It took a while but finally he did it. My grandson Gabriel caught his first unassisted rainbow trout on a dry fly. He did everything from tying on the fly to making a few mends for a proper drift. I watched him from a distance and when he lifted the rod and the fish was on he yelled out " I got him, I got him!!! I hate to say it but my eyes got a little moist. What a felling when it all comes together. After a quick picture and releasing the fish I asked him how he felt after hooking up. He said it was alot more exciting when you can see the fish come up and eat my fly then I thought lets catch another one! That was the only fish he caught on a dry that day. As we headed back to the car he said "can we come back tomorrow grandpa?" I replied " you bet son" and then he turned towards me and gave me a little smile and said "thanks grandpa".