The professor and I routinely burn a little incense and then flush a few rapalas down the toilet prior to our first trip out on Eagle Lake in respect of the fish gods. A few hundred years from now, archeologists will be puzzled by this find in the VBL sanitary system. However, it works for us. Please be warned however, that Gord advises removing the hooks prior to flushing.Well, the Professor just informed me that he was off for a “spiritual retreat” and I asked him if he would share a fishing prayer during his time in Racine. The following are favorites of mine:
The Rapala Fishing Prayer:“Oh Lord…There he is…It feels like a big one…Please don’t let me lose him…I’ve never caught one this big before. I’ll try not to horse him, and if I land him, I promise to release him…and make a graphite replica if my wife says it’s ok. Thank you for the Rapalas…Amen.”
The Sleepy Medicine Prayer“Our lager, Which art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink. Thy will be drunk, as a skunk, At home as it is in the pub. Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillage’s, As we forgive those who spill against us. And lead us not into incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers. For thine is the Ale, The Pilsner and The lager. For ever and ever.”
Any others?
Andy
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