It’s the fishing opener or maybe vacation at the lake. You don’t fish, but you want to ride along. Great time to read. You could read a fish story.

Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The River Why by James Duncan (excellent good fun)
Dr. Seuss’s One Fish Two Fish
or, if you are feeling ambitious, The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton

If you are an artist, you could do what I call print and release. This probably has to be done back on shore. You grab the fish that your favorite angler has conveniently just caught for you, slather it with watercolor or tempera paints or vegetable dyes, lay your art paper over the top and press down, just enough to transfer the paint without hurting the fish. A roller might be good. You should be able to do a few quick prints and still rinse of the fish and gently return it to the water unharmed. Later, after it’s dry, you can enhance you print if you wish, using colored pencils, more paint, or chalk.

Fishing–it’s not just for anglers any more!

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