“There will be no more insults in this group. No more blackmail. And no making fun of other people. Got it?
”
Everyone goes quiet for a second. “Alright, alright. What happened? ”
“Nothing’s bothering us.
One coleslaw, please. Thanks for the 65 bits. ”
“Nothing’s bothering us except Flo, the lazy dog, not turning his stream on. ”
“Hey, look what I’ve got here.
A magic flute. The Magic Flute. Of course, my friend. ”
“Hey, you have to blow harder.
”
“Oh man, you can’t do it. Let me try. ”
“I’m a bee. I’m a bee.
”
The group gets back to the rods. One of the guys is showing a simple rig setup. “It’s really simple in this size. Just wrap it through twice, hold the thing, and wind it up.
This isn’t rocket science. It’s the easiest assembly there is. ”
“Are you starting with single hooks? ”
“Yeah, for now.
In principle, I can just take my normal rig. ”
“Sure, same principle. I’d probably take that one off. ”
“It depends on the depth, because there’s this deflector thing here.
”
“We’ll put the lead on the bo and just cast it out. ”
One of them picks up a strange device. “You have a sacrificial line here. You can bring it out with a stone, or you can hang it on a tree, for example.
”
“Oh, okay. So you tie it to the tree. ”
“Yes. And when you get a bite and you strike, this tears off.
”
“Ah, so it’s because if you cast into the lake, you need these stones to keep the bait in position. ”
“Exactly. That’s why there are stones lying around here. ”
“Okay, I’ll leave it like that.
”
The stream is live. Donations keep rolling in. “Thanks for the 35 and 65 bits. Save your money for something useful.
”
“How do you sleep with it? I don’t hear a bell overnight. When I sleep, I sleep. ”
“I have these bite alarm holders.
You can attach them to the rod, screw your bite alarm on, and clamp them between here. ”
“Ah, okay. ”
“It’s really loud. In Holland, where you guys always are, it has to be even louder.
”
“Yeah, and then there was one where it was like a 5 out of 10. ”
Laughter. “One more thanks for the donation. You are good enough.
”
“I’m going to put these raisins in whiskey and have them on my yogurt tomorrow morning. Tomorrow will be a good day. ”
“Alright, you little rascals. The Rat has to go take a nap now.
Good night, you cool guys. Catch everything. ”
“Rat, are you on the night shift there? ”
“Yes.
”
“Do you know you’re back on the crane at 2 a. m. today? ”
“Alright, shall we already cast the rods out?
”
“Yeah, we’ll cast them now. That’s the right time. We’ll see what this lake can do. ”
“These hooks are porn, aren’t they?
”
“I’m in favor of Flo lighting a cigarette first and then drinking a meter of Hubi. ”
“I didn’t say anything. ”
“He should light a cigarette and then chug a meter of Hubi. ”
“Let’s try what the lake can do.
We’ll stay for another two days. Leave the sound on. ”
“The fact that Flo hasn’t been drinking yet is also disrespectful. I’m really mad.
”
“What’s wrong? ”
“It’s really disrespectful. ”
“I don’t know why we brought a power bank when there are two huge power poles right here. ”
“Wait, wait.
That one in the front is tangled up, I think. ”
“Text-to-speech just got broken. ”
“I still don’t really have an idea where to put you guys. I think maybe this corner here.
We’ll experiment a little. I’ll go for a little walk with you guys. ”
“That’s always bad because you step on it. ”
“Oh, now it stops.
I can’t see anything. ”
“What do you see here? What is this? Ah, here’s this stupid thing.
”
“I can see so little on the display. Okay, that’s good for now. We’ll leave it. ”
“The toilet is still there from five years ago.
All the kids have done their business in that mobile toilet. Except Flo, he’s stuck in there. ”
“I want you guys to be a bit closer now. And I also want you all to be able to see the rods later.
I still don’t know how we’re going to solve that. ”
“Solve what? ”
“None of your business. Please deal with your own problems.
”
“What are you doing? ”
“Now I can move you over a bit. We’re a bit closer to the water access now. ”
“I actually had a few more rods, but it looks like a mess here again.
”
“Do you have lead, or should I bring mine? ”
“I can use mine. I have 80-gram carp leads. ”
“What weights do you have?
”
“80 grams. I’ll use mine. ”
“And do you just hit it hard when you get a bite? ”
“No, first you let it pull a bit.
You establish contact. Then you really pull on the reel, hold it, and really crank it in. Always work under pressure. If you pump up, always under pressure.
”
“Okay, like catfish fishing. ”
“Yeah. ”
“And if you feel it wants to run, you give it the drag like with carp, just in XXL format. ”
“Shut up, please.
Shut up. ”
“My knee hurts. ”
“Why? ”
“I don’t know.
”
“Your knee hurts. Sorry, you have to go home. ”
“I think so too. ”
“Okay, I’ll cast now too.
Ouch. Why does the knee hurt so much now? ”
“You have to figure out where to put that thing. ”
“Oh, you pulled it on like that.
I understand. Okay. ”
“What’s in here? Is all this yours?
”
“Yeah, I think so. It must be my vaping stuff. ”
“Is it tight? ”
“Yeah.
”
“I don’t know. I need to check. ”
“Wait, let me sit down for a second. ”
“We’ll leave it like that.
Let’s put the bait on. ”
“The rest I can’t see. ”
“Nice. She sits down.
”
“Flo can also do some work sometimes. ”
“The sock is wet. Super dangerous. Please put your shoes on.
”
“I don’t have barefoot shoes, but you just have to watch out when you climb somewhere, or the toes come out the front. ”
“Yeah, but I don’t want splinters in my heels. There’s so much trash lying around here. ”
“Go on, go on.
”
“Wow, Flo has… ”
“Wait, wait, wait, wait. ”
“Okay. There was something there, but it just tapped it.
But the red one is not on tension now, is it? ”
“That passed. ”
“So, it’s coming. I’ll bring one more out.
”
“Minder your own business. Come on, if I can play Angler’s Diary. ”
“Dear streamer. Kiss my ass.
”
“I’m getting dizzy now. Nothing even happened. Just one little tap. ”
“Now I have to think about whether that clamps.
”
“I forgot my asocial tripod again. ”
“Why do you forget something like that? ”
“I don’t know either. ”
“You are good enough, huh?
”
“Although, I would actually like to put the chair down there a bit more. With the sunset. Ah no, let’s not. It’s not working out very well.
”
“You are good enough. ”
“Why doesn’t it do that? It’s too hot. It gets pretty warm in that backpack.
Let’s just give it a little time. Let some air in. ”
“Are you guys at a festival? ”
“No, no, we’re just fishing.
”
“Man, how much stuff he has with him. That’s insane. ”
“It’s really extreme. ”
“So, that crap toilet back there.
Hey, the crap toilet. ”
“Funny. What’s that for a thing? ” “There’s a description on it, how it works.
So, the lid comes up, and then you can just go. You can just gas it and it goes, you gas man. ”
“Oh, with the knee it’s going to be interesting. I think you’ll have to help me up.
”
“Not after pooping. You have to hold and wipe. ”
“Come on, just poop quietly in there. ”
“There are bags here.
”
“Oh, so you put one in. One bag in. A granulate bag in. ”
“Oh, cool.
And then you can do your business. That’s actually great. Then it goes. ”
“You can even take this to the toilet.
”
“For sure. ”
“Nice, fill the box up completely. ”
“It would be funny if Flo goes in there later and forgets to put a bag in. ”
Screaming.
“The wet socks. ”
“How long are you staying at this spot? ”
“Until Sunday. Sunday midday, afternoon or so.
”
“The toilet isn’t enough for Flo. Man, he shits a cubic meter a day. ”
“That’s why there are several bags. ”
“I would still like a cormorant with a calculator as a fence.
Please Flo, if that works. ”
“Why Flo? How did you come up with Flo? ”
“I already had one this evening.
I’m still waiting for the big zander. ”
“Oh, cool. Good luck and P & C. ”
“If it overflows, I have a spare one.
”
“I think once you’ve been on it once, that thing is knee-deep. ”
“Do you think so? ”
“Squeak squeak, dummy. ”
“Moin, good day.
Yes, that’s funny, isn’t it? ”
“Now, start this thing. I think I have to do an update again. I had to do an update yesterday.
”
“Oh, that one. ”
“Yes, shall I? ”
“Which bait do you have on for the zander? ”
“See.
See, did you put it on for me? ”
“Yes. We don’t have anything else right now. ”
“How did you just put it on without a lead?
There’s only a lead here at the auto-rig. ”
“Yeah, the bait floats. It’s drifting a bit on top now. ”
“Yeah, exactly.
It’s buoyant. But that’s not necessarily bad. As I said, tomorrow we can see what happened overnight. Tomorrow we can always re-rig.
We have time here. ”
“Yeah, lonely. The Mav is supposed to be top. That Mav has been here often.
He knows this corner really, really well. He’s here all the time. I don’t know, he must be a multi-millionaire. ”
“It’s off again?
I don’t know what’s wrong with this thing. ”
“Buy yourself a proper bicycle. ”
“Yeah, at Lidl and Aldi, they had the last ones in small sizes. They have them in small, too.
I checked earlier, they didn’t have any. That’s what I wanted to get, because I think it’s stupid walking around with huge bottles. ”
“Slowly the box gets down to 6 degrees. Oh, that’s cool.
”
“I already wish you a lot of stream fun until Sunday. Online. ”
“Yeah, I’ll try. I’ll turn it off for a short while at some point, but not long.
Maybe half an hour, if at all, to restart everything. But otherwise it runs until Sunday. When we tear down, I don’t know. We’ll decide spontaneously how we feel.
”
“So, you’re the one who’s technically savvy? ”
“Yeah, all good. Flo can access it. ”
“Do you even have to pay to fish here?
”
“Yeah, wasn’t it cheap? I think 24 hours. What did you have? I’m not sure anymore.
70 or 80 euros with two rods. ”
“70, 80 euros with two rods per 24 hours? ”
“Yes. ”
“When do those gates close there?
8 p. m.? 8 p. m.
But if you have to, you can open them from the inside. ”
