Comments on: Fishing with My Father http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father Cooking - Photography & More Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:48:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2772 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:17:26 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2772 Hank, We had a great day thanks, now flounder is something we rarely see over here anymore and not because there isn't any. More to do with marketing I would imagine. Hank,
We had a great day thanks, now flounder is something we rarely see over here anymore and not because there isn’t any. More to do with marketing I would imagine.

]]> by: Hank http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2761 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:31:19 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2761 Funny you should mention fishing. It is <a href="http://www.honest-food.net/blog1/2008/04/11/spring-is-for-stripers/" rel="nofollow">striper season</a> here in California. Most of my childhood fishing memories are with my mum, who is inordinately fond of flounder-fishing. Hope you and your dad had a great day! h. Funny you should mention fishing. It is striper season here in California. Most of my childhood fishing memories are with my mum, who is inordinately fond of flounder-fishing. Hope you and your dad had a great day!

h.

]]> by: Mr. C http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2745 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:36:38 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2745 Dear All, I would like to thank you very much for your very kind comments and good wishes on the occasion of my birthday. It is much appreciated. Kind regards Mr. C., senior Dear All,
I would like to thank you very much for your very kind comments and good wishes on the occasion of my birthday. It is much appreciated.
Kind regards
Mr. C., senior

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2730 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:05:21 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2730 SC, That's a really nice story, my father always used to say "It will be your turn one day" and you know what? he's bloody right!! Thanks for a great comment. Miles SC,
That’s a really nice story, my father always used to say “It will be your turn one day” and you know what? he’s bloody right!!
Thanks for a great comment.
Miles

]]> by: SC http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2728 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:07:18 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2728 Happy Birthday Mr Collins. A great post Miles, I can remember going fishing with my father, one thing I shall always remember is, my father tying my hooks on for me. I could not master the tying on of a hook at the time, even though I was shown numerous times. Anyway the years passed by, along with 100s of fishing trips, when one day I heard my father shout down the bank for help, so off I went, only to find him having trouble tying a very small hook on the end of his line, I quickly tied the hook on for him and burst out laughing, "what are you laughing at" he asked, "well you used to tie my hooks on for me years ago, now I am tying yours on, try putting your glasses on you will get on better". Anyway more years have passed, and I still think about those hooks and my fathers glasses, especially as I needed glasses at exactly the same age as he first got his, funny how little things stick in your mind. Happy Birthday Mr Collins.

A great post Miles,
I can remember going fishing with my father, one thing I shall always remember is, my father tying my hooks on for me.
I could not master the tying on of a hook at the time, even though I was shown numerous times.

Anyway the years passed by, along with 100s of fishing trips, when one day I heard my father shout down the bank for help, so off I went, only to find him having trouble tying a very small hook on the end of his line,

I quickly tied the hook on for him and burst out laughing, “what are you laughing at” he asked, “well you used to tie my hooks on for me years ago, now I am tying yours on, try putting your glasses on you will get on better”.

Anyway more years have passed, and I still think about those hooks and my fathers glasses, especially as I needed glasses at exactly the same age as he first got his, funny how little things stick in your mind.

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2717 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:13:33 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2717 Dave, It sounds like a fantastic place, I used to have plenty of catch-free days but it never put me off trying again. It's not so much the fishing as the being there that counts and that is what my father installed in me. He taught me the value of enjoying the outdoors and all that it has to offer. I wouldn't want to have been brought up any other way. Miles Dave,
It sounds like a fantastic place, I used to have plenty of catch-free days but it never put me off trying again. It’s not so much the fishing as the being there that counts and that is what my father installed in me. He taught me the value of enjoying the outdoors and all that it has to offer. I wouldn’t want to have been brought up any other way.

Miles

]]> by: Dave http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2710 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:44:03 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2710 Happy Birthday to your father. My love of fishing and the outdoors is entirely due to my father as well. I was the only child I knew to be regularly pulled from school to head off to the mountain streams to wet a line. I am trying to instill this love of the outdoors to my children, in some ways I feel this could be the greatest gift I give them. I will send you some pictures of northern New Jersey. It is an absolutely stunning place, completely at odds with the perception everyone has of the state. Unfortunately, outsiders only see the hideously ugly stretch from Newark Airport to Manhattan and brand NJ as a shithole. I would not dispute this with them had I only seen this area. Northern NJ is a land of slow quiet streams, scary wildlife (bears and coyotes), and mountainous state parks. I'm glad your father took the time to allow you to learn to love the outdoors. I still don't know a more peaceful, or satisfying feeling than being alone on a stream, wetting a line, and waiting for the tug at the end. Another fruitless day for me on the river, but I doubt I could have had a better time in the city. Dave Happy Birthday to your father. My love of fishing and the outdoors is entirely due to my father as well. I was the only child I knew to be regularly pulled from school to head off to the mountain streams to wet a line. I am trying to instill this love of the outdoors to my children, in some ways I feel this could be the greatest gift I give them. I will send you some pictures of northern New Jersey. It is an absolutely stunning place, completely at odds with the perception everyone has of the state. Unfortunately, outsiders only see the hideously ugly stretch from Newark Airport to Manhattan and brand NJ as a shithole. I would not dispute this with them had I only seen this area. Northern NJ is a land of slow quiet streams, scary wildlife (bears and coyotes), and mountainous state parks. I’m glad your father took the time to allow you to learn to love the outdoors. I still don’t know a more peaceful, or satisfying feeling than being alone on a stream, wetting a line, and waiting for the tug at the end. Another fruitless day for me on the river, but I doubt I could have had a better time in the city.

Dave

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2706 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:28:46 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2706 All, Thankyou for your kind comments which are much appreciated by Mr C. A fine day was had by all. A top man, my dad. Miles All,
Thankyou for your kind comments which are much appreciated by Mr C. A fine day was had by all.
A top man, my dad.
Miles

]]> by: Christine http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2700 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:40:32 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2700 Miles, Every Son should be able to say something along those lines at least once in his lifetime. Good on you. Christine Miles,
Every Son should be able to say something along those lines at least once in his lifetime. Good on you.

Christine

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2694 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:53:54 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fishing-with-my-father#comment-2694 Mr Collins, Happy Birthday.... enjoy your day and your lunch with the family. Before you order the plate of truffles check that the boys are paying :) Cid Mr Collins,

Happy Birthday…. enjoy your day and your lunch with the family. Before you order the plate of truffles check that the boys are paying :)

Cid

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