So I stopped at Lake of the Woods today to pick up a bottle of water. As I plopped my pooped tushy into one of those wonderful red wooden chairs I noticed a father, a golden retriever and his 5 year old daughter walking out onto the boat dock. The father was carrying a stick with about 4 feet of fishing line and a worm on the end of it. As the father showed the daughter what to do, I couldn't help but smile as I watched the daughter give him her full attention despite the golden retriever's incessent tugging on the leash. Suddenly the girl turned around put her hand on the dogs nose, said something to it, and in response the dog sat on it's energetic tushy and began to give dad it's full attention as well.
As they both watched him jig the line up and down he suddenly handed the stick to her and stood back. It took a moment for the girl to realize that there was a fish on. At first she just stood there, then she got the biggest smile, started laughing, and jumping up and down. She looked at her dad, the dog started barking, and dad started motioning too her to lift the line out of the water, which she did by backing up and nearly tripping over the barking retriever! Suddenly there was a flopping 6 inch trout on the dock! Quickly dad leaned down lifted the fish in the air for the girl to see. Dad said a few things to the girl and she motioned for him to put the fish back in the lake much to the dismay of Mr dog! After the fish was safely back in the lake the father rebaited the hook and put it back in the water and handed the stick to his daughter, who took it and started mimicking exactly what her dad had done too hook the first fish. It didn't take long for her too hook another unfortuneate trout. She promptly handed the stick to her father who tried to hand it back to her, but she wasn't having it, she put her hands on her hips shook her head, looked warily at the dog she nearly tripped over and told pop" you do it!"
Watching this was the hilight of my wonderful day! =) July 16, 2010
