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Well that was fun but scary. Good
to be back at camp Jim, I know charley, What do you think happened
to that wolf. Don't no, Can I go fishing after we eat? yea just don't
cross the creek just stay on this side , and don't go any further
then you can see the road. don't go down one of side creeks like you did
at Big Bear river, Remember! Yes I got lost I know but I caught 4
trout, yep and they were tasty but your worth more then 4 fish , think
I'm worth 10 fish? Well ma be What kind of fish? JIM" be
care full I will.
I grab my pole and tackle pouch, headed down the
river bank, I think that river is about 30 yards wide and got some nice
pool in it ma be 10 15 feet deep. look, Wow look at that fish jump, got
to be a 2 ponder Charley said you can tell cause fish have scales Funny.
I better try that Cobart spinner
It's
the one for that baby I get on that log and cast
perfect come on hit that bait try again can't believe it I thought for
sure he would take it. o well I move down stream. hey look a Helgramite
They always work Ok lets see, take this spinner off, put
this small hook on put a lead bead sinker up the line 8 inches
hook up that old Helgramite and a little marshmallow Float it off the
bottom. Their is a big rock sneak around it real quite fish can feel
vibration, look at that I will drop in in this fast moving water and
their it goes right in to that pool come on little nibble come on
Got Ya great now real slow, keep my line tight, pole
up come to bobby that's it in the net! Yes 17 inch rain bow pink
meat Yep Native. gonna have supper tonight. Now lets take and clean you.
love this pocket knife Charley's brother gave me even has
scissors on it.
love it. now lets take the stomach out of it And put on the hook
and put the net down in the water on that rock put the hook in the
middle down in to the still water in side the net and see if we can get
some crawdads to smell it and get close enough to grab them. theirs one
no two he's big, that's two on the net look another one come on
get in that's it got ya 3 big crawdads put them in the bag now for some
more fish ma be a 3 lb momma. what's that noise sounds like a truck door
closing. there is the road hey look a couple of kids. Hello up their
Hello Hello. The little boy yells back Got any fish?
Yes, I yelled hold on I will come up their , ok Kids my age neat,
Hi how are you gyes, fine, lets us see those fish, Wow he's
big, and what are those? the girl ask, crawdads, can you eat them?
yep their good, can I hold one? No they will pinch you. What are
you gyes doing up here ask bobby? We are up hunting with our dad, what's
your name? the little boy said Nicos hold old are you? almost 13
my name is Helina and I'm almost 14, My name is bobby and I'm 14 too be
15 next month,
Have you gyes smelled that awful smell? yes it smells
like my sisters ferrets kind of worse and we heard some strange
growls last night, hey look theirs my dad. how day he said who
might you be? I'm bobby, I'm Ted their papa, nice to meet you. You from
that camp below We seen your lights when you cam in,. yea that's us me
Jim and charley. Dad says helina, bobby said that he smelled that bad
smell to, Yea We were hunting early and charley found a dead wolf,
him and Jim were going to report it to the ranger, something had sucked
it's brains out, Yuck said helina, that's gross said nicos Well let's go
down and meet your friends and I can tell them some thing they might
want to hear. this is sure a nice truck Thanks. what's your dads name
Its my uncle Jim and charley, ok, where's your dad ? He died a few years
ago, I'm sorry, It's ok my mom and Jim take pretty good care of us,
Where is your mom nicos? shes home, going to have a baby It's twins says
helina , I'm going to have two baby sisters.
Looks like your Camp Bobby, hello what bobby get in trouble No said Ted
we found up on the road or should I say he found the kids, we are camped
up high on the ridge, past eagle point, we got lots of snow last night,
might move camp down the mountain a little. to cold for helina Yea she a
girl you know say's nicos, Why don't you come down here their lots of
room right their says Jim , bobby could use the company and it
would give him some one to talk to He drives us craze, my brother
Talks talks talks never stops they will get a long good and I can read
and not be disturbed, She's always reading about ferrets and
skunks and stuff. Is it ok Charley I could take nico fishing, Me
too yea girls can go we will have fun, well what do you say Ted,
Ok Sounds good. can bobby go up and help us pack up camp says nico Yea
sure says Jim ok.
Their another thing we need to talk about
We have been smelling this dead animal or something and we had some
things taken from our camp the other night and I found some skin or
something I don't no, I will take the ranger up their and show him We
are going to talk to the ranger today you can go with us Ok load
up kids lets get this show on the road. |