Sunshine State Fishing

From MY Daughter?s point of view.

My dad is fishing in a canal at Buckeye Lake with a flyrod in front of my grandma?s house. I am about 4 years old. Dad has this bluegill hooked and wants me to pull it in. He gives the rod to me and tells me to reel it in. It sure is fighting but with a little help I get it in. It seemed like a whale and I was really proud of my accomplishment of getting that fish to shore.

Next, comes one of my dad?s brainstorms. He is going to teach me to fish with a flyrod. Now mine you, I am 4 years old. What a great ideal! Geesh! I could care less how to fish with a flyrod let alone stand there and have him show me. He tells me how to throw the line out and how to wait until the line straightens out in the back before I bring the line forward again. He tells me everything he thought I should know about fly fishing??..this to a 4 year old. Good going dad!

By now, my sister is there too. She is 2 and my mom, aunts and uncles and grandparents came out to watch when they seen my dad looking at me and giving me instructions on how to use this thing. They all listen to dad telling me how to fish with a flyrod. I take the rod and try to cast it out only to slam the fly in the ground. Well, dad thinks he has to show me again. He smiles to me and the rest of the family and he throws the line out again. It gets stuck on something out in the water, and he has to get it unstuck. He gives it a couple of light pulls and nothing happens, so he gives one big pull and something happened then, the fly comes straight back at him and stuck right on the fly of his pants. Not only that, it must have stuck on other things as well!!!

Here he is with my aunts, uncles, mom and grandparents, my mom?s whole family there watching, my dad dancing around holding his crotch, dancing in the front yard for everyone to see. He seems to be in deep, deep pain. He looks up for a second and here everyone in the yard are in hysterics. I am laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes because I think dad is putting on a show just for me and my sister. The relatives are laughing because they know what happened. The only person who isn?t laughing is dad. He has tears in his eyes too but not from laughing, I don?t think.. So, he finally decides instead of making a fool of himself any more outside and putting on a performance for the me and the family and neighbors, he might need to go in the house and take care of the problem, which he does.

This past Christmas, I asked ?Dad, do you remember when you got that fly stuck on your fly?? After he turned red, he said ?Geesh, after 30 some years it seems like you would have forgot about that by now?.

Dad, I won?t ever forget that!

From Charles E. White?s e-book, ?21 Things to Do With A Limp Worm? that you can get free when you order the ?Bass Fishing-From Cast to Catch? e-book.

Charles E. White has fished 50 years for bass from California to Florida. In his lifetime, it is estimated that he has caught over 6,000 bass. His biggest bass is a 12 pound 14 ounce that hangs on his wall in his office. His tips and techniques have helped many people who have never fished for bass before become successful anglers. He also has fished with the Pros in Florida

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