Gone Fishing.

[Brakie]

Something I'll like to share.

As many of you know I have limited use of my right and that cause me to give up one of my favorite sports-fishing 5 years ago- due to the aggravation of not being able to tie knots or bait my hook and having to abandon ship when my friends boat caught fire on Lake Erie-that was the first time I put on a life vest.Thankfully the nearby boats came to our aid.

Fast forward to 2012..

After gaining more use of my right hand and with much practice I can tie simple granny blood knot-in fishing terms that's a step above a granny knot.I kept my casting skills by practicing and fine tuning the left hand back cast and flip.I decided to give it a try and put new line on two of my favorite reels a Daiwa Shock 2500B and a aging Daiwa J1350L,restocked my tackle box and bought license-with some reserve.

So....

Yesterday I went fishing and caught a 16" rainbow trout.The biggest trout I ever caught! I never knew that the Crossroads Industrial Park Pond(about 2 1/2 acres in size) was one of Ohio's stocked trout waters.I can also railfan while fishing.. I also caught several 6-10" trout and 15 or 20 rock brass(I call 'em a souped up bluegill).It was nice.I'm going to start carrying my camera..I wish I had it yesterday.

Once again old blue(the J1350L) caught fish.I didn't use the 2500B.

I'm fully convince one of the things (besides God's good grace) that help me get more use out of my hand is N Scale modeling and the other is not giving up the hobby because my modeling suffered under the off hand modeling and the limited use of my right hand...

[Tyson Rayles]

Good to hear Larry! I hope your right hand and arm continue to improve. As someone who also enjoys fishing I know what a thrill it had to be to be catching fish again.

[ezdays]

I'm not a fisherman for sure, but I can appreciate the milestone that you've just passed. Congratulations on your improvement and it's that way because you didn't give up.

[e-paw]

sounds great Brakie,,, if your ever up in our neck of the woods look up Tomustang and myself for a day out fishing.

[Charlie B]

That is great news Brakie. I love to fish, but not an Avid fisherman anymore, but the joy of catching a big fish is something everyone should experience at least once.
I once caught a 12 pound carp using a sonic minnow and 2 pound test line ultra lite rig. First carp I ever caught with a lure. It was fun and took over a half an hour to land him.
Now get back at it.
Charlie

[Ralph]

Way to go Brakie! Good for you! Go get those lunkers!

[teejay]

Great story Larry ...about the closest i get to fishing is cooking salmon on the bar-b-que . It's great to hear that you can carry on with your passion for fishing .

Terry

[ngauger]

Great News Larry!!!! Glad to hear you're enjoying another great hobby too!!

[tomustang]

Way to go Larry! I gotta tell you it's always a great accomplishment to get back on the horse. From personal experience I've found that snap swivels do wonders instead of tying lures on when the hands go numb



I tend to stay away from the older style seen below



because they just pull apart.

[faraway]

....I'm fully convince one of the things (besides God's good grace) that help me get more use out of my hand is N Scale modeling and the other is not giving up the hobby because my modeling suffered under the off hand modeling and the limited use of my right hand...

Great news! I fully agree. Constant training can do a lot.

[secondhandmodeler]

Good for you! I wonder if a person could bill their insurance company for the "physical therapy" of model railroading? Probably not huh.

[FiatFan]

Great news, Larry. As an avid non-fisherman, I spent many an hour in good natured ribbing with my dad and brother-in-law about the joys (or complete lack thereof) of fishing.

Tom

[Brakie]

....I'm fully convince one of the things (besides God's good grace) that help me get more use out of my hand is N Scale modeling and the other is not giving up the hobby because my modeling suffered under the off hand modeling and the limited use of my right hand...

Great news! I fully agree. Constant training can do a lot.

Its been a uphill battle with ruin HO car kits,ruin locomotive shells(trying to add details),ruin decals and botched paint and decal jobs.

Thankfully I didn't suffer that much damage in N Scale since I know it would be folly to try to add locomotive details.

[Mike Kieran]

Congrats Larry. It's things like this that make life all that much better.

[Herc Driver]

Good for you!!!