How Can You Fish Without A Real Fishing Pole?
A tale from ¡°back in time¡± of kids using their imagination to while away a lazy summer afternoon.
As a young girl, the only other kid in the neighborhood I had to play with was a boy my age that lived down the road from me. We lived in the country in a quiet neighborhood with a sheep farm down the road that had winding stream that ran behind their property and my neighbor¡¯s house as well. Needless to say, I learned to play with ¡°boy toys¡± such as his farm toys, cars ,etc, and played Cowboys and Indians (that should give you a hint of what era!), and I was always the Indian for some reason!! For some reason, he never wanted to reciprocate in playing ¡°house¡± or dressing dolls!!
However, we discovered a hobby that we both enjoyed! Fishing!! The creek behind his home was our playground and we spent hours wading, swimming, catching crawdads and fishing together. I never touched those crawdads! They had pinchers and looked scary! Ewww!
Once I got past touching those nasty squirming worms, and baiting my own hook (he wouldn¡¯t let me use his lures!), I really had fun fishing. We were about 9 years old and got along pretty good for a boy and a girl. He had his own fishing pole and neat looking lures, and I had none! There was an old fishing pole that his Dad had that I was allowed to use and when that fishing pole broke¡ªI had nothing to fish with!!
My friend didn¡¯t feel sorry enough for me to let me use his fishing pole, so he and I started poking around in his Dad¡¯s work shop and found a long stick and some string which we tied to the end of the stick. Then for a hook, we used a nail and hammered it into a shape that we thought made a good hook. There it was¡my homemade fishing rod!
I actually got a worm onto that nail and cast my line out into the creek at the deepest point I could find. Believe it or not¡I actually caught a fish on that homemade fishing pole! Our parents were amazed! It wasn¡¯t a keeper; in fact it wasn¡¯t much beyond the minnow stage, but hey¡ I caught a fish!! That¡¯s what it was all about for us! We have went our separate ways in life and I often wonder if he remembers the home-made fishing pole we made that hot summer afternoon all those years ago.
By Elizabeth Hesson
About The Author
This is a fond memory of a part-owner, of www.franksfishinghole.com We are selling fishing gear such as fishing rods, reels, lures and tackle for the dedicated fisherman, and for a family that enjoys fishing as a hobby and sport. Check out our website for the latest in fishing rods, lures, tackle and reels.
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