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Okay, so indulge me here…I just have to be a proud papa here for a minute. Coop, who’s coming up on his third birthday, got out fishing with dad the other morning on the American River and caught his very fish (non-handed off)…an American shad.
Though we had some break-off issues with the Snoopy outfit and its worthless pre-spooled line earlier, The Kid managed to land this fish…and then thoughtfully released it.
For dad, it just doesn’t get any better…
Sometimes when I think back, my good pal VnMan and I are lucky to be alive…all that stupid stuff we used to do before we had jobs, wives, kids, spare tires, etc.
Lookie there…here come those two aforementioned brain-surgeons now, running a jon boat through a pipe in a dam. Okay, so it seemed like a good idea at the time…??
For more evidence of our youthful acts that defied logic, be sure to check out the December issue of Salmon Trout Steelheader Magazine
It’s hard to believe, but my little dude Coop is about to have his second birthday. We celebrated the big day in style a little early with a little old-school bluegill fishing at a local park pond.
Four-pound test, a No. 12 hook and some Wonder Bread…yep, that’s how we roll…
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I took my 20-month-old kid down to the river the other day for his first-ever fishing lesson (we bypassed bluegill and went straight to steelhead — got to start ’em out right, ya know?). While he seemed pretty fired up about it all, it was dad who will never forget the moment. Seeing a little bundle of your genetic material holding a rod in his hands for the first time is…wow…hard to describe.
Tamara & I got Cooper out on the water the other day…figured it’s never too early to teach him how to row. Hopefully, it won’t be too long until he’s on the sticks while dad & buddies are up front fishing. Next on the agenda: teach the kid how to back a trailer down the boat ramp…