last night i had one of those gratifying parental moments with my youngest son which has lead to my inquiry.
not to bore anyone, but for me it meant a lot. he is 18 and a senior at a boarding school in new hampshire. we began fly fishing together when he was a kid. we did one of those orvis weekend schools. i really took to it. it has been a passion ever since.he did not, although he did "appease" me a couple of times over the next few years by coming on a couple of trips for a day or 2. he then began discovering girls and excuses, and eventually just laughed :chuckle: when i asked him to go out on the boat with me or on a trip. too uncool was the impression i got.:roll: i eventually stopped asking.
i have always felt a twinge of sadness that this thing we started together never materialized.
last night, i had to pick him up as school closes for the week of thanksgiving. out of the clear blue he told me that he wanted to "get back" into fly fishing and asked if and where he and i "could go flyfishing together"over one of his school vacations this year. could've knocked me over with a feather. :whoa: , but it sure warmed my heart.
anyway, that's what brought me to my inquiry. christmas break is spoken for and march break is next. he's off for the last 3 weeks of the month. he hasn't picked up a fly rod in 5 years or so, and hadn't done much prior to that. so his casting skills are probably quite limited, and i think that to hold his interest he'll want to be doing sufficient catching.
any thoughts?
not to bore anyone, but for me it meant a lot. he is 18 and a senior at a boarding school in new hampshire. we began fly fishing together when he was a kid. we did one of those orvis weekend schools. i really took to it. it has been a passion ever since.he did not, although he did "appease" me a couple of times over the next few years by coming on a couple of trips for a day or 2. he then began discovering girls and excuses, and eventually just laughed :chuckle: when i asked him to go out on the boat with me or on a trip. too uncool was the impression i got.:roll: i eventually stopped asking.
i have always felt a twinge of sadness that this thing we started together never materialized.
last night, i had to pick him up as school closes for the week of thanksgiving. out of the clear blue he told me that he wanted to "get back" into fly fishing and asked if and where he and i "could go flyfishing together"over one of his school vacations this year. could've knocked me over with a feather. :whoa: , but it sure warmed my heart.
anyway, that's what brought me to my inquiry. christmas break is spoken for and march break is next. he's off for the last 3 weeks of the month. he hasn't picked up a fly rod in 5 years or so, and hadn't done much prior to that. so his casting skills are probably quite limited, and i think that to hold his interest he'll want to be doing sufficient catching.
any thoughts?