I caught a duck. I suppose I didn't actually "catch" a duck since she never was hooked; more like teased her with my lure. I must have bought a really good looking musky crank bait, because this duck thought she hit the holy grail of fish! She chased it everywhere I cast the dang thing until I put it away for fear of hurting her.
I never expected to catch anything. Today was just about learning to tune my Revo, and putting a good sized lure on the line to help decrease the backlash. I had some pretty good snarls, but it didn't take too long before I caught on. It's really light, and feels natural in my hands. I was afraid to try it, but now I think I will prefer my baitcaster over my spinning gear. I just have to remember my thumb needs to stop the line when the bait hits the water. If I remember that, everything else will be fine.
Thank goodness for YouTube videos that showed me techniques, like Bass Resource's reel camera recording his thumb feathering the line as it came off the spool.
Also, a BIG shout out to Italo Labignan whose video made the biggest difference in my success today. This is the best informative video on YouTube when it comes to baitcasters.
Bill caught some blue gill and perch. He caught an itty bitty perch that he didn't even realize was on his line. I took a picture of him with the monstrous beast. Bill is the most wonderful person in the world!
I had to give feedback to Cabela's. Bill and I love that place! We could spend hours there looking at the guns, fishing, hiking, and camping equipment. It's a big playground! Today we went because I am building tackle for largemouth bass, musky and pike. I had a bunch of stuff in my hands, was hunting every frickin where for lead - free lures and sinkers, and could not find any pike spoons or musky-sized bucktails no matter where I looked. I was a little frustrated at burning my fishing time trying to hunt down gear, but there were tons of people in the store. I didn't think anything of not being asked if I needed assistance since they were packed, until I saw my husband get store help. I asked him how many times he was approached by store employees, and he said 4 times. 4 TIMES! I couldn't get anyone to assist me!
After we left the building, I called back to talk to a store manager. I wasn't nasty, and explained what happened. At first he must've thought I was trying to sue or get free stuff, but I simply said I was providing feedback and what he chose to do with it was up to him. I didn't want to label it gender discrimination because it wasn't done deliberately. I think it has more to do with employee awareness. After he realized my intentions, he was very nice. He will be discussing my feedback at their next employee meeting, and encouraging his staff to be more aware of all customers. Good enough! I thanked him for his time, and that was that.
I love fishing. Tomorrow I'll discuss angling from a woman's perspective.
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