Clancy made a trip to East Glacier today and met up with his son, Henry, for a little fishing. There was only a light wind (10mph) when they started, but it cranked up to about 25mph by mid-morning. They battled it for a couple hours, then headed for shore. They managed to land three nice rainbows and sacrificed one pole and reel. That's right. Henry was netting a fish for Clancy when Henry had a strike on his line. He let go of his pole momentarily to hand the net to Clancy and his pole & reel flew out of the boat. Not long before that Henry had been commenting on how smoothly the reel cast. It's only a memory now. They aren't Alaskan halibut by any means, but 16-18 inch rainbow trout always welcome.
Henry and his girlfriend, Falina, are working at Brownie's in East Glacier for the summer. They'll be there three more weeks before they make a brief trip to Seattle, then return to Missoula for their last year of college. Stop in and enjoy some of Falina's baking (Sat-Tue). You won't be disappointed. Henry will be behind the counter mornings and afternoons taking orders, making change and giving tips on hiking in the park. He's accepting donations for a new pole, too. The boys had a great day topped off with sandwiches and beer from the deck above Brownie's.
Bring on the huckleberries and Flathead cherries!
Clancy, glad to see things are progressing well, really glad to see you back to work.
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Ditto what Tom, said, Bird! Henry losing the pole reminds me of what happened to my husband, Brad last winter. He took his dad ice fishing, and while helping his dad get set up, his favorite ice fishing pole, "Lucky" went down the hole, pulled under no doubt, by a HUGE fish :) Brad dove to the edge of the hole, thrust his arm up to his shoulder, and desperately grabbed for his favorite pole, but sadly, to no avail. Hang in there, bud!
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