I would think that most men or women who fish have grown up fishing.  If they are like my husband they have everything they need in their handy bag that holds their 135 tackle boxes yet only 1 very small tackle box will be used on their entire trip.   Being new to fishing I am slowly learning all there is to know and what I need…

• Don’t worry about your hair.  The first 2 days I got up early, washed and dried my hair and in an hour it looked like a birds nest blown out of a tree.  Just put a clip in it. 
• Learn to put all the thingymajiggers on your line yourself.  The tie, the orange ball, the bobber, that grey thing and the hook.  It isn’t very hard to do and it will save your husband precious fishing time.
• I did take a very small fish off the hook with my sweatshirt thanks to Arthur’s tip.  But after staring at him and saying I’m so sorry little fishy that was the last of it for me.  Just have your husband do it. 
• Don’t wear socks and shoes with shorts.   You will never get the tan to blend.
• Bring your own tackle box.  You will want all those fancy tools like our fishing friends, Troy and Denise.  The twist your line gadget and clippers.  Trying to bite the fishing line with your teeth will hurt. 
• Learn the head nod.  When boats drive by 80% of the men on their boats will give you the head nod instead of waving.  I was busy putting my bobber on my line when I got the head nod and in turn I forgot about the head nod and dropped my bobber and waved.  I had to start all over putting all my stuff back on my line. 
• Don’t bend over in front of your husband while he is fishing.  He will drop a fish on your head and the other fishermen will give you a dirty look from your scream that scared their fish away.
• Don’t fish near limbs or brush.  You will get your line stuck and lose your bobber.  Fishermen/fisherwomen do not like losing their bobbers.  If you lose your bobber you may just have to put your hand in the water to get it out and you don’t want to have to do that after you just saw a snake in the water. 
• My last and most important tip - Please don’t EVER give away your precious fishing spot.  You never ever befriend other fishermen/fisherwomen and tell them where you caught your fish or what you really caught.  Your husband will have to wake you at 3:00 a.m. to get you on the water before someone else takes his spot.   

I hope these tips will save you the time and effort it took me to figure them all out.  And some extra sleep.