This morning I had to watch my youngest son for a few hours while Mom went to a meeting, so I offered to take him fishing for a little while and he thought that was a good idea. So we ran an errand then headed over to the little pond.
We picked a spot, laid a towel down so that we wouldn't sit in duck poop, and I put a little power worm and bobber on his line.
It was a fun time and I realized I could keep him interested longer if I went ahead and cast his line out and let him just start reeling. When he'd get the line all the way in, I'd say, "Ah! We missed him!" That seemed to keep him more interested than casting out and telling him to wait for a bite.
So that's how we did it today. I'd cast, then I'd hand the rod to him. Without fail, about 3 seconds into reeling he'd ask, "Do I have a fish?!" I would reply, "I don't know yet. Keep reeling and we'll see!" He'd reel the line all the way in and I'd say, "Ah! We missed him," to which he'd echo "Ah! We missed him." Then we'd start all over. After a while we started saying how this must be a really tricky fish, because we seem to miss him every time.
So, no bites today, but he had a good time fishing with daddy anyway. Maybe next time we'll get that tricky fish!
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