The Black Snake

Tales from the Backyard…  A friend from Nevada  ( Tony), whom I was in the service with, came to visit us in the park and, as he was an avid fisherman, I told him I had a spot which might prove fruitful.  Klamath Lake is known for some monster trout, I mean in the 10-20 lb class.  We arrived at the lake and scooted over and down the rocks to the lake-shore.  I handed him a lure which I said they were hitting on and he began casting.  He shortly got the lure hung up on the rocks by his feet and reached down to extricate it when a huge black Water Snake of about 5 feet long shot out right by his hand.  He cleared the ten foot bank with ease.  Coming back he hooked into something really big and after a long fight, lost it at the shore.  The look of disappointment on his face I can still see.