Saturday, January 5, 2008

Tight Lines, Writers!

"Tight lines" is a good luck wish among fishermen. When you've


hooked a fish, your line tightens up.





I was musing on this expression as my husband critiqued my


lousy casting skills on our latest fishing expedition.


Anthony's as accurate a caster as they come. He can pinpoint a


particular far-away reed and cast an inch in front of it.





We were going for bass, and he explained that bass like to hide


out on the perimeters of a lake, under rocks and in between


plants. Problem is, I can't pinpoint anything. I aim my pole


right and the line somehow flies left. I aim fifty feet away


and it somehow shoots straight up in the air and plunks down

View the rest of this article


No comments: