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Easter Weekend 2012

On Saturday April 7th my buddy Hank from Victoria and myself from Nanaimo headed off to Spider Lake. We finally got the tin boat launched and started fishing on a nice warm day. The lake was real busy, I counted 25 boats. The float-line guys were catching some small rainbows as we washed flies for a couple hours with our full-sinks. A boat near us was landing a fish as the eagle came down and snatched it. It flew about 15 feet above us and we could see the fish in its talons as the fisherman hollared "I don't care about the fish! I want my fly back". We saw the eagle set down on a point of land and have his lunch. After more fly washing, nature called, so we parked the boat near where the eagle landed. I found some down feathers and fish scales. Hank picked up the leader and found the green fly still attached. Back in the boat, Hank ties on his "new" fly and about 10 minutes later, after thinking he hooked bottom he lands a 17" "bow that looked like a fat little football. I continued to wash flies but it was still a great day.