Fishing and Thinking of Big Daddy

I went fishing with Richard Martin, Larry and his son Joey.  Richard Martin introduced me to his friends at the bait shop who all recognized me from the St. Pete Times article where I was pictured kissing Simba on the nose.  Richard Martin baited our hooks and told me to keep the bait active looking.

 

It was drizzling rain and I was thinking about BigDaddy.  The last time I stood on the Gandy bridge and fished was with him and I was maybe four or five years old.  I caught a fish that day and was so proud.  All the other men on the dock congratulated this little kid for reeling in such a big fish and my grandfather just beamed.  I thought back to our 5 am fishing expeditions on Lake Keystone when I was nine or so.  He never said much and what he did was always funny.  He had such a dry wit, that I had to stay on my toes to catch what he said.  I knew he loved me and I cry now even thinking about it.  I told him I loved him, but not near often enough.

 

He died last November after struggling since the previous August with brain cancer.  I can’t even think about him with bursting into tears.

 

I was glad it was raining and that Richard Martin wouldn’t notice me crying on the bridge.  I felt a pull on the line and gave the pole to Richard Martin to reel in.  It was a pretty little trout and he put it in the bait bucket until we all agreed to set it free.  I was glad he wanted to do that.  He had said that he didn’t’ like to kill any animal and this proved it to me.  Why am I always looking for evidence?  It would be nice to just accept something a person says at face value.

 

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