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Article: Rob Phillips column -- Summers are made for fishing
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- June 18, 1998
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Summers and fishing just seem to go together. At least they used
to.
During my formative years, from about the eighth grade on, my
buddies and I spent just about all our free time fishing wherever
and whenever we could.
Because I lived not too far from Cowiche Creek, that is where we
usually fished. We could grab our fishing rods, hop on our bikes
and be fishing in just a few minutes. I can't tell you how many
summer days we spent walking the railroad tracks up Cowiche Canyon,
hitting one good fishing hole after the next.
Because we were on our bikes or afoot, we always traveled light
when we fished Cowiche Creek. A canvas creel thrown over a
shoulder held all the tackle that we ...