Happy Libra
The story behind the story?
I was fishing yesterday morning, and I was writing, and fishing some more and writing some more. Plus there were phone calls to attend to, schedule a reading and such work-related material. I’ve neglected some business of some kind, and for the life of me, I can’t remember what it was I supposed to do. Insurance? The fishing has been so much fun lately, I got a little carried away. Big fish, little fish, tiny fish, I mean I laughed at that little sunfish. He was so cute, spreading his dorsal fin with its spikes, threatening me while he hung from my hook. Bass ain’t the only ones with attitudes. Works for me.
Scott e-mailed a question about a fishing set-up, and I was fooling around with answers. He was looking for a “microlight” baitcast outfit, something much like a micro spinning outfit, only with a baitcast reel.
Shakespeare Ugly Stik 1500 Spincast Reel and Rod Combo – $29.99
What I came up with:
Shakespeare Ugly Stik Trigger Rod – 6 M – $27.95
Actually, a 5-foot model would be better.
Then add a cheap Bass Pro branded reel, I think these babies were on sale for about $20-$25.
Bass Pro Shops MegaCast Low-Profile Baitcast Reel – 85 oz – $24.88
Just an exercise. What I’ve found is that the really cool, expensive and certainly lightweight fishing rods are better, but if it’s something that is really in my hand, being levered back and forth, all morning and afternoon? I’m tending toward the mid-range, or even the “Wal-Mart” Shakespeare poles now. Much harder to break, and let’s be honest, I have to spend a fair amount of time pulling hooks out of trees, snags, rocks, overhead branches, submerged vegetation. It’s not pretty. I’ve snapped two pole clean in half on snags.
Photo essay
Just a day’s worth of oddities.
Church playground, better disclaimers than my own.
And no taunting the fish. Although that seems to work, some days.
It’s trite, but someone forget to tell the fish.
Little catch before noon. (photo for Scott)
An even smaller fish. Pretty little sunfish, back in the lake.
A snake in the tree. Not going to be fishing there after dark.
