A New Experience

Blaubeere came over tonight with her two boys. That's always fun.  Brombeere had gone to the store and found that one of the local stores was having a promotional, showing little kids how to fish.  So she called Blaubeere and they went.  Turned out to be a pretty good deal.  And because they were one of the last ones to leave the folks at the store gave them a  whole bunch of stuff, including a beginner's fishing pole, two life kids sized jackets and a few other, smaller fishing stuff; lures, and a grab-bag of stuff.  So they were all set.

The plan originally had been for them to come over and get the kayak out. But the weather was looking a little stormy so we cancelled that idea early one. Now with the fishing stuff and a little boy eager to go fishing we decided to do that instead. So we went up to one of the parks o the river and got started.

First Himbeere, the resident expert, got the line all set, bobber, bait and everything.  This is highly technical stuff, an exact science.  After all, fish are wily little critters and it takes science and all to trick them into taking the hook.  So it took several minutes of close consultation and careful work to get ready.

Then they headed over to the pond, which is so loaded with fish you can see them swimming around all over the place.  Lots of other stuff, too.  But plenty of fish.

There is a small foot bridge about halfway up the pond. They fished off the bridge for a while.  Then they went down below the bridge.  Then the little guy went up above the bridge for a while.  Then his Mom came over and he ended up on her lap.  Its nice to have a grown up near by to help with the tangles.  And there were plenty of those.

But in the end, after staying with it for an hour or so and not catching anything, as we decided it was enough for the first trip out, I asked him if he'd had any fun.  "It was awesome!" was the response.  I'll take that as a "yes."