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By Scott Staats / The Bulletin
August 19, 2004
Several chukars made their way noisily from the river back up to the talus slopes below the rimrock. Nearby, a rattlesnake headed for the cover of some stream-side rocks in order to escape the growing heat of the high desert morning.
At the stream, Gene McMullen cast his fly to a likely tailout....