SHILOH NICKERS AND ROCKS GENTLY, finding her footing on the basalt and granite. She is taking me down into the valley, down to the river, this river of cutthroats galore. Some rivers are good, some are damn good, and a very few are exceptional. This one knows me and I swear the trout are always glad to see me. Maybe they know I will not harm them, that my plan is to interrupt their life as briefly as possible, give them as good a thrill as they give me, and then gently release them. Some streams are just made for a bamboo four weight and dry flies, and this is one of
