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Originally posted by Mingo:
kinda funny, but a bit TOO true eh?
Kinda funny and yeah, all too real. wink

Scenario: Mingo goes steelhead fishing on the Skykomish River.

1973 Mingo goes out for a day of steelheading on the Skykomish River. Mingo sees 3 other people the entire day and never does see another boat. A bob cat and deer quietly come down to the river for a drink and to checkout Mingo. Mingo catches a dozen nice wild steelhead and takes two home. Next year Judge Boldt will rule in favor of the tribes and not the fish.

2006 It's been 32 years after the Boldt Decision and the Skykomish is a nothing more than a barren waterway. Tribal netting, commercial fishing, and the metro-abuse of the watershed has been devastating to the Mighty Sky. Massive population growth ensures Mingo sees 350 of his closest friends on the river, and since it is June 1st, sees another 532 Alumaweld jetsleds. A rampant drug problem in America sees that a pair of tweakers approach Mingo for a drink and a fix. Mingo doesn't catch anything, doesn't see anything caught, and goes home with a tear in his eye knowing that the wild fish are all but a memory.
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T.K. Paker