My Favorite Fishing Hole

Dad taught me to fish, back when I was just a kid; it was catfish, bass and bluegill - in the farm ponds and small creeks and rivers of northeast Missouri. Later on, older brother Marion introduced me to rainbow trout fishing in the state trout areas and I in turn introduced dad. He wasn’t impressed with rainbow trout, as he could see them in the clear water but they wouldn’t bite.

Growing up, we always had favorite ponds and favorite fishing holes in the creeks and rivers, all based on expectations...