“If you could go back in time…”
The end of my line thrashed back and forth at the surface, throwing water in every direction. But the fish didn’t turn and run so the hook wasn’t set, and the tension I kept was in the direction that helped the fish.
The fly popped out and the rod straightened.
I let out the breath I held since the salmon took.
“Dang it.”
My r…
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