Wayne Harrison wrote:

"Conan The Librarian" wrote
(snip)

I was left with this impressionistic painting:

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/rainbow.jpg

wow, that's a *great* image! sometimes it's better to be lucky than
good.

Yeah, I almost trashed that pic but then started looking closely at
it and realized I liked it. :-)

There's no shame in admitting to the excitement I felt over this fish.
While 9" may not seem large for some of our western brethren, this was the
hardest-fighting, prettiest fish I've ever caught. Period.

looks like a bigger fish than 9", to me. and you're right, fish that
size feel very big in those little creeks.

It may well have been bigger than 9". I tend to try to estimate on
the small side, just to compensate for how we fisherpeople normally
exaggerate. :-)

park: http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/mountains01.jpg


another beauty!

thanks for your excellent work, chuck; you do the old north state proud.
wish i could have been there.

Thanks, wayno. I hope to make it back sometime when you and some
other ROFFians are in the area.


Chuck Vance