I’ve written often about watching my older grandsons as they move along the continuum of depending on me for their fishing success when they were very young to seeing them become accomplished fly casters able to handle fishing situations on their own. Now they often out-fish me!
I look forward to doing the same thing with my two younger grandkids. My 4-year-old granddaughter has not had a fishless trip yet, and I’m sure her younger brother will be fishing soon.
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