Bouncing Bobbers
Posted by Dr. Judy at 9:36 pm
What kid wouldn’t love catching blue gills after their fishing rod was barely cast into the inviting clear water so cleverly colored by biodegradable aqua dye? In the water a scant few minutes, the bobber is bouncing under the water, quick as a wink. Even 60 year old Grammy Judy is squealing with delight. OK, so what if she is a whuss. Annie, with a little diligent teasing, puts worms on the line. And what if the line gets tangled because Grammy is winding the line in her usual left-handed backward manner. Problem-solving, thoughtful, ever-thinking “Aunt Annie” retrieves a left-handed fishing rod! Grammy is in heaven hauling up her you-would-have-thought-it-was-a-marlin prized bluegill bounty. She loves it as “Aunt Annie” lovingly rescues each fish and launches them back into their floating freedoms. Funny how those bluegills come right up to the shore as if to tease, “You can’t catch me!”. Oh, but we did!
Speaking of freedom, the little minnows have it made, their tiny mouths protected from all those big shiny hooks. You can almost hear them traveling in their collective crowd, cajoling the bluegills, “We may be tiny weeny, but we own this pond!”
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© 2009 Dr. Judy Krings
What kid wouldn’t love catching blue gills after their fishing rod was barely cast into the inviting clear water so cleverly colored by biodegradable aqua dye? In the water a scant few minutes, the bobber is bouncing under the water, quick as a wink.
Even 60 year old Grammy Judy is squealing with delight. OK, so what if she is a whuss. Annie, with a little diligent teasing, puts worms on the line. And what if the line gets tangled because Keep Reading…
