Two new Haikus in praise of two events sacred to The Fish Hack: Opening Day of trout season at Howard Prairie Lake and the return of North America’s least appreciated migratory birds.

I know, what does rythmic Japanese poetry and the Dead Indian Plateau have in common? Well, they both have The Fish Hack’s attention and get propped in The Fish Wrap more than just the fourth Saturday in April.

Trout jumps skyward
Teeth chattering. Snowflakes fall.
It’s Opening Day.

Everybody knows it snows on Opening Day at Howard Prairie, even when it doesn’t. At least, it makes for a better story.

And, last week at Emigrant Lake, I spied the first spring return of my favorite migratory bird. We have a lot in common…not pretty and rarely invited over for dinner. Yet we both serve a legit purpose in a society.

We make you people look good.

Bald head combats germs,
Pees down own legs to keep cool:
A turkey vulture.

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