Really, I'm not embarrassed. I just forgot to use sunscreen and got a scooshe too much sun on my face and neck. One of those O'dark-thirty types was in the first run we went to, so crossed the river to fish the consolation water. I was consoled on my third cast, just as I worked out 8 strips of running line, when I got a solid whack. Two runs - into the backing no less - and four jumps later I landed a bright little six pound hen. I'm really glad for consolation, because that was the only hit I got all day.

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