cavities and everything, EAT, a salmonfly imitation floating down. His head twisting, snarling, open mouthed,' try to wrap your ,mouth around THIS' demonstration reminded me of my Lab trying to swallow a T-bone steak whole, snatched off the picnic table, once you see him and before you could get to him, in one gulp. "They're just HOGS", Dave punctuated his feeding demonstration. And I knew exactly what he meant. So now, for us, on the Deschutes, there are "dinks" (one year olds), also called "pecker fish" (I won't go into the origin of that one), "good fish", and "hogs". Of course, some "hogs" are bigger than others, so they are called, appropriately, "big hogs", and occasionally a "big old hog". So, when my young son flopped down after one of his first solo fishing shots and stated, "I caught two good fish and three hogs and lost a monster", I knew exactly what he was trying to say. It was amusing to see how quickly the kids will pick up and mimic the terms of the adults. And, I was laughing because I caught my self thinking that I really wasn't sure that Matt's "hogs" were quite as big as my "hogs". Communication is a difficult process. Trump Doyle McKenzie Flyfishers September, 1990
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