THE SPRING CREEK MURDER

A WILD WEST SHOOTOUT ON THE BANKS OF THE WORLD’S BEST SPRING CREEK

ROSS PURNELL

THE SUN WAS PIERCING. AS IT REACHED ITS APEX, I PULLED UP MY HOODIE AND MY FACE GAITER TO PREVENT YESTERDAY’S SUNBURN FROM GETTING WORSE. THIS ALSO HELPED TO MUFFLE THE STENCH OF A ROTTING ARMADILLO CARCASS A FEW PACES AWAY. MY EYES WERE DISTRACTED BY A MALE RHEA AND HIS FIVE LITTLE CHICKS AS THEY KICKED UP DUST IN RESPONSE TO OUR APPEARANCE. BUT MY SUPER-FOCUSED GUIDE AGUSTIN CEA SHOWED ME THE PALM OF HIS HAND—THE UNIVERSAL SIGNAL TO HALT—AND THEN DRIBBLED AN INVISIBLE BASKETBALL TO TELL ME TO CROUCH LOW IN THE GRASS. WE BOTH DROPPED TO ONE KNEE . . . FLY-FISHING COMMANDOS TRYING TO AVOID DETECTION. Agustin had spotted a 20-inch-plus rainbow hugging the streambank. We had almost walked past and spooked it, like we had several…

You're reading a preview of

Fly Fisherman (Digital) - 1 Issue, June/July 2024

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.