Markheffron2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing the downstream nature of all things, and in considering how the moving water of flowing streams has been such a powerful source of pleasure through his many years. From boyhood nights alone on Miller Creek, to being …
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Category:Fishing
Kickass and Predatory Handoff
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s “digs” was the scene of a big gun/fishing-tackle deal on a recent morning as he–the keeper handed off to his heirs the tools of his life-long predation on the lesser creatures. From the BB gun that killed the first sparrow, …
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Kickass and Male Ego Provider
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that it is not uncommon to find the keeper insufferable, but a recent example tested the patience of even a cast iron dog. In his defense, the keeper notes the decreasing opportunities for someone in his age group to exercise …
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Kickass and the Barbed Wire Fence
Photo by Johnny Mckane from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper—in a solo outing Sunday, was narrowly spared the indignity of expiring as a result of being impaled on a three-strand barbed wire fence as part of his—the keeper’s adjusting to age-related trout fishing activities. The attendant thrills of this age–adjusting to the …
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