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Examples Of Narrative Essay About Fishing

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I could hardly contain my excitement of going fishing for the first time in five years, I even had the proverbial butterflies fluttering in my stomach. I felt like a little kid wanting to ask “are we there yet” every five minutes. I tried distracting myself with reading, but I just kept reading the sentences over and over not understanding their meaning. I turned on the radio and that helped for a while until I started to get that nagging feeling that I had forgotten something. I pulled out the packing list I had shoved into my pocket before leaving, unfolded it and smoothed out the fold lines. My eyes followed down the list noting that all items were checked off; rods, reels, tackle box, vest, waders, sunglasses, hat, hooks, fishing line, lures, sinkers, bobbers, hook remover, Swiss army knife, wipes, and band aids. Everything was in order. Dismissing the feeling I had forgotten something, I turned to look out the window and watch the world pass by.
To the east the sky was dark with clouds heavy with rain, to the west, clearing skies with …show more content…

“Whoo Hoo!” I exclaimed out loud. I could feel the eyes of my fishing partners on me as I slowly reeled in my catch, pointing the tip of my rod to the sky and then turning the handle on the reel while at the same time bringing the tip of the rod back down to the water. After three cycles the fish splashed, breaking the surface of the water causing ripples to form and circle out from him. With the tip of the rod nearly in the water I brought the fish closer to me until I was finally able to reach down and grab him. Carefully I placed my thumb in his mouth and pinched his bottom lip feeling his sandpaper like skin. I quickly removed the hook from his upper lip and while still holding on to his bottom lip raised him up in triumph for all to see the first fish I had caught in five

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