WHY

So your probably wondering what Sky Fishing is supposed to be.

“There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.” -Steven Wright

One day a long while back I went to my first organized rocket launch with a club called PHITS (Punching holes in the sky). It was a sunny winter day in Colorado, temps in the 30s a light wind to the east, perfect for a rocket launch. I wasn’t sure if I want to join in with my (little wimpy Estes rocket) so I was sitting in the shade and nursing some coffee and Ken shows up. I have heard of Ken, and from what I here Ken knows rockets. Now I am new to this rocketry thing and don’t know about any large or complex rockets, but Ken shows up with a rocket that looks like it means business. It’s not that large, but it kind of looks more substantial than the other (Model) rockets that people are flying. Anyway Ken places his rocket on the launch pad then goes around it with a Yagi antenna and does this little ritual. He goes north of the rocket and waves the antenna round, up then down, then right then left. Ken then moves to the south and repeats the motions, same for the East and West. Once the ritual is complete he goes back to the launch table and says its OK to launch his rocket. With a loud woosh its off, and disappears, straight and fast like it was shot out of a cannon. Ken waves his magic antenna around for a few minutes like he is fishing with an invisible pole. Then off he goes marching across the prairie heading north east. Every once in a while I look over to see where Ken was last spotted, yes he is about a mile a way and going over the next rise. Oops he is gone, lost in the distance. About three hours later Ken is back with his rocket.
He caught a rocket from the sky with a Yagi antenna. That was when I thought this is something I have to get involved with.

“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.”-Steven Wright

Prairie
American Heritage Dictionary
prai·rie (prâr) [P]n.
An extensive area of flat or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland, especially the large tract or plain of central North America.
[French, from Old French praierie, from Vulgar Latin *prtria, from Latin prta, meadow.]

Flounder
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
floun?der1 /?fla?nd?r/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[floun-der] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used without object)
1. to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually fol. by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
2. to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job.

floun?der2 /?fla?nd?r/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[floun-der] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -der, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -ders.
1. a European, marine flatfish, Platichthys flesus, used for food.
2. any of numerous similar or closely related non-European flatfishes.
3. any flatfish other than soles.