06.20.07
fishing Swannanoa River
Many years ago, before my children were born, we’d go fishing on the Swannanoa River up around where Beacon blanket factory use to be. There’s a bridge there. The river was stocked with trout. If you timed it right and got there when the stock truck turned out all those trout, you could catch a bunch of fish. Once, a friend of ours went with us, he didn’t have his fishing licence. My ex was catching one fish after the other and turning them loose after he caught his limit. Our friend couldn’t stand not being able to catch any (its a country thing). So, he said let me catch just one. So, my ex handed him his pole. At the very instant, our friend took the fishing pole, a couple with backpacks walked up and asked how many fish we’d caught like any person would. It turned out these two were rangers undercover. Our friend got a ticket that day.