Mark I must have missed this story how old is Melissa? She sounds like a great kid! Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Klemick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:26 AM Subject: [VFB] New Fly Tier Catches A Fish
> Hi Gang, > > > You may remember last week when my niece Melissa got her first > tying lesson. This weekend I got a report from her mom that they > went fishing on Thursday, and while heading to the lake Joan > stopped and said she was going to buy some worms. > "Worms??!!?...", said Melissa, "Mom, worms are for kids." > Nonetheless, Joan got some for herself while Melissa explained > (at some length) how the fish really preferred insects, that they > would eat terrestrials insects and aquatic insects, that beetles > were one of the largest families of bugs, and by the way, any > bugs that fish eat are safe for people to eat too. > > Joan wasn't expecting such an earful but took it in good stride. > So when the time came for the first fish on Melissa's beetle, > amid all the excitement while Joan was releasing the fish, uh oh, > where's the beetle?... Gone! Luckily I had given her a bunch of > other flies, but mom was in the doghouse. Melissa said, "You > know, I worked long and hard on that fly!" > > Even though mom was chastised, Joan assured Melissa that life > would go on, so they caught several more fish together and > Melissa agreed that she wouldn't start eating bugs until she was > as old as her uncle. > > > > Mark > > > > > ===== > Mark Klemick ! GoFishGo ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >
