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...that is perched along the banks of Henry's Fork of the Snake River, or the North Fork as it is known locally. Every summer, the green drake-large and preposterously dandified, resembling, with its translucent upright wings, a miniature clipper ship-makes its appearance on the Idaho stream in an event that is enshrined in fly-fishing mythology. For a few days, scattered green drakes appear in the area, until finally one day the temperatures of the air and water reach critical mass and for perhaps an hour the drakes appear in huge flotillas on the water...
...fishing is the coming together of many different disciplines: casting, reading a stream's currents and knowing fish and insect habits. Lempke's cast, perhaps, is merely functional, but, says his fishing buddy Don Laughlin of Idaho Falls: "I've seen him catch a lot of fish. He may not have the prettiest cast, but his bugs look just like what's on the water. And he runs around this stream like...
Alongside the stream, the neon lights of the handful of motels and restaurants wink on. A heavy truck, loaded with cut pine, rumbles past on U.S. 20. Off to the west, Bishop Peak turns indigo. As the darkness unfurls, Lempke stands in a spot he has stood in a hundred times before, watching his fish move downstream. He pauses for a moment, then, feeling the pressure on the line, moves downstream. "Look at the son of a gun go," he says to no one in particular, and pulls his hat closer to his skull...
...river is marked by a snaking blue line, somehow suggesting a broad rush of water. In reality, the Awali River of southern Lebanon is little more than a stream, no more than a dozen feet wide along much of its meandering course from Mount Barouk to the Mediterranean Sea. What makes the river significant, however, is not its size but the fact that its banks will mark a new military line once the Israeli army completes its partial withdrawal this fall. As such, the Awali has become the latest symbol of the fragmentation of Lebanon...
...Celia, is separated from the others by her unique beauty and innocent charm as a teenager. Celia inspires mixed admiration, envy and anticipation from the other girls, who hear their mother warn of "Endless betrayal, maidens forsaken, drowned or turned slut..."even as they witness their sister's endless stream of romances. Chase builds her feminine voice from this distinct consciousness, rooted firmly in the girls' sexuality...