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...traffic light or a movie theater. In winter deer wander through town and are sometimes killed by motorists on Main Street. The town's economy depends heavily on the elk and deer season in October, when thousands of hunters invade the area. In summer people fish for trout in the clear lakes and streams...
...folks around Meeker, Madison's badge and uniform are considered a source of special, even secret knowledge that no one else has. Wherever he goes, he is asked how the elk survived the winter or what lure the trout are currently hitting on up at Trappers Lake. People stop Madison's wife Nancy on the street to solicit her for inside information on such matters...
...lack of friendship in town. So does the great variety of his work. One day he may be up before dawn to survey an elk herd by helicopter. The next day he and Duke may hike ten miles into the high country to stock a remote lake with trout. When Madison checks fishing licenses on a lake, Duke sleeps in the canoe. "He's smart, but I can't teach him to paddle," jokes Madison...
Nothing against Kansas City or San Diego, but a Detroit-Chicago World Series would have a particular charm. Nostalgia has won the day, and Ernie Banks has been called back into an honorary uniform. When those less-than-great wartime teams met in 1945, Paul ("Dizzy") Trout was a righthanded pitcher for the Tigers. Now Dizzy's son Steve ("Rainbow") Trout is a lefthanded pitcher for the Cubs. In both the baseball and trout worlds, this is a year of complete reversals. -ByTomCallahan
...that Mondale was a sluggard. Most mornings by 8, he was out on the lake in a 16-ft. aluminum fishing boat, casting and reeling, casting and reeling. He landed dozens of trout and one fine walleye, 7 lbs. 12 oz., his biggest catch ever (the world record...