I Confess To It All! I Just Can't Stop Hooking! Someone Help Me Please! :)

I read this somewhere and thought you all might enjoy.   

Ever since we were young boys and girls,some of our grownups made certain that we were introduced to the relaxing and proper art of fishing...

 As we grew older and learned how to handle our little rods and reels, those weekly fishing trips made us feel more and more comfortable , and suddenly-- we have found ourselves a "Hot Topic" among Master Debaters everywhere....

 How could our folks have known that we would become lifelong Hookers, addicted to the pursuit of those scaly, unclad, and ephemeral creatures?

 Up at the crack of Dawn ( Or anybody else who's crazy enough to go with me...), in sometimes freezing weather, looking for Love in the shape of a curvy and sizable member of the salmon family or other...

 I have tried to break this sensuous grip, with little success...

 I even tried Needlepoint as an intensely powerful palliative, but as it turns out, my "Pro Stitch Tutor" was a former Hooker... And my very presence sent her right back into hole... (That's fishing talk for "pond"), she grabbed her baitbox, and started looking for stocking reports ( Fishnets, no doubt...)... Oh, what's to become of me?

 In the dead of Winter, walking across a frozen lake, at 4AM... I finally realized that I needed help... Or perhaps it was the shock of freezing cold water invading my thermal underwear, when it turned out that the lake wasn't as frozen as I thought...

 One of the many signs that you are a confirmed Hooker, is that when you are aboard a fishing boat that about to leave the dock, and the boat's Mate yells "Heave Ho!"...  You suddenly think that they are going to throw you overboard... well that says it all...

 Of course that are worse things to become addicted to, but being a Hooker can be really downright embarrassing... I mean comparing and bragging about the length and girth of your catches in public... How deep they were, and how hard it was... Sometimes just might not be the kind of impression that you want to leave with others.

 Are you a confirmed Hooker? Or do you know a Hooker who need helps help? Don't wait for a line to be thrown to you.... Come here and talk about it!

Well, I see you only post about once a year, don't be so bashful, or should I say "hesitant",,,,,sorry, couldn't resist,

Good writing,

Dale L