Originally Posted by
Eric-WD
nice thing about fishing and kids, you have them captive in the car for an hour or so for good conversations. you probably don't need that now but in a few years it becomes priceless.
Eric
My two sons and I have great fun together on the river, but the drives to and from are priceless. My dad took me fishing and instilled the love of the sport, and I did the same for my two boys. You are carrying on an ageless tradition - not just fishing, but doing things together. Keep it up.
As far as a 'good' age for flyfishing...I built both of my sons rods when they were 7 and 9, but the attention span was very small, and dad's patience was about as long. One thing I did do was start them out with a spinning rig using a clear bubble that could be filled about 3/4's with water and then a tippet added and a fly (usually a Wooly Bugger or a Renagade) attached. They would chuck that thing out as far as they could throw it and usually they had action. Not real fly fishing, but it got them started using artificial flies and kept their interest longer.
As they grew older they picked up the fly rod and became adequate casters, but then school and sports and girls came along and it wasn't until both were around 20 that they picked it back up again and now they are very passionate about it.
Kelly.
Tight Lines,
Kelly.
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home."
Roderick Haig-Brown, "Fisherman's Spring"