Epitaph for a Musky fly fisherman, eh?

Interview with Sven and Olie Petersen, after a tragedy on Musky Lake, June, 2018

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"Ya, eh?...dat guy dere...he wuz over dere, along dat break dere...jumpin' up an' down on da front of 'is boat, eh?

 

Kept yellin' sumpin' like, "Eat, *****...EAT!".

 

Looked like he had dat big girl at da side of 'is boat, five, maybe eight times, eh?

 

An' I swear ta God an' Heaven above he switched rods and gear like, ten, maybe twen'y times..."

 

Den, he, like, wrapped da anchor rope 'round 'is neck, eh?. An' he jumped off da front of 'is boat, eh?

 

Went down like a rock, eh?

 

By da time me an' Sven got over dere, eh? ...The reel t'ing on dat blue fly rod t'ingy dere was screamin' like Sister Mary Catherine when she done caught us cheatin' on da 7th grade math test, eh?

 

So Sven, dere, he done grabbed da rod an' reel an' set da hook...an' Holy Christ, the Father an' a coupl'a Kennedys...dat big fish, she done blew up da water about about t'irty yards out, and Sven had all he could do to to reel 'er in, with dat gosh darn slow reel dere, eh?

 

What's dat 'bout, eh?

 

By da time we got 'er in da net, eh? An' unwound from da line, eh? An' got the hook out, an' got dat big gosh darn girl revived an' swimin' away...dat fisherman guy...

 

...be be on da bottom, not movin' much' 'cept for da current an' all.

 

We figure dat's what he woulda wanted an' all, eh?