Freddy is smart.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

So in between picking up and dropping off my son for his Cross Country car wash, I was able to run some errands for the wife.  Happens to be a creek running near where I was going.  Had about 30-40 minutes free.

  I went to the creek, it was very populated with families swimming and wading.   The water was very low and clear.  I had a hard time to find a hole to try my flies.  I finally was able to leave the crowds. 

I found an area large enough to cast, and I was able to catch a small sunfish.  Just happened to be a group with 2 kids just down from me.  I called out to see if they wanted to hold a fish.  Of course they did.  

They were so excited,  they had a bucket to keep the fish in.  They were calling out each action the fish would do.  And as they would walk away,  they would run back to check on the fish.  

I showed them my lure, a woolybugger,  and explained that it was not a fish nut it w a s designed to look like one.  

As I was walking away, asked the boys to take care of Freddy for me.  Excitedly one of the boys asked, "Is that the Fishes name? Freddy?" I said "yup, Freddy the Fish".   I was walking back to the parking lot and heard, in a load and happily excited voice, "Freddy the Fish is SMART!" 

That was one of the coolest things I've heard in a long time.  

 

No pictures,  but none were needed.  I'm still smiling. 

[Terrierman]

Fred's dead Jed.

Cool story Daryk.  Except for poor Fred.

[Quillback]

That's pretty neat, good on you!

[jdmidwest]

3 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Fred's dead Jed.

Cool story Daryk.  Except for poor Fred.

No, its "who is Zed?  Zeds dead baby"  Pulp Fiction.

Its great working with young malleable minds.  They tend to harden and not let anything in later on.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

I told one of the kids' mom, "When I was their age, all I wanted was to see and hold the fish.   I guess I never grew out of it"