what makes a good fishing trip....

Fishing Warm water Forum
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Had a really good trip yesterday evening. And yes I did catch some fish [with 66-68 degree water I was surprized to find the bluegill in the channels hitting top water] and that was quite satifying. However, the best thing about the trip was a young man I met - about 11 or 12, I’d guess. His father has just taught him to cast a fly rod, had given him one of those “58 1/2 cent cards with 3 dozen flies on it” and told him to go get 'em! He was having a blast but wasn’t catching fish. The “flies” he had were much too large and had a ton of “stuff” tied on 'em. Poor fish couldn’t have eaten them if they had wanted to! And they did because they kept towing the flies around by the hackle. I pulled over and gave him a couple of my “homemade” poppers and water spiders. Watched him catch his first fish on a fly rod - that was one excited kid! His father doesn’t know what he missed.

Donald

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beadleach;
Well Done! That certainly makes for a good trip.

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I helped a young man catch his first trout on a fly this past spring.
The kid had seen a lot of trout caught on flies and wanted to give it a try. His father had told him that fly fishing was too hard, but the kid was determined. So dad got out his old rod (shakespear wonder rod…sweet)and sent him to me.
I explain to the boy about tapered leaders (he had strait mono on), gave him a couple of the fly of the day, and after a 10 minute casting lesson the kid caught himself a nice brookie.
Dad was a little red in the face.
The next week, when I saw the boy, I had a whole box of flies for him. Hooked for life.

“The trout were laughing so hard at us that they considered evolving legs so they could crawl on to land and catch their breath”
Dave Barry

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You’re a good man Donald. As Jack said, ‘Well done!’

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Need more beadleech’s and dudley’s around. You guys rock!
…lee s.
Must be a getting OLD thing…more fun hooking fishers than fish.

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“must be a getting old thing…” hey, I resemble that! lol

Thanks guys for the good words, but the look on the kid’s face was the pay-off.

Donald

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Warms my heart as it did his, You will have an admirer forever and his tales of flyfishing will include you. There must be a heaven on earth. You’re a good gaurdian angel Donald.

Philip

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles." - Doug Larson

[This message has been edited by old geezer (edited 06 October 2005).]

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Good for you folks! There is NOTHING like watching a young’n successfully apply what you’ve taught them!
Another couple examples of the sharing attitudes of FAOLers. SUPER!
Mike

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beadleech, RW here,

“Friends”!!

“We fish for pleasure; I for mine, you for yours.” -James Leisenring on fishing the wet fly-

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What makes a good fishing trip???

Just being there and away from work.
A bad day of fishing is always better than a hot day on a carrier in the persian gulf in 120 degree heat.

But thats me…

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I don’ know, tony. I went ice fishing one time and I might just take your carrier - no wait. I forgot about the brandy that we were required to have. Scrap that - ice fishing WOULD be better! <G>

Donald