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Hawley, sans mystery.

September 5, 2014 by Alex Landeen 7 Comments

landeen_blog_hawley_draining-2It’s amazing (but completely understandable) how a lake without water — which in this particular case holds for me almost two decades of memories; a summer refuge and place of childhood discovery that I will always hold dear to my heart and has shaped a great deal of the man who I am today — just looks like a dirty, muddy dent.

They are draining it to fix the spillway, which I suppose is important. The lake is normally 280 acres, and the are supposedly taking it down under 30.

There are some upsides, though, as I now had the ability to casually wander the lake-bottom around some of my favorite fishing spots and give the finger to each and every rock, stump, and stick ever responsible for snagging my flies.

Silver linings, and all.

-Alex who may or may not have marked a few GPS spots, also.

Filed Under: Fly Fishing, Photography

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Comments

  1. Mom says

    September 5, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    More than two decades of memories, unless you subtracting time that you can’t remember ?

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    • Alex Landeen says

      September 7, 2014 at 10:24 am

      Wasn’t I eight when we started going up every year?

      Reply
      • Compton says

        May 13, 2015 at 5:02 am

        I love that your mom’s posts just say mom! I stumbled across this as I was googling Hawley Lake. See you up here soon! We’re at Fools Hollow now!!

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  2. MG says

    September 5, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    Mom needs to start dishing stories.

    Reply
    • Alex Landeen says

      May 18, 2015 at 9:37 pm

      Lol. How about no.

      Reply
  3. Arizona Wanderings says

    September 6, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    That’s pretty crazy. Where did you end up fishing?

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    • Alex Landeen says

      September 7, 2014 at 10:23 am

      I just went by to check it out because I knew they were draining it. It still looked fishable, and I have to imagine that the fall brown fishing will still be productive… maybe even fabulous. What sayeth thou about that?

      Reply

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