Great to get the young ones started in the right direction.
Tony
ConRanch wrote:
Lizs sister Ann and two boys, ages 11 & 9 are visiting me this
weekend. Ann is a surgical Nurse over in Seattle so I do not get to
see them often but did start both boys fly-fishing 5 years ago.
The two girls went into Spokane today to do girl things, whatever that
is and I had the two boys all to myself for the day. Having two
daughters around at the same time sure does wonders in my kitchen!
We took off about 8 AM and went to one of my favorite small lakes that
has wild Rainbows in it. Not a difficult place to fish but presents a
few challenges. It is only about a 20-minute drive from the ranch and
the boys were bubbling with anticipation.
Will, the oldest chose a Chili pepper from my chest pack (left his
flies that I had tied for him for Christmas at home). Still has not
mastered tying on the fly so Grandpa had to assist. Then off he went
to wet a line. I was setting Ben up with one of my good rods and he
was selecting a fly when I heard Will holler ""Fish on". I glanced up
and as he was only about 30 yards away, hurried over to net his 16"
very fat Rainbow. Was caught on his first cast!
The smile on his face and the look in his eyes were something I would
love to share. We quickly took a photo while still in the net and he
easily slipped the barbless out of the corner of Mr. Bows mouth and
off he swam.
Ben had to try several different flies during the couple hours we
fished but just could not hook up. Our last outing he caught the most
fish with the number being 3, so I heard him mention to his brother
that it was good to take turns in catching. I seriously did not
believe him.
Old proud Grand pa managed to bring 2 bows to hand. One a 10" and the
other a very scrappy tail dancing 12"er. Both of mine fell to one of
my old standbys, a PMD tied the old way with the mallard flank post
and dark barred ginger hackle.
We did not catch large numbers of fish and were only out for a few
hours but it was a memorable day for all three of us. As we were
driving home Ben asked if we were going to get to go fishing tomorrow?
We plan to fish another small pond tomorrow and then run the Spokane
River in the canoe on Sunday. Fuzzy and I will man the canoe with the
boys only riding along. Of course there are a couple spots on the
Spokane where I know live a few large browns and my 5wt will go along.
Take a boy fishing.
Denny
Dennis Conrad
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