Didi you feel the thickness of the air, an air already cold? When you walked down to the river, you brushed those branches and the wet leaves of autumn reminded you it was the end. Did you feel your heart beating stronger when on the other side of the creek, where the water is dark as a soul, you knew it was there? And that it would be the last fish of the season, that the jolt you’re getting in your forearm is going to your brain and that you will cherish that moment all winter long, that you will hang to that split second when you set the hook and felt the fish at the other end? This is a souvenir now, fall has come and you’ll have to wait for the early days of spring before you’ll get that feeling again. So cherish that moment, it has to keep you warm all winter long. The creek.<\/p>\n