Unexplained Luck

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

Fishing tales

Winter was in full swing: frost over twenty degrees, blizzard. In a word, the weather is "Brrrrrr". But can these minor natural troubles make a true winter fisherman stay at home? Here I am with my constant companion Vadim sitting on Ladoga near Kobona. According to rumors, in this place for several days already roach pecks perfectly.

I can't figure out how, but a mini-crowd has formed around us. It seems that early in the morning there were no more than a dozen anglers here, and by noon there were probably more than a hundred! Each "secretly" told his neighbor: they say, his acquaintance (yesterday, the day before yesterday, and even days earlier) had caught several kilograms of fish here. I do not presume to judge on what such rumor was based, but it didn’t matter. Every, even the most useless fish, pulled out of the hole, attracted everyone's attention. In addition, most anglers not only closely followed their neighbors, but also listened to everything that was said around. Namely: what, where, who caught. These rumors reached us. However, for the time being, there was nothing interesting: only small things were caught.

… Finally, as if by a chain, it came: someone in the middle of the crowd began to drag the roach. And, allegedly, even decent specimens came across. Some of the anglers immediately went there. After a while, I went to the lucky one. But no tackle, just take a look. And there was what! Indeed, on the ice around the guy in the leather jacket were several palm-sized roachs. They, like a magnet, attracted other anglers. And the number of these envious people grew rapidly. At the same time, some of the arrivals drilled holes closer and closer to the successful angler. In the end, the "latecomers" began to settle down literally a few centimeters from him. And a respectable man, the owner of a luxurious Land Rover, even asked a guy in a leather jacket to move over?! … It would seem that he - who has an expensive car - is a penny catch? An, no,passion and desire to catch fish overcame him too.

… For some time there was no bite: probably, wielding ice screws, thereby turning the ice into a sieve, the envious people scared away all the fish. However, after about half an hour, the biting was resumed little by little, but … only by the guy in the leather jacket. The rest are in complete calm. The most envious carefully examined the guy's tackle (fortunately, he did not mind). It seems to be nothing special: a “balalaika” fishing rod, a “droplet” jig with an attachment for a bloodworm hook. And nevertheless … After a while, the biting stopped altogether, and the envious people gradually began to disperse. As soon as most of them left, the nibble resumed immediately. Some envious people returned immediately. But at the same time as their return, the bite cut off. After that, the lucky fisherman started to get home.

I went up to him and asked:

- Tell me honestly, what is the secret of your extraordinary luck?

“I don’t know myself,” he shrugged his shoulders, and, throwing a bag with fish on his shoulder, added:

- Probably, the Lord wished so. It is not for nothing that they say: "The ways of the Lord are inscrutable."

I had to agree with him. After all, there is no other explanation for such amazing luck anyway …

Fishing jokes

A boy from a neighboring village to a fisherman, who unsuccessfully spent the whole day with fishing rods on the shore:

- Uncle, have you caught a lot?

- So far, none.

- It's not that bad yet. Recently, a newcomer fished here for two weeks in a row and caught even less than you.

* * *

A new member is admitted to the fishermen's society. The chairman says:

- I'm afraid, colleague, that with your catches you will always be in last place …

- Why do you think so?

- Yes, because among all of us you have the shortest hands!..

* * *

A husband, going fishing, asks his wife:

- Honey, did you put a gas stove and a frying pan in the trunk? If we get really hungry, I think to fry some fish there for breakfast.

- I put it down, I put it down. Not only a bar, but also a can of sprat, two loaves, a piece of cheese, a piece of sausage, three packs of cookies, a thermos of tea and much more. So, I think it will be a good help for fried fish ….

* * *

The young man decided to take his girlfriend for a fishing trip. They threw their fishing rods into the water and were silent for several minutes.

- How much was that red and white thing that was on my fishing rod? She asked suddenly.

- Is it a float? Ten rubles, but what?

- You know, I owe you ten rubles: mine drowned.

* * *

- Why are you late for school?

“I wanted to go fishing, but my father wouldn't let me.

“Your father did the right thing. He, of course, explained to you why you should go to school and not go fishing?

- He said that there are not enough worms and there will not be enough for two …