Ed Engle: As the shadows lengthened, the only strike of the day

Ed Engle: As the shadows lengthened, the only strike of the day

On the first warm, cloudless, windless day after the mid-November cold snap, I headed to the South Platte River. It was a spur of the moment trip, but I knew that after the intensity of the cold snap I’d fish the Deckers section of the river. It’s the banana belt of the three South Platte River tailwaters, and I wanted to be as warm as you can be wading and fishing a river toward the end of November. Before I could leave, I had to pick through m…