He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family's cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure1and practiced casting.The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples2in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake.