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Fishing-Tales this is what my grandpa taught me. My grandpa taught me a lot of things about fishing. Sometimes he did it by showing me and other times he did it by telling me fishing stories that would teach a lesson. Here is one of the fishing-tales he told me when I was around twelve years old:

There was this man who refused to fish and when the great depression of 1929 occurred, his family began to starve. His wife would say, “You need to go out there and catch fish. That’s the only way we’re going to eat.” He would go out for hours and pretend he went to the lake, but he really didn’t go.

Finally, the day came that he was starving to death and he decided it was time that he do what it takes to make sure his family was fed. This fishing tale is one of desperation, which teaches a great lesson about fishing. He remembered things that his own grandpa had told him about fishing. Those things were:

• Pay attention to what your hands and body are doing. Watch your shadow against the sun because your shadow isn’t natural.

• Make sure your worm is stretched out on the hook so it looks like it is in a natural state to the fish.

• Watch the weather and watch the moon. The fish won’t bite when it is too cold and watch the phases of the moon.

With this, he brought a meal home to his family and you know who this man was? This man was my great grandfather and my grandpa was one of the starving children in this fishing tale.

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