I'm not sure if I brought a big enough net.
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I'm not sure if I brought a big enough net.
I think anyone that fishes with me MUST bring a small net.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...dwick026-2.jpg
Daaaa aaaaaamn
One of my fishing buds is a High School English Teacher.
I ran it by him. Told him I thought english class was usually boring and lame
in High School. Why not have a fun project. WHY not encourage them to be
writers about the outdoors?
He has taken on the challenge or lets say his 9th grade class has.
Their project for the rest of this 9 weeks...1.5 weeks to write
a story to go with the photo. Each student is required to write a
300 word story to go with the photo. The teacher will be the judge
of the story.
I write for a couple places monthly and I am going to submit the story and photo to the
editor with the story behind the project and see if it sails.
A study has been done recently and there is an alarming statistic. Children are NOT
in the outdoors like years past. I think anything that might cause more interest is worth trying.
The short fat guy is me with the big net. I looked over the log entry for that day, which by the way was 7/1 of this year. We started the day early and it was hot. The bugs were in swarms and I wrote about a comment that I made that I should bring salt and pepper with me the next time because I ate so many of them they needed some seasoning.
The brush was thick in this part of this stream. It sure wasn't a manicured walk area with seats positioned in front of fish cribs or lunker structures. We were the only ones fishing that I saw and life was good. I also commented that Spinner caught more fish that day throwing a Panther Martin than I did with various flies. Some times I do better and other times he does. It was damn hot and too many bugs but it was a grand day with a good friend and for that I am thankful. I did manage a brown or two but it wasn't a 50 fish day. By the way I have shared those days with Spinner too. I look at that shot and I smile. I imagine that not many had made it back that far into the "jungle".
Rick
We (My buddy Matt and I) have a local newspaper and
an online EMagazine that are interested in running the
story and picture after the writing has been graded by
Matt (English Teacher).
Anything that can bring young anglers and hunters back to the
outdoors and get them out from in front of their game console is
good by me.
Using the outdoors to help develop or unlock creativity -especially in children, is simply a good thing.
X marks the spot.The end