Two Defenseless Haibun

Salmanoid Trout have tender scales: a fleshy, unctuous parcel with bones buried so deep it is a fatal squeeze that feels them.  But gutted and grilled, each rib pops up delicately, curved like an eyelash.  Hook the right one, and it is a fight from bank to bank: running line, bending rod, spooling the reel. […]