Kids fishing.

Gotta share this with you guys.

I was chatting with my 10 yr old son the other day and the subject of
fishing came up. His comment nearly floored me.

"Dad, can we do fly fishing next time?"

I'm rapt!!! Of course there will be the usual distractions like swimming,
throwing stones, exploring, building fires, etc. And now included in the
distractions are looking for the natural food for the trout. Going to try
him tying a few easy flies that he can try on the water next time. My little
girl will tie very pretty flies (she'd love your salmon flies) that will
never be allowed to touch the water probably.

Couldn't keep it in, had to say something.

Rob.

On 12-Mar-2010, "Robert from Oz" wrote:

I was chatting with my 10 yr old son the other day and the subject of
fishing came up. His comment nearly floored me.

"Dad, can we do fly fishing next time?"

I'm rapt!!! Of course there will be the usual distractions like swimming,
throwing stones, exploring, building fires, etc. And now included in the
distractions are looking for the natural food for the trout. Going to try
him tying a few easy flies that he can try on the water next time. My
little
girl will tie very pretty flies (she'd love your salmon flies) that will
never be allowed to touch the water probably.

Couldn't keep it in, had to say something.

Rob.

Nice !! Great!!
and Thanks for sharing it
I am sure that they will get it ff down - tie some flies, catch some fish
& in turn learn to respect our planet

Fred

"Robert from Oz" wrote in message
u...
Gotta share this with you guys.

I was chatting with my 10 yr old son the other day and the subject of
fishing came up. His comment nearly floored me.

"Dad, can we do fly fishing next time?"

I'm rapt!!! Of course there will be the usual distractions like swimming,
throwing stones, exploring, building fires, etc. And now included in the
distractions are looking for the natural food for the trout. Going to try
him tying a few easy flies that he can try on the water next time. My
little girl will tie very pretty flies (she'd love your salmon flies) that
will never be allowed to touch the water probably.

Couldn't keep it in, had to say something.

Rob.


Good for you. Friend years ago, took his boy fishing. Took a very nice,
very expensive fly rod. The kid managed to break the rod. His dad was POed.
I wanted to tell him it was his fault, not the kids. The kid was about 7 at
the time. I took him and my girls to the local lake, and spent 90% of my
time untangling the line from the tip of his rod. He would shake the rod as
he carried it and wow, could he get a tangle quickly. Took a cheap spinning
rig and would not be worried if it managed to get broken. Dad's should take
in to consideration the age of the kid and not take your favorite rod.

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"Robert from Oz" wrote in message
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Gotta share this with you guys.

I was chatting with my 10 yr old son the other day and the subject of
fishing came up. His comment nearly floored me.

"Dad, can we do fly fishing next time?"

I'm rapt!!! Of course there will be the usual distractions like swimming,
throwing stones, exploring, building fires, etc. And now included in the
distractions are looking for the natural food for the trout. Going to try
him tying a few easy flies that he can try on the water next time. My
little girl will tie very pretty flies (she'd love your salmon flies)
that will never be allowed to touch the water probably.

Couldn't keep it in, had to say something.

Rob.


Good for you. Friend years ago, took his boy fishing. Took a very nice,
very expensive fly rod. The kid managed to break the rod. His dad was
POed. I wanted to tell him it was his fault, not the kids. The kid was
about 7 at the time. I took him and my girls to the local lake, and spent
90% of my time untangling the line from the tip of his rod. He would
shake the rod as he carried it and wow, could he get a tangle quickly.
Took a cheap spinning rig and would not be worried if it managed to get
broken. Dad's should take in to consideration the age of the kid and not
take your favorite rod.


I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I was a bit anal as you described above.
Then a wise old "dad" quietly whispered in my ear one day as I was sharing
my worry that the kids were getting into the "spirit" of fishing. He
suggested a different ratio of "exploring, swimming, throwing stones, etc.
It took me tipping over a tub of bait and the fun we had getting the
critters back into the tub for it to soak in.
I'm thankful I wasn't too stubborn to learn that lesson before it put them
off fishing for good.

Rob.

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On 12-Mar-2010, "Robert from Oz" wrote:

I was chatting with my 10 yr old son the other day and the subject of
fishing came up. His comment nearly floored me.

"Dad, can we do fly fishing next time?"

I'm rapt!!! Of course there will be the usual distractions like swimming,
throwing stones, exploring, building fires, etc. And now included in the
distractions are looking for the natural food for the trout. Going to try
him tying a few easy flies that he can try on the water next time. My
little
girl will tie very pretty flies (she'd love your salmon flies) that will
never be allowed to touch the water probably.

Couldn't keep it in, had to say something.

Rob.

Nice !! Great!!
and Thanks for sharing it
I am sure that they will get it ff down - tie some flies, catch some fish
& in turn learn to respect our planet

Fred

I was surprised how open and agreeable kids are with respecting our planet
especially when they learn where everything fits in nature - like bugs under
rocks in the river are not so ikky when the learn they develop into moths or
flies or just stay like a bug under a rock.

By the way, it's all catch and release with the kids. They get more
satisfaction watching the fish swim off... and besides; they prefer fish
from the fish and chip shop.

Rob.