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06-06-2017, 09:38 PM #1
Some days, when the wind was just right, you didn't even need to cast. Let the line out to where it hit bottom, and either set the bail there for a mid depth presentation, or let out another 30 feet or so to keep it near the bottom, and drift. Back in the day...
I remember the side spinner lures too! Still have a couple of those also.
Last 2 trips on the lake were like days of old. Drift over a spot, pick up a fish or two, move back, repeat.
I hear you on the arthritis. I'm only 37, but thanks to a nasty car accident that broke both my legs, both shoulders, and one arm, I got an early taste of it starting when I was a teenager. It's only gotten worse in the shoulders and one knee since then. I can't wait for middle age to set in in force, leading to, ahem, seasoned age.
Praise be, my dad is still with me, and still in good shape to go fishing; though the arthritis in his hands is so bad that he had to make a custom grip for his pole to hold it without closing his fist much, and I clean all the fish that we catch. His health is good (knock on wood) and his dad was going fishing with us until he was almost 90, at least for perch on calm days... he couldn't take bouncing around a lot by the end. I hope my own pop is with me a good number of years yet. He still has to catch that elusive 30 incher. I've gotten half a dozen of them over the years, he still hasn't.
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