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Note from the adult on the site:  In a less than one week blogging career, my husband has managed to offend both the dog lovers and the cat lovers and now has branched out to include fly fishermen.  That has to be some kind of record.  Yes, he actually meant to call the blog a  “blob” on purpose.  To clarify:  The Management of this Website is not responsible  for, nor does she necessarily agree with or condone, any of the opinions (rants) expressed within the blogs.  As I tell everyone - “Rod is an adult.”  In people years.  (I do love him - he sure keeps everything interesting!)

Terri “The Fishing Doc”

Did he or didn’t he?

I’m sure it’s a coincidence, but Rod and I happen to own two chocolate Labs, Milly and Mudslide.  I just checked on them and they seem their normal, happy selves, but that could mean anything.  I never know with Rod, I’ve found out more than a few times in our almost eight years together that you should never underestimate him.  By that, I mean that I would never count on a comment from him as being too crazy or outlandish for him to do it.  I know he loves our dogs as much as I do, but I know that he loves fishing more.  What’s even scarier is that I can’t find the tennis balls that are usually sitting by “Rod’s TV area” in the garage.  He’s about gone crazy for the little bit of time that we have been forced to be out of the water this winter (for boat repairs, pump changes, etc.)  I never know quite what he’s up to when he retreats into his mini livingroom out in the garage, to indulge himself in a cigarette outside.  I’m sure it’s not so bad in the summer, but in the winter you’ve got to really want to smoke to go out in our garage.  It is pretty comical to see him wrapped in a quilt, with a space heater blowing hot air on his feet, sitting out there in front of his little TV.  He doesn’t seem to mind it, though.  Like I said, he and the dogs all seem suspiciously happy today.

A  funny thing happened on our way to catch fish.

Our lives seem to swing like a pendulum, from hilarious highs to gut-wrenching lows, and lately has been no exception.  For example, we just replaced our trolling motor right before the last tournament we fished this fall.  Actually, to be exact, the motor was two weeks old, and we were doing a benefit/memorial tournament at Lake Fork.  Rod, Jenny (our youngest at 19), and I were in the boat, on plane at about 35 mph.  We were running south on the lake, and had just started to turn by the dam in order to go across to the other side of the lake to fish.  For some unkown reason, our new trolling motor chose that moment to deploy itself - in 55 feet of water!  It was just a bang and a thump, like we had run over something on the lake.  Rod saw it happen, and did his best to stop the boat, cutting the engine and stomping the imaginary boat brakes with both feet, but we must have gone a mile before we even came to a stop.  All that was left  in the boat was the top of the  trolling motor, attached to the coils of wire.  The shaft, propeller and sonar head had disappeared.  They’re still on the bottom of Lake Fork near the dam.  If anyone sees them on their depth finder, feel free to go get our trolling motor parts.  I believe salvage rights apply on freshwater reservoirs also, so finders keepers.  Actually, it was a great trolling motor while we had it.  It was very quiet, easy to deploy (obviously) and operate.  This is just a tiny example of our lives being a thrill a minute.  Something interesting is always happening.  We told the “suicidal trolling motor” story a lot at the weigh-in, and no one had ever heard of that happening before - apparently trolling motors are not always prone to dramatic boat exits.

No comments.

Rod’s rant “Dog Fishin” really seemed to strike a chord with people today.  I answered numerous phone calls, emails and texts.  I tried to explain to everyone who contacted me that, if they would hit the “No Comments” button at the bottom of each blog, they could respond to the person who wrote it.  I’m new to blogging and so is Rod.  So are, apparently, a lot of friends, fans, and family.  I do appreciate their comments, though, but hope that they will start putting  them in for others to see.  Some of the comments I got on that blog were hilarious.  A friend and neighbor mentioned “cat wrangling” and I’m sure there is an interesting, and funny story there that everyone would love to hear.  I’m just encouraging everyone who reads to add his or her two cents’ worth, because we would love to hear from all of you.  Also, everyone I heard from had something fun or funny to say and I would love to be able to share those fun comments with all of our other readers.  So remember everyone, whether you love it, hate it, or have a totally unrelated question or comment, click the “no comment” button if you’re the first, and if the comments have been started, click the “comments (#)” to join in the discussion.

Wish I had a catchy “catch phrase” to close with like Rod.  I want everyone who reads this to comment and help me think of one.

Terri “The Fishing Doc”