07-01-2010, 11:29 PM
WHILE FISHING LOWER FISH CREEK (BELOW SCOFEILD) 30 YRS. AGO i WAS WALKING DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN i HEARD A RUMBLING IN THE WILLOWS WHERE MY COUSIN WAS FISHING. A FEW SECONDS LATER , A BADGER CAME OUT HOPPED RIGHT BETWEEN THE RAILS AND CAME RIGHT TOWARD ME. (I LATER DECIDED HE WAS RUNNING FROM MY COUSIN AND HAD NOT NOTICED ME AS I FROZE UP) IN SELF DEFENCE I SWUNG MY FISHING ROD AT HIM WHICH CAUSED MY SPINNER TO HOOK HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. HE DID NOT APPRECIATE THIS MOVE AND MADE IT KNOWN. AS I WET MY PANTS ,DROPED MY POLE AND RAN LIKE A SISSY, HE DRUG MY POLE A FEW YARDS UP THE TRACKS AND BROKE ME OFF (ALONG WITH MY ROD TIP) NOT THE KIND OF FISHING I WOULD RECOMEND, BUT A MEMORABLE ONE HOWEVER.
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