Midnight oil

Burned the midnight oil tonight, walked the 10 minutes down to our "family river" the boys adapted this saying from the great movie "A River Runs Through It." I truly do love that river. I love the sound of the water coming over the dam, as you get closer the sound intensifies, on this clear quiet night it sounded so loud, was there large amounts of water rolling over tonight? Had the rains form the thursday taken this long to gather force and get to this point? No, you just don't realize the sound during the day when the cars are driving, and kids are playing, and talking ,and all the commotion going on. It's good to slow down and have solitude. The sandbar, created this year after the massive flooding of 2007 and not so bad of 2008. I love that sandbar, the carp love that sandbar. I caught a 24-25" common there on yesterday. Tonight I'm blindly casting into the night with some help from the bridge lights. "What is that?" I wonder aloud. The answer known..crusing carp...reel in and perfect cast to the sandbar, he turns back and swims where i believe the crawler to be, then the telltale sign line going straight out up current, firm but gentle pressure with the small circle hook...and fish on! I have come to love thy carp...the best fighting fish pound for pound around here. What other fish can you find in so close to home that fights like a train, is 20"+ and weighs 5 pounds or more? None, simple.