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You’re not from around here, are you?” Hand Map of Michigan Photo: Chad Boles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66d0cb705d17e031b338ed13/7f2ff326-7cf8-46b3-bb26-451893be52cf/PICT0013.JPG Shorts From the Field - BigFoot on the Au Sable - After I paid, but before I left, the store clerk gave us both a timid warning. “Say hello to BigFoot for me.” Little did we know, he was serious. Given a glimpse on our first trip, I couldn’t shake him. I was determined to search him out, if only for confirmation of my own sanity. Finally, our marital calendar opened up. We travelled Up North for a June trip. The largest emergence of mayflies on the Jordan River - third knuckle on your ungrateful salute finger - would feed a river full of brown trout. The bugs emerged at dusk. 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Barely distracted, he continued, “But you come every year. So, you can call me whatever you want. There’s one. Cast to that spot. See him?” August Smallies on the Au Sable Photo: Chad Boles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66d0cb705d17e031b338ed13/f5b19592-f26d-471e-8a54-ee2a07f9beca/PICT0028.JPG Shorts From the Field - BigFoot on the Au Sable - “Strip! Strip! Strip! He’s on,” Kelly coached. Smallmouth bass swarmed in a feeding frenzy the entire float. Finally, as all action does, the bite reached a crescendo and the moon phase passed. As it waned, we filled the silent gap with memories of women, fish and football. “Is Paige with you this trip,” he asked. He’d corralled Salmon for her, too. Paige with the biggest fish - ever Photo: Chad Boles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66d0cb705d17e031b338ed13/60f0b6da-f598-4ba4-b338-1f2a13353028/Kelly+Rowing.JPG Shorts From the Field - BigFoot on the Au Sable - Kelly’s dimples screwed into his face. Dripping contempt like water off a sagging line, he smirked. “Look! Hard stop at eleven. This shouldn’t be that difficult. You’re whipping the rod too much.” As I stripped in frustration, eliminating the line bend, the rod doubled up again. “You were saying?” My luck wouldn’t outcast his patience, so I changed the subject, “Michigan gonna’ beat Ohio State again this year?” The taught line jumped and darted around the prop and under the boat. “Beat em’ four years in a row. What else you want?” Up came the smallmouth tugging against my hook fouled in its tail. With the mesh catch-all in his hand and a stogie in the other, he swaggered. “You really lipped that one. Must’ve been your perfect cast.” Agreeing, I said, “Thank God for all the mayflies in the water. 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