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Topic: Fishing (06/07/04)
TITLE: FISHING By Carol Winebarger 06/14/04 |
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WHEN FISHING, IAN DOES WELL BAITING THE HOOK, HE CASTS AS SMOOTH AS ANYONE I’VE EVER SEEN, BUT ONCE THAT HOOK IS IN THE WATER HE’S TRANSFORMED INTO SIR CLUMSY.
HE STUMBLES FORWARD, BACKWARD AND SIDEWAYS. HE LOSES ALL CONTROL OF HIS FEET AND LEGS AND SOMETIMES ENDS UP WITH HIS FEET IN THE AIR ABOVE HIS HEAD. HE’S BAD TO GET RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE POND LEANING OUT OVER THE WATER WHILE I SLOWLY TURN BLUE FROM HOLDING MY BREATH UNTIL HE MOVES BACK TO A SAFE DISTANCE.
WITH ALL THIS TWO-STEPPING, SIDE-STEPPING AND PROMENADING TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE, ONE WOULD THINK IAN WOULDN’T CATCH A THING EXCEPT MAYBE WHIPLASH. NOT TRUE. MOST OF THE TIME, IAN OUTCATCHES ALL OF US.
I’VE COME TO BELIEVE THAT GOD IN HIS WISDOM THINKS IAN WORKS SO HARD AT IT HE DESERVES TO OUTDO THE REST OF US WHO’RE JUST SITTING AROUND WITH OUR HOOKS IN THE WATER WAITING FOR THE FISH TO DO THE WORK. AND THAT’S O.K. BY ME BECAUSE SEEING THE LOOK ON THIS CLUMSY LITTLE BOY’S FACE WHEN HE PULLS ONE IN SURE DOES THIS OLD HEART OF MINE A LOT OF GOOD.