On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:33:13 -0500, "Allen"
wrote:

Ookie;
You had a few points to make and you made it clear.... You don't
want anyone near you when you fish.. but wouldn't it be nice to
have someone else see you loose that "Big One" you seem to tell everyone
about, that broke your line and got away..
Allen


I wasn't saying that I don't want anyone near me when I fish. I said
that all the people I know, and I mean ALL the people I know will not
get up at the time I go fishing. Not one person is willing to awaken
before the sun and go fishing. Not even my kids. No one.

Then I said I would like to meet a female to go fishing with, but I
don't think it very likely. It takes me many YEARS to become
comfortable around people I meet. It took 10 years for me to be
comfortable around my brother-in-law. I have no interest in spending
the day with some guy I just met. I don't like the weird feeling I get
around people I don't know and it would make a day on the lake just
too strange. It's still strange being around a female I don't know,
just not nearly as strange. I believe I could still have a decent time
fishing with a woman I do not know or have just met.

That being said, we all know that many more men go fishing than women.
I have never seen a woman alone in a boat. I have seen some women that
were so ugly that I am sure they scare all the fish away and they
still have a guy with them. I have never seen a woman fishing alone
on a bank either. As far as I know, it just doesn't happen.

Like I said before, sleepy friends and relatives, and a decided lack
of lonely fishing females mean I end up alone on a boat every weekend.