THE LAST HATCH - Readers Cast (Neil Travis) - December 13, 2010

THE LAST HATCH

(Fiction by Neil M. Travis)

It had been a hard year in trout country. The winter snows had been thin and the spring runoff never really developed. By early summer the streams were low and warm, and the trout were lethargic and spooky in the warm shallow water. The prospects of having any quality fly fishing this season were quickly fading with the last days of summer. I had given up hope of any fall fishing and was preparing to store away my gear for the season when my wife called me to the phone.

Very nice Neil. Very nice indeed. Somehow I get the feeling it isn't fiction. Embellished perhaps, but not entirely fiction. A very pleasant read.

I agree with Joe. Tugged at the heart strings to hard to be entirely fiction. Very nice piece of writing.

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