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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
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....