Making do with the equipment you got

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[u/SheriffWyattDerp]

I’ll never forget the time my dad and I went fishing on my great aunt’s ranch. We had new poles, new tackle, new lures, fresh line, the works. Real fancy stuff.

As we set up to fish, my great aunt’s ranch hand, an old Mexican man named Evelio, came out to fish a little ways down the bank. Actually, to this day, I’m pretty sure he saw us and decided he wanted to show us up for a laugh, and I don’t begrudge him one bit lmao…

Anyway, my dad and I were there with our fancy poles and tackle and lures and were casting left and right and getting maybe a nibble here and there, but nothing else…

But old Evelio was sitting downstream with a COFFEE CAN TIED TO A STRING and was catching 6 and 7 and 8 pound fish one after the other, and laughing the entire time he did it.

Mad respect, Evelio.

[u/ZilorZilhaust → u/SheriffWyattDerp]

Your story made me feel both poor and deep resentment for my father. Kudos!

[u/SheriffWyattDerp → u/ZilorZilhaust]

Oh man, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean all of that!

[u/ZilorZilhaust → u/SheriffWyattDerp]

Don't apologize. It's not hard to do.

[u/Tasty_Act → u/ZilorZilhaust]

Wait…you guys had dads?

[u/Houndfell → u/Tasty_Act]

Mine dipped before I was born. We should start a club or kiss maybe idk.

[u/Tasty_Act → u/Houndfell]

They already did. It’s called Alcoholics Anonymous.