Hi Folks,
I'm new here but definitely not new to fishing.
There's a spot in Indiana called Little Flat Rock. It's a largish creek and awesome for smallmouth. My parents lived near there until I was 3, and up until the time we moved, he would sit me down on one of the flat rocks in that creek and let me fish while he waded for smallmouth.
Fast forward 30 years. Dad still enjoys fishing sometimes, but not as much as he used to. I've got a three-year-old whom I just bought a pole (a Buzz Lightyear thing that lights up -- whatever happened to the old Zebcos that were just functional?) He and his mother come fishing with me. Here lately it's been daily, and he caught his first fish yesterday.
He's not as good about sitting still as I was, but neither is he the type NOT to sit for maybe 1/2 hour (longer if the fish are biting).
Being raised a bass fisherman, I am scientific in the approach. I used to keep a homemade weather station on hand when I was a young teenager. There was a cheap outside thermometer I got someplace, a ribbon tied to a tree, and I went through I don't know how many balloons and soup cans making barometers!
I am pretty much omnipresent on the internet gun boards and make my money by building sights for a certain Russian rifle, but I've not been on fishing fora because there was never any need. However, I've entered a new phase in fishing -- for example, I moved to some of that micro-braided line that claims to be transparent (I don't see it...). I'm ecstatic about how it performs with my bass rod (old Ambassador baitcasting reel with a spinnerbait rod), but I'm not sure how invisible it really is to fish, even with their poor eyesight. I'm thinking a mono leader would be in order, but I'll post the question elsewhere and get things worked out there.
I am looking forward to participating on this board. I know a lot, but technology has advanced that I have a lot more to learn, as well!
Thank you for having me.
Regards,
Josh
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Originally Posted by Devils Horse
