"I haven't seen another boat all day," Brian Latimer said with a smile. With a northwest breeze making an upper 20s temperature feel substantially colder, we both knew why. And it had been even brisker in the morning: ice in the rod eyes, snow flurries, a biting wind but no biting fish...Cold never keeps Brian from the lake, though. He had the day off work, and he wanted to fish. Having eventually connected with some nice largemouths and possibly figuring out a few new things about Lake Hartwell - a lake he already knows intimately - he was glad to have spent the day on the lake.
Brian called me after he had caught a few good fish because he knew I could use photos for magazine work. He was right, and I'm glad he called. Partly because I got some nice photos. But also in part because it was nice to see the fruits of his determination on a day when most anglers apparently determined that they ought to stay home.
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