How to go Fishing

August 9, 2013December 26, 2017 Rick Kughen

My four-year-old son Eric and I have been doing a lot of fishing this summer. On one recent fishing trip, he had this to say about how fishing is done:

1. You get some red wigglers.
2. You pick out good-looking red wiggler.
3. You put it on a hook.
4. You throw it WAY out there.
5. You catch the fish.
6. You give the fish a name.
7. You throw it back. If you don’t throw it back, it goes “uh-uh-uh” and dies.

This pretty much sums it up, don’t you think? Of course, those of you who know me well, know that I name each and every fish I catch. Eric’s fish-naming proclivity is proof that the proverbial apple does not fall far from the equally proverbial tree.

About Rick Kughen

Rick Kughen is a writer, editor, and fishing bum who lives in Kokomo, Indiana with his lovely wife Charlotte, children Alexa and Eric, a flatulent beagle, two devious cats, his imaginary friend, Ned, and Ned's imaginary dog, Steve. He is a former Executive Editor for Pearson Education in Indianapolis, IN, where he worked for 19 years. He's now a full-time freelance writer and editor; he and Charlotte own and operate The Wordsmithery, a freelance editorial company. In a previous life, he was a newspaper reporter and columnist covering police and criminal courts news. He is a fine graduate of Ball State University where he moonlighted as a student. Kughen is an avid fisherman, writer, fly tyer, bait manufacturer, and baseball card collector. He is a devoted fan of both the Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Reds, and of course, he is an incurable audiophile. He is the superhero known as Adjective Man (action figures sold separately). Kughen also answers to "Editor Boy," but only because he appears to have no choice.

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