Fly fishing
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| Cannon's Pond |
Belding Michigan my
hometown
Supported a large ice house
in the 1930s
They constructed their dam
on Cannon’s Creek
And captured thick ice in
winter
Cannon’s Pond
attracted kids
For great fun ice skating
Before cutting ice blocks
Stored in ice house till
summer
Two feet of sawdust
insulation
One summer my Buddy
Russ and I
Decided on fly fishing in
Cannon’s Pond
Both Dads . . . no trout
there
Both sons . . . let’s go
fishing
Try the new flies we tied
I cast first fly
with my fly rod
Way out into the pond
Reeled in slowly as if a
living fly
Ross cast his fly out
further
Patience . . . we tried for
patience
Tried again casting
both flies
Closer to east end creek
entry
Bam . . . Russ got a bite on
his fly
Wham . . . I got a hit on my
fly
Reeled in two beautiful
rainbow trout
The fishing kids
strike again
What to tell Dads
What not to tell others
More trout are up stream a ways
We head home laughing happy
fishing kids
Belding had an icehouse
Belding had a trout stream
Belding had the fishing kids
Thank you for constructing
the
Cannon’s Creek Dam
We didn't need the icehouse
forever
But fisherman will need the
Cannon’s Creek Dam
Forever
Copyright...E. John Knapp...2013
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| Cannon's Creek Dam |
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