Windy day at the Pond

Tree's are budding out and it's a sunny Colorado day.

Here's a post to introduce Eli. Elijah David. He's gonna be eleven next week.

Today was windy. Still, Eli gets out of school early on Friday's and I promised him a fishing trip.

We decided to go try out a couple cane poles in the bubbler ponds. I told him we had some worms, that Ben had left us, and I'd show him how to use these long wooden poles (he thought they were flyrods). We found a calmer spot, out of the wind and he had a crawler on the hook in no time!

Eli got the hang of the cane pole pendulum cast pretty easily and had a bait drifting in no time.

The fish however were nowhere to be found.

Oh well, cattails are fun. Jumping across rocks is fun. Getting pond mud on your school shoes, well, blame gramps on that one.

Still have plenty of worms, maybe it will be calmer tomorrow and we can try a shallower pond. I'll need to work on my 'keep the school shoes clean' technique though.

Cane Pole Chronicles announcement

I'm starting this blog to document fishing adventures with my grandkids (Marie and I are raising them, btw). Hopefully, I'll be able to capture, document and share experiences as I develop my writing sense of humor.

Here's a picture of the little characters, part of the inspiration to start this blog. The picture's a couple of years old, but that mischief is still there!

Sable is thirteen and Eli is going to be eleven in a week.

Kids, fish, birds, snakes, frogs, turtles and various other critters will be the stars on this blog. Bobbers and cane poles will have supporting roles. Expect to see a neighborhood friend or acquaintance that checks in to share the adventure.

I've got a collection of fishing poles and tackle boxes stacked full and just found two 14 ft. cane poles during a Basspro excursion. I'm already wondering how long those tips will last.

The grass is getting green after last weeks snow soak. Let the adventures begin!