I am back. I can't believe I remembered to post again. I wish I could make this a habit. Jairo stayed home today since he was so exausted from fishing yesterday. We went to lago Guajataca. We invited Julio Nolla who is Cano's uncle. He is legaly blind. Jairo thought his walking stick was a sword and kept trying to take it from him. I did not know those sticks were retractable.
With just a flick of your wrist the thing comes flying out. We were at the lake for over an hour and did not catch anything. We were both getting worried and I think Julio thought the lake did not have any fish. Julio has had alot of fishing experince in his life. We finaly decided to eat a sandwich. As soon as we started eating the fish wanted to eat too. I have never seen such a fast fisherman as Julio. The fish was just thinking about biteing the bait and he was on it. We had a small celebration In the picture you see Jaime and Julio showing the dupleta they caught. That was just before Julio let go of his fishing pole and caught Jaime with the hook. Jaime tried to take it out himself but he could not reach very well. Julio then told Jaime that he could not believe he did not know how to use and "alicate" since he pulls teeth with one. You should have seen a blind man trying to get a hook out of Jaime's leg with a fish on the other hook on the rapala and another live fish in his hand and a cigar in his mouth. He was not going to let got the fish or the cigar. I was just trying to help and then the blood started running. Little did we know all the blood was from the fish when we cut him off the hook. I finally got the cigar out of Julio's mouth so we could have some kind of communication other than the muffled sounds that were words that I did not understand. I finally cut the hook but the barb was still inside. Then he took the only surgical tool, pliers, we had away from me and proceeded to take out the remaining part of the hook. Can you imagine. It was not funny at the time. Just ask Jairo who's eyes were going to pop out of his head. After it was all over and we had all the fishing poles back in the water, Jairo was still frozen in the same position he was in. I told him his dad was OK but he did not believe it until Jaime told him he was ok. Then he said "What about the blood?" Jaime told him it was from the fish. Jairo was not convinced but kept fishing! We caught 8 fish. I am getting my frying pan ready for this weekend!
