| As a young girl, the only other kid in the | | | | to use and when that fishing pole broke--I had |
| neighborhood I had to play with was a boy my age | | | | nothing to fish with!My friend didn't feel sorry enough |
| that lived down the road from me. We lived in the | | | | for me to let me use his fishing pole, so he and I |
| country in a quiet neighborhood with a sheep farm | | | | started poking around in his Dad's work shop and |
| down the road that had a winding stream that ran | | | | found a long stick and some string which we tied to |
| behind their property and my neighbor's house as | | | | the end of the stick. Then for a hook, we used a nail |
| well. Needless to say, I learned to play with "boy | | | | and hammered it into a shape that we thought made |
| toys" such as his farm toys, cars, etc, and played | | | | a good hook. There it was...my homemade fishing |
| Cowboys and Indians (that should give you a hint of | | | | rod!I actually got a worm onto that nail and cast my |
| what era!), and I was always the Indian for some | | | | line out into the creek at the deepest point I could |
| reason. For some reason, he never wanted to | | | | find. Believe it or not...I actually caught a fish on that |
| reciprocate in playing "house" or dressing | | | | homemade fishing pole! Our parents were amazed! It |
| dolls!However, we discovered a hobby that we both | | | | wasn't a keeper; in fact is wasn't much beyond the |
| enjoyed. Fishing! The creek behind his home was our | | | | minnow stage, but hey..I caught a fish! That's what it |
| playground and we spent hours wading, swimming, | | | | was all about for us! We have went our separate |
| catching crawdads and fishing together. I never | | | | ways in life and I often wonder if he remembers the |
| touched those crawdads! They had pinchers and | | | | home-made fishing pole we made that hot summer |
| looked scary! Ewww!Once I got past touching those | | | | afternoon all those years ago.This is a fond memory |
| nasty squirming worms, and baiting my own hook (he | | | | of a part-owner of We are selling fishing gear such |
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| and neat looking lure, and I had none! There was an | | | | for the latest in fishing rods, lures, tackle and reels. |
| old fishing pole that his Dad had that I was allowed | | | | |