Hi Derek,

4 is very young but this is an unusual 4 year old. We did the net and
stickleback thing when he was just 3. I know all grandparents think their
grandchildren are outstanding but this little one is and can catch fish, he
can identify most of them too. Just got a slight mental block on the use of
a reel. His interest does fade out after 90 minutes or so but a couple of
hours fishing with him is fine, his interest fades due to me having to sort
out the line for him so maybe the pole will help this.

I am getting 5 meter pole tomorrow and think he will be able to use it. I
have found out enough about them to get started and will use it for a while
myself so I can teach him, he will probably learn faster than me.

No streams to actually fish so it is all still waters which is fine until
you get line drift and have to mend it for him.

The pole is not costing me much so nothing really lost if it fails.

Many thanks Derek.

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Hi all,

I really have never been interested in using poles and whips, seemed a
step
back to use a stick with line tied to the end.

However, my grandson ( aged just 4 ), has started fishing with me and he
has
difficulty in understanding the needs to mend line and keep tension so I
thought it might be an idea to use a whip so I remove the need to
understand
reels and line problems.

I always take beginners to the smallest streams - and usually provide them
with a slow running centrepin. The stream must be narrow enough that
casting is not needed and swift enough that the current straightens out
the
line. -I- do the loosefeeding and we move on each time we scare a swim.

So far so good except I now realise that my knowledge of whips and poles
is
limited to the idea only and I lack the detail I need to carry this off
without looking a total ploker in front of my grandson.

I am getting a cheep Keenets 5M whip kit to start him off, he is a tall
lad
for 4 years old and can handle it I think. I only expect him to take
small

But 4 is very young. Too young imo. I'd prefer to give him a net and find
somewhere of child-welly depth where he can catch wriggly things which you
look at together in a white bottomed dish and maybe look up in a book -
the
I-spy series were great for this.

I have a few suggestions on:
http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/...ild/index.html

Cheerio,

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