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adventure yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.” I order myself to stay in the present moment. I know that if I catch anything, it is out of my control. It would be because a fish is hungry, or deranged, or because of the “short bus” flashers Geraghty said were “consistently good.” Or because of the tide, the cold water current, the weather, coincidence or something more spiritual that I failed to grasp. We decide to bail on the absentee Chinook and go sturgeon fishing in the afternoon. The sky is still gray cashmere and the hills misty and navy blue on the horizon. The water ebbs milky green identical to its foggy forest surroundings. When I finally reel in a green sturgeon it is exactly 1 inch longer than my 11-year-old son. It is hard to reel in a big green sturgeon the size of your child as fast as possible. My left arm and leg shake uncontrollably. I fear losing the rod. We measure him and then I let him go. After the fight is over, I realize I just made the sturgeon irritatingly late for something, like when I make my son brush his hair before he runs out the door. We have to wait for the tide to come back in to return to salmon fishing. “Got the curse! C’mon, stupid salmon! Beat it, seagull,” Geraghty says. We fish for more hours. I’ve been in boats before, but never for this long. I could have flown from Seattle to Dubai to much the same physical effect—the 3-foot chop mimicking in-flight turbulence of a mellow and fatigueinducing nature. When Geraghty finally throws his hands up and resigns himself to a beanbag chair and a can of Pringles, it is time to leave. He counts five total salmon caught from the boats he knows, including the one we caught. I am relieved beyond measure to be going home. It is fun when we do a big loop in the River Wolf on the way home, like going on two wheels in a Formula One racer. On the other hand, I feel like it’s making me late for something. On Thursday, those who want their limit head out to the ocean for Coho. I feel like a salmon fishing failure who just landed in Dubai and doesn’t wish to leave her hotel room. I am amazed to realize that I actually like this and I’d probably do it again. Would I go out for open ocean? Tuna? Marlin? I would. I vow to catch a damned salmon and eat him for dinner. I look forward to long hikes and winter steelhead. I need waders. Maybe I’ll get Geraghty to take me out for crab or coho or both. 72 1889 WASHINGTON’S MAGAZINE OCTOBER | NOVEMBER 2018
adventure FROM TOP LEFT Leaf Geraghty’s dogs, Ellie and Buddy. A caught fish. Geraghty prepares a line. Boats along the Columbia River. Geraghty holds a fish in a net. The Astoria-Megler Bridge spans the river. OCTOBER | NOVEMBER 2018 1889 WASHINGTON’S MAGAZINE 73
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