IDAHO, USA — "Aaaaay!" He's back.
Who has two thumbs, a trademark leather jacket, and seems to come back to Idaho every summer?
Henry Winkler, known to millions as Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzerelli on "Happy Days," the 1970s sitcom that was heavy on 1950s nostalgia, tweeted word of his return to the Gem State on Sunday.
Just a few hours later, a photo of Winkler beaming from ear to ear, holding a cutthroat trout in his outstretched hands, showed up on his Twitter feed.
Say, isn't the cutthroat trout Idaho's state fish?
As The Fonz would say, "correctamundo!"
Winkler, 77, hasn't retired from acting. He portrays acting teacher Gene Cousineau on "Barry," the comedy-drama that recently wrapped up a four-season run on HBO. He also has a book tour coming up in the fall, but first, he's spending some time on the South Fork of the Snake River, catching and releasing some impressive trout.
On the plane heading to Idaho, Winkler spared a few moments to talk and pose for a selfie with Erik Ellis. In a post shared by Maggie O'Mara on Facebook, Ellis wrote about meeting Winkler on the plane.
“He was such a humble man. I used to watch 'Happy Days' on Nick at Nite as a kid with my dad. Then, of course, all the movies," Ellis wrote. "A very surreal moment for me. I know he loves fly fishing the South Fork of the Snake River too, so when I asked him if he was going, he said, “Oh, you bet I am, young man!'”
The "cutty" mentioned earlier wasn't Winkler's only catch Sunday.
Then, on Monday morning, Winkler tweeted, "Everyone should start their day with a rainbow!"
In one of the replies, a Twitter user wrote, "I wish I was ever as happy as Henry Winkler catching a fish."
Ditto.
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