When I go fishing I almost always prefer to go in a group. Sometimes the group is relatively large and sometimes it is smaller. You see in the video how everyone has a differing skill level. One of the fishermen is quite inexperienced (I edited out the parts where he tried to cast with the bail closed on his reel). He can learn from the others who have a bit of experience under their belts and rings on their trunks and are willing to share their hints and tips. Others I can learn a thing or two from. One of the fishermen prefers bass fishing to trout fishing, so I may be able to get him to show me the bassing waters, and some types of lures and techniques to use to catch bass on another day and trip. The group of us makes it nice to make food assignments, and we can all pitch in for the meals. While we fish, you’ll notice the virgin fisherman ask questions, being very inquisitive, and hopefully learning that we have done best on this body of water using either the chartreuse sparkling Power Bait or a worm strung on the worm hook so as to hang naturally, with an itty bitty marshmallow on the tip to keep it just off the bottom.

The older of the bunch of us doesn’t get as excited as the younger in the bunch, and he likes to do his part by doing much of the driving and cooking (and telling stories). We work in harmony to have a good time together and share with each other fishing tackle and bait, depending upon what is working at the point in time. We don’t always have to do everything by ourselves. A group effort is a perfect display of self reliant living. Self reliance is sometimes about learning to create your own fun, too. And after you’ve had your fill of fun, you can feed the family, using delicious recipes like the one that DDFD (from the Self Reliance Exchange) shares in one of his posts. In the interest of full disclosure, I was not able to employ the recipe yet, because of the “slot limit” we spoke of in the video, but I am still looking forward to trying it! It will eventually be used, hopefully on our next outing in November.

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