# Heron

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**Category:** Trip Reports & Planning
**Created:** [April 4, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/heron/281 "2017-04-04T11:47:37Z")
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### Author: ![Gressak](https://10colorstenkara.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e79b87/32.png) [@Gressak](https://10colorstenkara.com/u/Gressak)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://10colorstenkara.com/t/heron/281/1 "2017-04-04T11:47:37Z")

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I came up to a tma that I have been fishing the last month or so.

I was greeted by the blue heron that I see every visit. Normally, I  
come across it in different sections of the river. The last three  
outings that bird has been stationed at one of the dep trout dumps.

As I approached the trout dump, the heron hopped into view onto  
the opposite bank. It probably heard the clatter of my footsteps.  
That heron froze like a statue…as if were a fellow angler busted  
fishing his/her secret fishing spot.

What it failed to consider, was the 12" angry trout in it’s beak was  
not going to participate in this ridiculous attempt at camouflage. I  
stood and watched as the trout hammered at the head of the heron.  
The heron had the brown pinched in its beak at the trout’s mid  
section. First the fish would smack the heron’s left eye with its tail,  
then head butt its right eye. An audible tempo…of “Slap!!,  
Thump…, Slap!!!, Thump…” went on for about 10 seconds. All I  
could do was smile and watch.

Finally, The heron realized that it was not invisible and flew off with  
the trout. I am always amazed by these fellow fishers…and even  
more so last Sunday when it showed me it could heave that brown  
into flight.

With all the rain we had recently the river was cranking with brown  
muddy water. It still was able to pull a fish out if it. Just an amazing  
bird. I fished the whole river and only had one fish on for a short  
ride.