My buddy Joel and I headed out for a little fishing this evening at a small pond outside of B.V. This pond is owned by one of the ranchers that attend church where Joel brings the weekly message and tends the flock. The plan was to take Joel’s daughter and soon to be son in law out for a bit of fishing and give him a little of the Colorado experience. Joel figured we would take the kids out so they could have some fun and catch some fish in a pond that he had some experience with. A pond that I knew nothing about.
A couple of thoughts came to mind:
- I’m not a big fan of fly fishing in a pond…Something about putting a tiny size 16 fly in a pool of water the size of a city block. “Needle in a hay stack” comes to mind. The fish have a zillion options and how are they going to find my tiny fly?
- Lets get the Buckeye soon to be son in law into some fish and head to the Arkansas River where we belong. The rain has finally stopped so the river should be on fire. The flows are perfect and while we were going to be on the river during the heat of the day we should be able to throw a few dry flies to some rising browns. Thats the most fun a man can have with his clothes on.
We arrive at this pond and I have 17 inch rainbow on my Parachute Adams in less than 2 minutes!!! Every fish I caught in that pond was big and very strong!!! Dropping that Adams on that pond and watching another 20 inch rainbow swing in and hammer that fly was outstanding and doesn’t happen every day. These bows took off running and jumped like crazy. It was a great couple of hours tending to the PIG FARM.
Joel in the meantime took the occasion to bond with the soon to be son in law. Joel took the time to help the guy get his rod and reel rigged up with a bubble and fly and got him into some big fish. He treated a guy that he had met less than 48 hours ago like a friend. At one point both of them were standing on a small inlet in mud up to their shins having a ball catching fish. The problem lies in the fact that this is the same guy that is going to marry Joel’s ONLY daughter. If it were me I would have taken the opportunity to tie a boulder to the guys’ leg and drop him in the pond so he’d leave my little girl alone. Don’t get me wrong the Buckeye was a very nice guy but if you have an opportunity to get rid of the guy that’s planning on stealing your little girl you gotta take it.
Joel is better than that…Im not.
1 comment:
The scenerio should have played out like this: You butter him up with a little fishin" then you get things loaded-up in the truck, and watch him find his way home in your rear view mirror. "Boy, you gotta show me you deserve my baby. Let me see you want it".
BC in KC
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