Things have slowed down just a bit at work, so I was able to hit up the lake with James during lunch. I hadn't taken any gear with me, but James was gracious enough to let me use his spinning rod while he fly fished.
We saw plenty of nice sized bass but didn't hook up on any of them during lunch. I was using a soft plastic wacky-rigged worm but wasn't able to entice a bite.
Actually, my bait was picked up once while my attention was elsewhere. I was using a slow intermittent retreive and was just looking around at some of the other people. When I looked back towards my line I noticed it was pulled straight and moving sideways (never felt a bite). I leaned in just a bit, ready to set the hook. Just as I began to set it my line when completely slack and I hooked a big ol' chunk of nuthin'.
A couple of casts later I felt my line get real heavy all of a sudden. I wasn't going to miss this one. I set the hook and watched as the rod bent way over. "Got him!" But there was no fight. As I started reeling I realized I had just hooked up on some junk in the water. It turns out I had set the hook right under the outer lip of a clear plastic cup and had hauled in nothing but plastic and about 12 oz of water.
So the follow up conversation could go one of two ways:
"Today I fished with plastics."
"Did you catch anything?"
"No. Got skunked."
- or -
"Today I fished for plastics."
"Did you catch anything?"
"Yep. A 12 ouncer!!"
That's it. A single preposition can make the difference between a successfull run and getting skunked.
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