Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Racing to fly-fish for trout below Norfolk Lake “You can’t hide a good spot from me,” I bragged, even though I would have sworn that he’d described fishing the island that was many yards upstream.
Harry crossed at the shallow water of the shoal and began to fish the other side of the run while Carl started working the shoal itself. The water had dropped and so I climbed down from my perch and began to work the sections of the swifter water that I hadn’t been able to reach. The run was long, with plenty of room for all three of us, and the fish were biting. We fished the rest of the evening and kept catching fish without having to move far until finally, when it was nearly too dark to see, we reluctantly returned to the handicapped dock and the parking lot. It wasn’t until we’d removed our waders and were stowing our gear that we realized we were getting very hungry. Harry and Carl had brought supplies from the house, so we spread out bread, lunchmeat and various cheeses across the cover over the bed of my truck and had a fine meal under the glow of the cargo lamp. I didn’t think of it at the time, but it was a magnanimous thing that Carl and Harry did for me back at the fairgrounds. They stopped and took the time to come back and inform me of the impending water shutoff at the dam. They then returned to the house and retrieved food which they shared with me late in the evening when I was very hungry. I simply ran to my truck and headed straight for the river so that I could begin fishing as soon as I could. I won’t forget all that you did for me that day, and rest assured that when I have the opportunity to repay that kindness, I certainly will — trust me! 
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