The Secret of Trout Mountain
By Rob Lyon
It was hot outside the little California schoolhouse and summer vacation was just around the corner. Through the open windows the smell of fresh cut grass blew in on a gust of wind. Hidden behind Ted Gordon’s geography book was a magazine. It was dog-eared and the cover was off. It was stapled open to one page, a big picture of a broad, blue western river and the caption beneath it read: “The Madison.”