| As a young girl, the only other kid in the neighborhood I | | | | and when that fishing pole broke--I had nothing to fish |
| had to play with was a boy my age that lived down | | | | with!My friend didn't feel sorry enough for me to let me |
| the road from me. We lived in the country in a quiet | | | | use his fishing pole, so he and I started poking around in |
| neighborhood with a sheep farm down the road that | | | | his Dad's work shop and found a long stick and some |
| had a winding stream that ran behind their property | | | | string which we tied to the end of the stick. Then for a |
| and my neighbor's house as well. Needless to say, I | | | | hook, we used a nail and hammered it into a shape |
| learned to play with "boy toys" such as his farm toys, | | | | that we thought made a good hook. There it was...my |
| cars, etc, and played Cowboys and Indians (that should | | | | homemade fishing rod!I actually got a worm onto that |
| give you a hint of what era!), and I was always the | | | | nail and cast my line out into the creek at the deepest |
| Indian for some reason. For some reason, he never | | | | point I could find. Believe it or not...I actually caught a fish |
| wanted to reciprocate in playing "house" or dressing | | | | on that homemade fishing pole! Our parents were |
| dolls!However, we discovered a hobby that we both | | | | amazed! It wasn't a keeper; in fact is wasn't much |
| enjoyed. Fishing! The creek behind his home was our | | | | beyond the minnow stage, but hey..I caught a fish! |
| playground and we spent hours wading, swimming, | | | | That's what it was all about for us! We have went our |
| catching crawdads and fishing together. I never | | | | separate ways in life and I often wonder if he |
| touched those crawdads! They had pinchers and | | | | remembers the home-made fishing pole we made that |
| looked scary! Ewww!Once I got past touching those | | | | hot summer afternoon all those years ago.This is a |
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| fishing pole that his Dad had that I was allowed to use | | | | |