Maggots!
When I was about 13/14 I used to go fishing every weekend.
I would spend evenings during the week checking my kit, making sure I had everything and that it was clean and tip top.

As I was doing this I would be planning how I was going to approach the particular venue I was going to fishing. Float or ledger? perhaps a swimfeeder? maggot or worm? Should I fish close to the bank or far out? Should I ....You get the picture.

To my mind these were all critical equations that needed to be figured out. I needed peace and solace time whilst cleaning my tackle(ahem) with which to do it.

Cue younger sister.
She's getting all about the place, being noisy, in my face, hassling me like a wasp on a summers day.

"can I help?"
"No"
"But I want to help"
"There is nothing you can do leave me alone"

Cue Mom

"Let your sister help you"
"But"
"No buts....do it!"

"Actually there IS something you can do. See that pint of maggots over there. You see how there are two colours to them, that some are natural and some are red."
"Yes"
"I need them seperating"

And she did!!

It took her about 2 hours of painstakingly finger picking out the maggots into two separate bait boxes. She hates maggots. When she proudly proclaimed she had finished I poured them all back into the original box together.

Tears followed.

But I had my peace and quiet.
(never-right -getting it wrong since '78, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 21:35, 5 replies)

:)
Cruel!

You still fish now?
(Young_Chauncey, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 7:21, closed)

@ Poop
Not very often now....twice year if that!!

Got little youngling and my own house to renovate so all time seems to go that way :)
(never-right -getting it wrong since '78, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 8:14, closed)

That's mean!
But funny :)
Shame you can't fish much anymore - I took it up 2 years ago and am addicted.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 19:22, closed)

@Workboresme
When I read the first line, I thought it was you!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:07, closed)

@workboresme
Im sure I will get back into it as soon as I get time again......Still got all me stuff...even through tough times I have refused to sell it!!
(never-right -getting it wrong since '78, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 15:18, closed)