Thanks for that story John.
I recently took my 3 yr. old out for his first trip and he caught some
bluegill. The pictures I can always look at but the wonder on his face
leading up to the actual fishing trip, from getting our gear ready to going
to the bait shop, will always stand out for me.

"Bob Rickard" wrote in message
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John, that is further proof that those anglers that don't bother to work
with kids like that are the real losers, & they don't even realize their
losses.

Bob Rickard
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"Fishking" wrote in message
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"John B" wrote in message
Just my opinion...but I think It would be a much better world if we
could get more kids excited about fishing!

John B


Your not wrong John, teaching kids to fish also allows you to teach them
so much more. Patience and respect just to name two

I am amazed at how many people I talk to that say "nah never liked
fishing or I did it years ago and it was boring".
Most of those impressions were instilled by the "throw your bobber out
and wait" style. I still see it today with parents and kids at lakes,
yelling at the kids not to reel it in, your gonna get hung up and
shouting sometimes, don't be stupid etc etc. It's a shame. a lot of them
will remeber that and equate it to a bad experience later in life.

I remeber taking a friend fishing for the first time, his attitude
towards fishing well was a lot like what i described above. His first
words to me when I mentioned fishing was "fishing was gay", he now
fish's whenever he can in the pursuit of the green goddess, and is quite
a good angler to boot