Ahh! Memories of the old days :)

[Nightsniper]

Reading the previous post "Minimalist Fishing" brought back SWEET memories of my youth.   I would load up with a single shot .22,a candy bar,maybe a can of Vancamps Beans and the last section of a fishin pole and about 6' of line and a pill bottle of hooks and splitshot and a small bobber.   Walk a 1/2 mile down the road(Back then people didn't come unglued if they seen a 13 year old walkin down the road with a gun)to the Crick and wade down stream a good ways till you get to your favorite hole.  Now this hole was in a bend and a Big Cottonwoods roots at the edge.
This spot was full of Chubs,Suckers and Sunfish.  I would get there and turn over logs and rocks looking for bait.  Didn't need many cause after catching a few Fish I used them for cut bait.   Pulled them in one after another,Size didn't matter they were all trophys to me.   If I got thirsty I would lay on my belly and get a drink.   Alot of times a Crow or Chipmunk or a Groundhog would come to get a drink and became a Target.   Never took a Radio, Nature was singing my song.  I feel sorry for many of our youngsters who don't have a chance to ever have memories like that.
                            Thanks Jeff          

[RB1235]

Yep, each generation looses a little more of the good times. Growin' up today you would have been sent off to juvy for toting that gun most likely. Parents might even get locked up for contributing to the delinquency of a minor or child in need of supervision in some of these cities. It's a shame how change usually doesn't mean for the better.
Good story,
Have a good day.

[Nightsniper]

I remember walking home and every now and then an old timer would drive by and say "Did you do any good"or "What did you catch".   I wish somehow to just find one kid that would like to learn,Then I would teach them.