04-16-2016, 08:38 PM
About 40 yrs. ago, A neighbor kid and I put into Strawberry from the old Charlies Trout Creek Boat Camp. We were in a little homebuilt canoe type thing. We were fishing maybe 200 yd. from the shore when I kept thinking I had a bite but when I picked the rod up, nothing. Finally figured whatever it was had stolen my Velveeta so I reeled in to find I'd hooked a line. When I got hold of the line, I felt a tug. Pulled it in and retrieved about a 18" bow. Told the Kid I bet there was a rod on the other end of the line & he laughed. Well, I did pull in a nice Conolon rod with a green Johnson reel on it. When we finished fishing and went back to the dock, we tied up right across from one of Charlies rental boats. We got to talking about our day and I mentioned catching a rod. An old guy with them asked if it had a green reel on it, I said yes & he described the outfit to a "t". He said he'd dozed off and awoke to watch his rod disappear over the edge of the boat. Talk about a happy camper, he sure was.
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