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
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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
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