The Secret to Targeting Prospects

Picture a riverbank, popular for fishing.

One part is beautiful, sunny, nice grass verge. A great place to just sit and soak up the atmosphere, let alone fish.

Another part of the river is muddy, dark, cold. People do not even like to walk their dogs through there.

Sam turns up one morning. Some old fool is stood there at the dark patch, freezing in his galoshes but Sam spots the sunny place is still free. He skips past with his tackle jangling, smiling at his good fortune.

Later as Sam packs up he is cursing. Where had that good luck gone? One small fish. While he ponders going to the fishmarket to save his pride by faking it, out the corner of his eye he spots the old “fool” in the dark, muddy spot, slip and fall on his behind, struggling with a bundle.

He has caught so many fish he is having difficulty hauling his massive catch.

“Help you with that?”

“Would be most grateful lad”

“You did well today”

“Ah, not bad. Not bad. You?”

“Um, not as good as you”

“That will be that bad spot you got. Sorry and all, I got there first”

“I got the bad spot?”

“Yup, I took the place where all the fish are. You might want to get here earlier next time!”