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Fishing Excuses

Fishing Excuses! 
by Bill Carpan

No fisher is consistently successful, so we all need fishing excuses at times.

My own favorite is one that’s true:

One Sunday I was fishing from my canoe where the Musquodoboit River meets the sea, right beside a small park. In the afternoon a well-dressed crowd gathered in the little riverside park. More and more folks kept coming, and then, as a guitar strummed, they sung the hymn “Shall We Gather at the River”. Next they baptised a whole family by dunking them in my fishing hole! No fish, but a great excuse to take home.

Top that one if you can! Here are some suggestions to get you going.
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  • Forgot best fly box
  • East wind
  • New gear not broke in
  • Old gear worn out
  • Recent thunderstorms
  • Recent drought
  • Fish slapping fly with their tails
  • Fish hitting short
  • Ran out of gas
  • Ran out of beer
  • Followed another fisherman's advice
  • Shakedown trip (checking equipment out)
  • Inept guide
  • Inept netter
  • Hooks dull
  • West wind
  • North wind
  • Should have fished elsewhere
  • Couldn't see landmarks
  • Got lost
  • Others fishing our spot
  • Too cloudy
  • Too sunny
  • No flies hatching
  • Too many flies hatching​
  • Should have fished elsewhere
  • Couldn't see landmarks
  • Got lost
  • Others fishing our spot
  • Too cloudy
  • Too sunny
  • No flies hatching
  • Too many flies hatching
  • South wind
  • Water too rough
  • Water too calm
  • New road goes right to lake
  • Old road to lake is impassable
  • Pool changed
  • Water too low
  • Water dirty
  • Didn't have right fly
  • Too many bait fish
  • No bait fish
  • Fish late this year
  • Fish came early
  • Dog jumped into the pool
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St. Mary's River Association
8404 Hwy 7,  PO Box 179,  Sherbrooke NS,  Canada   B0J 3C0
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