| As a young girl, the only other kid in the neighborhood I | | | | had his own fishing pole and neat looking lures, and I |
| had to play with was a boy my age that lived down | | | | had none! There was an old fishing pole that his Dad |
| the road from me. We lived in the country in a quiet | | | | had that I was barely allowed to use and when that |
| neighborhood with a sheep farm down the road that | | | | fishing pole broke-I had nothing to fish with!! |
| had winding stream that ran behind their property and | | | | My friend didn't feel sorry enough for me to let me use |
| my neighbor's house as well. Needless to say, I learned | | | | his fishing pole, so he and I started poking around in his |
| to play with "boy toys" such as his farm toys, cars ,etc, | | | | Dad's work shop and found a long stick and some |
| and played Cowboys and Indians (that should give you | | | | string which we tied to the end of the stick. Then for a |
| a hint of what era!), and I was always the Indian for | | | | hook, we used a nail and hammered it into a shape |
| some reason!! For some reason, he never wanted to | | | | that we thought made a good hook. There it was...my |
| reciprocate in playing "house" or dressing dolls!! | | | | homemade fishing rod! |
| However, we discovered a hobby that we both | | | | I actually got a worm onto that nail and cast my line |
| enjoyed! Fishing!! The creek behind his home was our | | | | out into the creek at the deepest point I could find. |
| playground and we spent hours wading, swimming, | | | | Believe it or not...I actually caught a fish on that |
| catching crawdads and fishing together. I never | | | | homemade fishing pole! Our parents were amazed! It |
| touched those crawdads! They had pinchers and | | | | wasn't a keeper; in fact it wasn't much beyond the |
| looked scary! Ewww! | | | | minnow stage, but hey... I caught a fish!! That's what it |
| Once I got past touching those nasty squirming worms, | | | | was all about for us! We have went our separate |
| and baiting my own hook (he wouldn't let me use his | | | | ways in life and I often wonder if he remembers the |
| lures!), I really had fun fishing. We were about 9 years | | | | home-made fishing pole we made that hot summer |
| old and got along pretty good for a boy and a girl. He | | | | afternoon all those years ago. |