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Article: A Midwinter's Stream; Flowing water keeps the soul afloat during fly fishing getaway.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- February 18, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Even if you are a native Minnesotan, making sense of winter becomes, at this time of year, a chore akin to cleaning the barn, chipping ice from horses' hooves, the barking of a lone dog against a cold moon. The realization that in February you are also a target of the fearmongers who produce local TV news makes things worse, and by March you find yourself staring in gunshop windows.
Fishermen suffer more than most. The thought that open water will be absent for another month or two gives way, if you are lucky, to fantasies of gentle nights on quiet lakes, monofilament unspooling from graphite rods. The thought, too, of fly line encircling wader-clad feet, and the ...
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