Plenty Of Fish

I FISH. BUT I’M NOT A FISHERMAN.

I caught my first fish at maybe… age 8.

We were fishing for rainbow trout (foreshadowing?) in a stream in Ruidoso, New Mexico while visiting my grandparents. I had a cheap fishing rod - maybe a $5 rod and reel combo from Walmart. I don’t exactly recall the bait we used, but it looked like the small red berries you’d see on Christmas wreaths. …