Ditto that, and I am going to try the "GET OUT THERE" technique on my kids. Young boys chock full of testosterone love that sort of stuff!
-----Original Message----- From: Gary Meyers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 7:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Kid Fishin' (was Secrets to Getting Away) Interesting, your comment about roll casting, Jim. My son picked it up at a young age, as well. Funny how some adults have a tough time with it, but kids find it easy and natural. Gary > I agree Gary. My kids aren't *super-thrilled* with it, often choosing to > play on a gravel bar rather than fish - which is just fine... but they do > pretty regularly come up and say, "I want to fish now." This NEVER happened > until I took them to Rocky Ford and did just what you're describing - hook a > hog and hand over the rod. > > Even my 4-year-old can lob and roll cast. I'm not going to attempt the > forward cast with him for another year, maybe two. He's so small I had to > teach him this agressive lobcasting style... taught him to holler, "Get out > there!" at the rig as he lobs or roll-casts. That method increased his > power 2x and started getting the rig where the fish are. I have a photo of > him perfectly fishing the seam below a riffle on the Naches with a > shot-indicator rig. He hooked two fish on that seam and lost them. He was > pretty bummed about it but I turned around his bummer by convincing him that > he was doing AWESOME if he could just HOOK a wild trout and that even dad > usually loses more fish than he lands. > > My ten-year-old has rapidly improved since he started catching some fish. > He finally started believing me when I'd tell him he doesn't need to false > cast much, if at all, and that short casts are almost always better than > long ones. He's hooked up numerous times on his own at Rocky Ford, but the > best was when he caught a small bow on the Yakima this year with a #10 > orange stimulator. I pointed to the spot and he persistently cast to it > until a fish rose... AWESOME STUFF. My favorite fishing pictures are of my > kids :-) > > -tight lines- > Jim Speaker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Meyers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 8:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Kid Fishin' (was Secrets to Getting Away) > > > I think the one thing that got my son turned on to flyfishing at a young age > was feeling a fish on the line. When he was little, I would cast and hook a > fish and hand the rod to him so he could reel it in (or try to, anyway). > Didn't matter how big (or little) the fish was, just the sensation of having > the fish on the line was a huge thrill. > > So that was the carrot. And as he got older, he had some motivation to learn > how to cast, and hook a fish. > > Gary Meyers > Kirkland >> > > >
