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 Kentucky: Holy COW The Caddis Are Hatching
Posted by bbhog on June 06, 2006
Smitty knocked on the only door with a visible light on in the house for what seemed like country miles. It was 4:30 am Central time and an elderly woman appeared in her wrinkled bathrobe. Cautiously, she cracked the door and peered across her front lawn – her husband showed his face moments later and appeared as disoriented. Smitty broke the silence, ‘Ma’m, we hit a cow out front here on Hwy 55, do you know who might own some cattle close by?’ ‘Those folks down the road have a whole mess of cattle, you might check there.’ The hazard lights on my Silverado flashed in the darkness as we accessed the damage and decided to look for the cow’s rightful owner.
Five minutes later Smitty approached another home, this time in total darkness - until the motion detected light on the front porch startled him and woke the homeowner simultaneously. ‘I think we may have hit one of your cows down the road,’ I heard Smitty respond to the ‘who is it?’ call from a bedroom window. Another rural Kentucky woman eventually came to the door in her bath robe. A big bull heifer mooed in the darkness, maybe 30 feet from where we stood on the porch.
We exchanged phone numbers and insurance information after her husband said he would figure out whether the cow was theirs, their son’s, or their uncle’s - all of which own property in some of the state’s most precious country and run cattle. The last time we saw the busted, black-angus bull heifer it was running South on Hwy 55 – and the old farmer agreed to search for the cow’s whereabouts while we fished. It was agreed we would
return to their property after the day’s fishing just to verify exactly who was responsible for the escaped cows. Smitty and I left with the assumption that my insurance company would be in touch with hers. When we returned to the farm that evening, she denied owning the cow and rejected our attempt to probe for more information on the neighbors. Smitty runs cattle on his farm and figures she was covering for someone since farmers all know who their neighbors and who run cattle.
I’d always heard not to leave the scene of an accident, but this year santicipated caddis flies are hatching – midges too – on the river. At all costs, we were going fly fishing. Nothing short of a blown motor, or bodily injury was going to keep us off the river. I felt pretty strongly that the cow belonged to the farmer, now our insurance company’s are in the process of determining who is responsible. I accept responsibility at this point just because I hate to accuse someone of lying and it was my fault for leaving, though I’m dreading the increase in my insurance premiums – the estimated damage is $2378. After driving 250 miles in the middle of the night, my judgment was impaired, and the trout become way more important than the cow. We indeed had a fair day of fly fishing, costly, but fair. I did the wrong thing leaving but we caught fish and were able to make it back home by dark – a full day of cows and caddis behind us and lessons learned.
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Re: Kentucky: Holy COW The Caddis Are Hatching
by Marcel_Karssies on June 06, 2006 http://www.hechtclub.eu | Hmm.. isn't the owner responsible or insured for his cows on the loose.
At work we had this slideshow circulating which showed what happens when large animals collide with automobiles, scary!
At least you got your fish. |
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Re: Kentucky: Holy COW The Caddis Are Hatching
by joe-m on June 06, 2006 | | Nice fish, too bad about the cow! The least they could do was offer a steak! |
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Re: Kentucky: Holy COW The Caddis Are Hatching
by Luke on June 07, 2006 | | Nice looking rainbow. looks like it might have been worth your while! |
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Re: Kentucky: Holy COW The Caddis Are Hatching
by jeremy on June 08, 2006 http://www.ineedasimplesolution.com | | that was hilarious! - certainly, a trip that won't soon be forgoton --- that is a sweet rainbow trout --- very healthy looking and well fed. --- is that trout fishery productive all year? does the water stay cool enough for them throughout the summer? i don't know much about fly fishing for trout in kentucky --- curious to hear a little bit about the fishery. |
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