04-10-2014, 12:06 AM
What a mixture of experiences. 1st trip(story1) at 5 mos. - Sunday 6 Apr.
I'll post up on the second story today/tomorrow since this is getting long. Thought I'd try to take Rusty on his first combo training and fishing. Got to my spot on the Web. (Private) and let him out to see what would happen. he stuck with me like glue. I wanted him to go a ways so I could shot my 22 pistol for gun training. Finally he got about 30yds away and I discharged my pistol. He was shocked, but didn't run. A little bit latter. did it again with less shock , so I figure some more and he'll be ok. Went to the river to introduce him to water. (Web.)/low) . Thru some sticks real near the shore. Was funny watching him, what do I do now?. What broke the fear was my wading in to get the stick. He fallowed and gained some confidence. By the end, he was retrieving in the water and occasionally over his head. If ever you need to see what dog paddling is, he was doing it. No swimming, just dog paddling (vertical).[laugh] He's got some learning yet, Decided to do some fishing for both of us. No luck, lost my split shot, went to the truck to replace and being a dumb but, left my rod on the hood of the truck. After arriving at my next spot, went to get my rod, and of course wasn't there. Drove back looking for it, nothing,----------- eventually walked the road and found it but the reel was destroyed from me driving over it. [frown] Oh well, the reel was more the 30 years old so maybe it was a good thing. Decided that was enough for the first time. Had some positive results, so count my blessings. The fly rod was undamaged. and rusty had his 1st trip.
Wait to ya hear story 2 (the "hooK").
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