Gone Fishin' Poem by George Hunter

When good ole spring comes rollin’ round
And the trout are in the brook,
A longing comes over me with a bound
To cast my feathered hook.

Then I get all my tackle out
My rods and reels and roundabouts
To go fishing for those trout
That I’ve read so much about.

There’s monsters here the circulars say
But every cursed day
That I go fishing out that way
Those monsters all go in to stay.

I never saw the sun once
During all my stay
But I’ll go home and tell everyone
‘Bout the big ones that got away.