I have posted this on couple of other sites. My 9 year old grandson name is Gabriel. He truly loves to fish. God could not have given me better fishing buddy. He has his own fly rod (6' 6") but it is still difficult for him to fly cast but he trys. He is quite good at spin casting. He loves to work poppers and plastic worms for bass. But his favorite is fly fishing the surf for halibuts. I use the floating line with 20 ft. leader. He can not cast this type of set up. So I cast out the fly for him and hand him the rod and he does the rest. He has a couple of legals (22"+ no camera) and has been knuckle busted by a huge halibut. Here are a few photos.





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Blood sweat and a few tears. The kid is learning fast. I'm sure I am not the only proud Grandpa or Grandama out there.Later