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 Post subject: To A. L. Tennyson
PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:27 pm • # 1 
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''Tis better to have loved and lost..."

Horse hockey. But, that's my opinion on a topic best suited for another forum. Sometimes the glass isn't half full, it's half empty because somebody knocked it over.

I didn't start the day in a cynical mood. On the way to the bluegill pond, even the traffic is tolerable. Somewhat.

It started like this
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That got the attention of this little guy.
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It came after the next bass I hooked. Fortunately, for all of us, the fish threw the hook. I moved to the next pond. There, I lost the next three bass I hooked. I tied on a new fly and walked to the next pond. Lost a bass. I walked across the street to a tiny puddle and lost a tilapia. And the next pond resulted in a bass snatched up by weeds.

The final pond yielded nothing. I turned around and started to walk to the car. A scrub jay landed in front of me. I've been down here 17 years and have never seen one. Until today!
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That 1 for 6 frustration disappeared. I mean how can you complain about being stuck outside on a day like this?
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Johnny Cash was singing about a Tennessee Flat Top Box. I'm pretty sure he'd agree Tennyson is full of malarkey. Loved and lost, hooked and lost. It's all relative. Its a pain in the behind, but, it's the reason why we keep coming back.








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 Post subject: Re: To A. L. Tennyson
PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 9:21 pm • # 2 
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Very nice report and photos. I watched a video with two guys fishing a ditch and while catching three different alligators showed up one at a time when they heard the fish jumping and fighting.


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 Post subject: Re: To A. L. Tennyson
PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 9:24 am • # 3 
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Looking at it from our point of view, it's better to have fished, hooked and lost the fish then to not have fished at all.


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 Post subject: Re: To A. L. Tennyson
PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:01 am • # 4 
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Hell I'd like to be able to walk well enough to fish .


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 Post subject: Re: To A. L. Tennyson
PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2019 11:06 am • # 5 
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jangles wrote:
Hell I'd like to be able to walk well enough to fish .


I'll pray for you. Hope you get better.


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