Some pics of the actual event....taken from the safety of the shore...









A Bald Eagle checking things out...we had a full work stoppage when he showed up. A fairly rare occurrence around our place.



Attempt #1 - this was right about the time I filled the chest waders with slightly-more-than-freezing water.



Surveying my domain...



Just prior to going in too deep...

Dale

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"When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water." - anonymous