDEPENDENT, October 1. 1987 P a g e 13 Senior News and, th o u g h he hadn t yet m ód c a k ill, he lik e d th e ex p e rie n ce and p la n n e d to h u n t u n til su n d o w n He was una w a re o t th e le n g th o t tu n e h it gam e can tra v e l, or how lon g it can ta k e to fo llo w a b lo o d and sp o o r tra il He d id n 't even have a fla s h lig h t A n o th e r o b s ta c le he ta ile d to c o n s id e r was re m o v a l o f a d o w n e d d ee r o r e lk fro m th e fie ld Speed is p a ra m o u n t in r e tr ie v in g a n d p ro c e s s in g gam e, a task a lm o s t im p o s s i b le fo r o ne person, and so m e tim e s d if f ic u lt even fo r tw o p e o p le A h u n tin g p art ner is im p o rta n t The a u tu m n leaves are is suing an in v ita tio n to th e salm on and sea run c u tth ro a t tr o u t to e n te r th e riv e r m o u th s and e stu a rie s a lo n g the co ast, so C o n n ie and I v e n tu re d to the n o rth fo rk ot th e N e h a le m R iv e r , at N e h a le m , to tr o ll to r t h m o ok and cast ro o s te r ta ils to r sea runs A fte r th re e hours o t tro ll mg w e d e c id e d to m o to r up river, ca stin g and d riftin g w ith th e tid e As w e d rifte d a ro u n d a ben d w e saw tw o boys in a m o to riz e d rub be r ra ft, se em in g ly hung up on som e d e b ris a b o u t m id river The tid e was g o in g o u t at fu ll e bb and th e s m a ll m o to r wasn't able to c o m b a t the s w itt c u rre n t I o com pound m a tte rs, one o f the boys was fa st to a n ice fish The fish was h e a d in g up stream they the ra ft and the d eb ris were h e a d in g d o w n stream Sec ur ing th e ir ra ft a lo n g sid e our b oa t, w e h e lp e d b o th boys a b o a rd The lin e on the reel Family Vision p 7 Care j was just a b o u t s p o o le d w hen w e s ta rte d ch asing th e fish A C T IV IT IE S and in a tew m in u te s th e tish was fo u g h t o u t n e tte d and in the* b o a t a me e silver I he e n d in g to th is story was a h a p p y o ne b u t th e p o te n tia l to r tra g e d y »■>' th e r e U n d e r e s t im a t in g nature, o y e re s tim a tin g yo u r e q u ip m e n t, a n d la c k o t fam iliarity w ith tid e s and riv e r c o n d itio n s c reates m any sad endings If yo u re un fa m ilia r w ith an area ask at a loc al ta i kle shop H ave fu n a fie ld A d e lig h tfu l e ye-op en ing e x p e rie n c e was e n io y e d try a large1 g ro u p o t seniors tra v e ll mg in tw o vans on a tr ip a ro u n d M t St H elens on A u gu st 11th C on sid e ra b le road w o rk is in progress m ak mg the1 to u rn e y lon g and slow N ext year w hen it is c o m p le te d the* tr ip w ill be Support our advertisers Tired of Living in Pain? 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