This week Cameron opens up about his traumatic fishing incident and warns others to take safety precautions to avoid a similar fate.
I have read all the reports about how safe hunting is, and I have luckily avoided being in hunting accidents. I also have looked everywhere about fishing safety statistics—there are none. I’m here to tell you fishing is dangerous. Hooks in flies, lures, plugs and bait flying through the air at warp speed just looking for a place to land.
So it happened. I was walking the river scouting trout the other day while Mike and a friend tried to catch fish. Then BAM, a hook landed on my ear and passed all the way through. When I got up that morning I did not have any plans to have my ear pierced—but now I do.
Well, luckily my loud yelping and thrashing about caught Mike’s attention and he was soon on the scene and trying to determine what to do. I was jerking about and trying to get whatever was hanging on my ear off. OK, there was a scene—and blood. Since I don’t like to name names, let’s just say Marlon started it. There!
Anyway Mike carries wire cutters for events like this (I wonder why and won’t mention him hooking his boss one time and his friends often) so then there was tugging and cutting—and more yelping from me. A few minutes later the fly was gone, I was free and now the blood began to trickle out both sides of my ear. Since Mike is not a surgeon (though his initials are MD), I feel very lucky to be alive.
All the way home and the days since have been agony for me. There have been nonstop jokes about buying me an earring, an eye patch and even a tattoo to go with my pierced ear. I do my best to ignore these petty comments and get on with more important things in life—like finding a treat or barking at anyone I see along the highway.
Since the incident I have been shopping for full-face motorcycle helmets, goggles and a bulletproof vest. Fishing is dangerous. I have a hole in my ear as proof.
— Cameron the Weim
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