07-15-2014, 11:21 PM
Good story Remo... and... it kinda touched my own diminishing memory bank too.
My first fishin' pole was a stick with 3-4 feet of string and a bent straight pin with a piece of worm -- worked great for up to 3 inchers.
Anybody remember the old telescoping metal fish poles? Mine invariable ended up with a dog-leg in the final section and later that section was completely gone. How about having to have a buddy take your line and worm back across the road so you could "cast" your worm out? I still have scars on the back of my head from being hit with a 2 oz. bell sinker I was trying to cast to a favorite bass hole. There was a lot of math and physics involved in making a cast back then that kids nowadays cannot appreciate.
All great memories but... alas, not much more than footprints in the sands of time... as Mr. Poe would say.
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My first fishin' pole was a stick with 3-4 feet of string and a bent straight pin with a piece of worm -- worked great for up to 3 inchers.
Anybody remember the old telescoping metal fish poles? Mine invariable ended up with a dog-leg in the final section and later that section was completely gone. How about having to have a buddy take your line and worm back across the road so you could "cast" your worm out? I still have scars on the back of my head from being hit with a 2 oz. bell sinker I was trying to cast to a favorite bass hole. There was a lot of math and physics involved in making a cast back then that kids nowadays cannot appreciate.
All great memories but... alas, not much more than footprints in the sands of time... as Mr. Poe would say.
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