Kukla’s First Float. Oscoda County, 2006, 30 x 24 in, acrylic on canvas. Author-fishing guide-fly shop owner and friend Bob Linsenman and I took his black lab pup Kukla [“doll” in Russian] on her first float trip and she rewarded her pop with a smooch. She spent most of the day napping in the boat, or chasing butterflies on land.