A cast of one trolls the Pit River in Northern California. (R. Valentine Atkinson) |
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Bait vs. fly
Among fanatics, the debate never dies.
Big Two-Hearted River: Part I
Nick looked down into the pool from the bridge. It was a hot day. A kingfisher flew up the stream. It was a long time since Nick had looked into a stream and seen trout. They were very satisfactory. As the shadow of the kingfisher moved up the stream, a big trout shot upstream in a long angle, only his shadow marking the angle, then lost his shadow as he came through the surface of the water, caught the sun, and then, as he went back into the stream under the surface, his shadow seemed to float down the stream with the current, unresisting, to his post under the bridge where he tightened facing up into the current.
Nick's heart tightened as the trout moved. He felt all the old feeling.
Some Questions and Answers About Natural History
Question: What color are fish?
Answer: No one has ever seen fish.
Fish secrete highly reflective compounds
that act as a skin of mirror.
It is thought that fishes' sides
are painted in landscapes,
mountainous.
Nick looked down into the pool from the bridge. It was a hot day. A kingfisher flew up the stream. It was a long time since Nick had looked into a stream and seen trout. They were very satisfactory. As the shadow of the kingfisher moved up the stream, a big trout shot upstream in a long angle, only his shadow marking the angle, then lost his shadow as he came through the surface of the water, caught the sun, and then, as he went back into the stream under the surface, his shadow seemed to float down the stream with the current, unresisting, to his post under the bridge where he tightened facing up into the current.
Nick's heart tightened as the trout moved. He felt all the old feeling.
Some Questions and Answers About Natural History
Question: What color are fish?
Answer: No one has ever seen fish.
Fish secrete highly reflective compounds
that act as a skin of mirror.
It is thought that fishes' sides
are painted in landscapes,
mountainous.
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