gnappi
Well-known member
There must be MILLIONS of funny things that happen to us while fishing...
Last month I was on a lake shore in a public park at 02:00 in the morning trying out a new rod and reel. The lot was empty except for my car, I mean TOTALLY empty, and it was a BIG lot.
About 30 minutes after I got there a car suspiciously pulled next to mine, stayed a few minutes, and left only to circle around and park next to me again. After a few minutes two persons got out of their car, walked around my car and started walking towards me in the complete blackness of the morning.
I was glad I had my handgun, but decided to use my other weapon for defense, my BLINDING CREE headlight in their faces.
A guy yelled at me, "Hey is that your Mustang in the parking lot"? What a brain surgeon... I said, "No, I always fly here in my helicopter early in the morning and call my pilot for a pickup when I need it".
He just said, "oh, OK" and he and his girlfriend (both a bit light on their feet) went into the park to do whatever they were going to do in the dark park.
I went to my car, started it up, the couple turned around and he gave me the finger
Another time I was fly fishing in a little creek in upstate New York, and my sister happened by as I was leaving. I said it was too dark to fish when the bats started chasing my dry fly. She didn't believe me so I dangled my fly off the little bridge I was crossing and sure enough they (the bats) started swirling around my fly. Another fisherman was crossing the bridge and asked if I had any luck, besides the fact I NEVER told anyone how many or where or on what I caught fish, just then a bat grabbed my dry fly. I said, I have one on NOW.
He looked down into the water, and I said, not there, up THERE! when he saw the bat flying around with my line trailing around, he scooted away like he just ran into the Addams Family or Munsters
The bat let go and we left laughing.
Last month I was on a lake shore in a public park at 02:00 in the morning trying out a new rod and reel. The lot was empty except for my car, I mean TOTALLY empty, and it was a BIG lot.
About 30 minutes after I got there a car suspiciously pulled next to mine, stayed a few minutes, and left only to circle around and park next to me again. After a few minutes two persons got out of their car, walked around my car and started walking towards me in the complete blackness of the morning.
I was glad I had my handgun, but decided to use my other weapon for defense, my BLINDING CREE headlight in their faces.
A guy yelled at me, "Hey is that your Mustang in the parking lot"? What a brain surgeon... I said, "No, I always fly here in my helicopter early in the morning and call my pilot for a pickup when I need it".
He just said, "oh, OK" and he and his girlfriend (both a bit light on their feet) went into the park to do whatever they were going to do in the dark park.
I went to my car, started it up, the couple turned around and he gave me the finger
Another time I was fly fishing in a little creek in upstate New York, and my sister happened by as I was leaving. I said it was too dark to fish when the bats started chasing my dry fly. She didn't believe me so I dangled my fly off the little bridge I was crossing and sure enough they (the bats) started swirling around my fly. Another fisherman was crossing the bridge and asked if I had any luck, besides the fact I NEVER told anyone how many or where or on what I caught fish, just then a bat grabbed my dry fly. I said, I have one on NOW.
He looked down into the water, and I said, not there, up THERE! when he saw the bat flying around with my line trailing around, he scooted away like he just ran into the Addams Family or Munsters
The bat let go and we left laughing.
