Todd Duncan Tennyson
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My father knew many important and influential people in our valley. Dad was an avid fly fisherman on the River nearby.
The law in our neck of the woods was that it is public access to the mean hi water mark on navigable waterways. So in the fall when the water is low, you can get to spots by bank stomping that would normally require a drift boat or permission from the landowner on the landlocked side.
The landowners would always come down and shout and argue that he was trespassing on their land and dad would cite the law and let them know that they were welcome to call the Sherriff if they had any concerns, but further pestering would be angler harassment, and if the Law came to talk to the landowners, then dad would press charges against them for fouling up his fishing trip and harassment.
Once in a while, they'd take him up on it, and the Sheriff would come down and remind the landowners of the law, but dad never pressed the matter, figuring humble pie was enough for them to ruminate over.
He told one of his associates about the encounters and his associate said he'd had similar experiences. Especially with the couple down on the big bend.
They would come down in a tag-team effort, and together, they would get people to leave under threat of trespassing charges. Usually, their attacks consisted of the Husband threatening to shoot, and then he'd throw rocks in the water and his wife would say, "I'm calling the police" and "You'd better get off our riverfront, or you'll be in big trouble etc..." If that didn't work, then they'd send their dogs in.
On one occasion, my father's friend responded "Why don't you tell it to the Judge?" and the lady persisted bothering him.
So then the lady told my fathers friend, "Well, you'll be sorry when the sheriff gets here, you prick," He just kept flipping his fly into the silky looking socket of water below the boulder in the bend, trying to ignore her.
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My dad's friend was able to hook and land a nice steelhead during the unwelcoming barrage from the landowner. He'd cite the law and she'd have none of it, again, he smiled and said, "tell it to the Judge."
Then her husband went inside to grab a notebook so that he could take the name and info of the responding deputy, and get the "trespassers" info noted for his own information.
A deputy arrived and the landowners and their dogs rushed up to tell him about the incident. The deputy took a few minutes and got their information and then noticed my dad's friend (the angler). When the deputy recognized him he smiled and waved. The landowners were confused and a little shocked by this.
The landowners and the deputy walked over to the riverside, the deputy shook my father's friends hand and said "Looks like you two have already met Judge Bennett" Then the deputy said, now that we're all clear on the law, why don't we let the Judge get back to those fish?
The landowner's got the "sourpuss" face and walked back to their yard defeted.
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