I will tell you why a simple fishing rod means so much to me and my family, and I still think about it to this day. One hot summer night after church around 11PM, my uncle decided to go fishing and asked my cousins and my mom if we wanted to go. My mom said yes, but my dad said no since he had work in the morning. Then we went and once we were there, my cousins went to the store to buy some energy drinks to stay through the night. Then I remember we stayed up until 7AM. We went home early that morning, but before going home I was losing hope of catching something since I just started to learn the basics. Suddenly something happened. My uncle announced that we were leaving in 10 minutes I released the hook. I caught two ten-pound fish in a row and my uncle helped me out since I was not that strong enough to lift them from the water. I will remember this for the rest of my life. The feeling of fighting and reeling in those giant fish was so exhilarating!
 

– JZ

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