I used to go fishing everyday.... <br />well practically everyday.... <br />Me and my buddy Jeff <br />would fish either day or night <br />Everyday....weather permitting <br />As a manufacturer of fishing lures <br />it was my job to fish.... <br />But Jeff grew old...too old to cast a line <br />and I was poisoned when mistaken for a rat.... <br />and lost my sea legs... <br />So now I am landlocked to a desk <br />Yet still.....even today.... <br />I have people write or call me <br />and ask me for our lures.... <br />'Which Mr. Wiffle works the best? ' <br />they always ask.... <br />'What is your favorite color? ' <br />'Do you like the White with Red tail <br />or prefer like I do the White with Red head? <br />Or does it really matter...I mean they all work? ' <br />We'll talk sometimes for hours <br />I'll give them my opinions.... <br />What I would use and when.... <br />knowing full well <br />I will probably never go fishing again.... <br />They always thank me for my time <br />and promise to send me pictures <br />of their catch....or tell me of the one that got away... <br />Speaking of the one that got away.... <br />Last night I had a dream... <br />I had just made a perfect cast into a swirl I saw in the water <br />(introduce shameless plug for lure here) <br />As my White with Red tail Mr. Wiffle Sonic Tail shad..... <br />slowly swam beneath the water's surface.... <br />a ten pound plus Speckled Trout placed...his two pointed teeth <br />into the soft virgin plastic of that fine quality World famous lure <br />and took off.....stripping line like mad from my reel.... <br />I was so excited to have hooked this fish.... <br />even if I knew I would never land him.... <br /> <br />2007 © Ted Sheridan<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-caught-whom-a-shameless-plug-for-mr-wiffle-lures/
