Watch insect disappear
in big slurp
under rose hip bush.
Cast expensive fly
to that place.
Miss.
Hook rose hip bush.
Gently jiggle rod tip.
Make rose hip
Blossoms tremble.
Watch large panicked V
of water
under rose hip bush.
Jerk rod in large
walloping motions.
Break tippet.
Cross deep pool
in waders
to retrieve fly.
Just as you feel
hook against thumb,
fall
with fly in thumb.
Fill waders.

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