While jigging for trout with 6-pound test line, Hughes caught this 20-pound mackinaw at Wallowa Lake during the Summer Fishtrap Writers' Gathering, 2011.
Henry Hughes (right) casts with Craig Schuhmann, editor of Flyfishing & Tying Journal, during the Northwest Outdoor Writer's fishing derby on Diamond Lake, April 29, 2016. Photo by Dennis Kirkland
THE FISHERMANS SONG OF FOUR SEASONS (excerpt) How many fish have I landed, you may ask, those with silver-mouths and jade-hard scales? We’ll make a bonfire of reedstalks and broil some of the choice ones. Tap the earthen jar and pour the wine into a gourd.