start 'em young

I think you've got a fisherman there...... (y)

Here's a pic a friend just sent me, showing his new grandson (with a little help from Ai)........(I blanked the face out) on the river. ...Pretty cute !

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gave my son his first fly rod when he was 8, 40 years ago. We used to periodically take off for an overnighter, sleep in one of the high top conversion vans I had when the kids were growing up, during the week we'd check those blue lines on the maps to decide our destination. Best of times...

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Last Saturday we had a Kids (up to 10 y/o) Fishing Derby and had prizes for heaviest, longest, biggest, ugliest, fish, not judges, etc. we stocked 250 rainbows & Palomino Trout (don’t ask) at 0600 and the show started at 0800. The parent(s) had to stay within speaking distance of their offspring. They could keep a total of 5 fish for an aggregate weight prize also. It was like herding cats, tho most of the kids behaved. Nobody fell in but we had to terminate the derby for two of the kids who were caught, warned, then dismissed for catching a larger fish, releasing a smaller, etc. one of the “dads” tried to get in my face a bit until I showed him 4 images of Sonny boy rotating his stock. Wonder where he learned that. Overall, except for some showers, no humans were hurt or abused during the filming of this fiasco considering the amount of hooks being whipped around, over, and into the bushes up, down and across stream.
I was able to get some secret images, while camouflaged as a dead oak tree, maybe walnut, can’t remember, of the recently announced 2045 USA Fly Fishing Team, and special guest Angie the trout slayer, practicing stealth nymph fishing with some degree of success.
The afternoon was taken up with Fly Casting 101 with two Boy Scout Troops. Rule #1: No Hooks!
Next week Saturday: Girl Scouts! Young ladies like music. I’ll utilize the metronome scenario 1…2…3…4
I know my wife has some sedatives somewhere. (She’s married to me)IMG_3506.jpegIMG_3511.jpeg
 
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