Before Fishing
Started
For William Andrew

Everybody was getting ready for fishing doing odds and ends, mending nets, and wondering what the fish prices were going to be. When fishing got started everyone was annoyed about fish prices, but after a couple of king openings everybody made enough to pay their bills and let their money flow around Marshall. So basically everybody was happy when we got about six king openings.

Then after the last king opening at the end of June Willie went fire fighting and he was sent to McGrath, about five hundred miles away from home. He was part of sixteen crews, and they were in spike camp B. All the fire fighters had to do some physical work for fourteen hours a day and on the fourth of July they worked for sixteen hours. It was the longest and the toughest day the fire fighters had and they had to hike three to five miles a day. His crew had to stay together all the time and after two weeks he felt like he could do anything, that he was no longer a greenhorn and that he had become a real fire fighter. He and his crew called themselves "HOT SHOTS"

After two weeks the fire was contained and he and his crew were sent home. By then they were all excited to go home. They were getting tired of eating meals ready to eat.(MRE'S)

When he got home, fall fishing hadn't started, but even though fish prices weren't too good, since he needed to make more money, he decided to go fishing. When fishing was all over he was happy about the amount of money he made, and he is looking forward to next year's season again.