Maybe it is just my dyslexic mind, but I can't help but wonder if the father is really a hopeless case ??

It is all well and good to point the son down another road, but I have no doubt at all that if you could get the father walking along with you, you will have given this boy a much greater gift than an education in fly fishing and some companionship in his youth.

Is there a way to share your energy with the father and the son ??

John