Kintla Flatlands Gone Fishin'

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Koda sat on the bank as he waited to see if anyone would answer his call. He let a few minutes pass in silence before he concluded no one was coming to join him. "Aw well," he said to himself with a shrug. He would just have to enjoy this beautiful autumn day on his own.

He rose from his spot and started turning over rocks with his nose, searching for worms or bugs that might be hiding underneath. Koda had picked up a new trick; he'd learned that throwing bait in the water attracted more fish. He pushed aside a piece of drift wood to reveal a wriggling earth worm. Carefully, he picked it up in his teeth, then waded into the river. He let the worm fall in, and watched as it sank to the bottom, still squirming. Then, he simply waited.

A few minnows were attracted by the movement of the writhing worm, but they were too small for Koda to bother with. He watched as they took turns taking little nibbles out of the bait. One of them tried to make off with the whole thing, but spit it out when he realized it was too big for him to swallow whole.

Suddenly, a large fish came out of nowhere and charged into the cloud of minnows, catching one of the stragglers and swallowing it in one gulp. The distinctive pink band along it's side made it easy to identify as a rainbow trout. Koda was astonished; he'd had no idea rainbows could grow to be so large.

Still hungry, the trout went for Koda's bait, and that's when the fisherwolf made his move. He lunged forward and plunged his head in the cold water, grabbing the fish just behind it's head. He bit down hard, severing the spinal cord and rendering the fish paralyzed. He lifted his catch out of the river and carried it to dry land, placing it on a rock so he could admire it.

After the excitement of the catch subsided, Koda was left feeling hollow. It was one of the best catches he'd made in his young life, but no one was there to celebrate with him.