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4 year old on glass!
Post 28 Nov 2017, 20:36 • #1 
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It was pointed out to me a few days ago that I've posted fishing pix of all the kids......except my youngest, Jada. She's 5 now, but these pix were taken earlier this year before her birthday. Jada was just a baby when the 4 kids came to stay with us, and had just turned 4 when we adopted her and the other kids. So that being said she has grown up around fishing, and goes every chance she gets.....which sadly isn't as often as I'd like. On the bright side, we live on the water, so any time she feels the urge to wet a line the river is literarily right in her back yard.

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This spring, Easter morning actually, right after breakfast she asked if she could learn to use a fly rod. I have an old Eagle claw 8wt glass rod that I once used as a teaching tool in my casting clinics, that I still 20 years later keep rigged and ready for anyone who wants to learn. It's a horrible beast of a rod to fish with, but I've never found anything better to use to teach casting with. Anyway, we stayed out on the water for about an hour and with in 5 minutes she was casting on her own.....telling me "Dad, I got this.....just let me do it!" By the time she was done she could make 40 to 50 foot casts all the way to the opposite bank. Not technically perfect, but who cares? She had fun and maybe, just maybe she'll stick with it. :)

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Jada did end up hooking one really nice brown trout, but wasn't sure how to handle the line and ended up doing a "long distance release".

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Re: 4 year old on glass!
Post 28 Nov 2017, 20:39 • #2 
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KOOL!!!


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Post 28 Nov 2017, 20:58 • #3 
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Good for her -- and you!


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Post 28 Nov 2017, 21:20 • #4 
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That's great! I have a 4 year old daughter as well who looks just like your girl. Same haircut, same smile with the tucked in top lip. Very cute. She's the only one of my girls who actually asks to go fishing.


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Post 28 Nov 2017, 22:54 • #5 
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What a cutie !!

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Post 28 Nov 2017, 23:03 • #6 
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That's awesome!


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Post 29 Nov 2017, 10:43 • #7 
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That's great! I also started fly fishing, and caught my 1st trout on a fly rod at 4 years old in 1959.


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Post 29 Nov 2017, 10:53 • #8 
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AWESOME!!!!


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Post 29 Nov 2017, 14:01 • #9 
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Fantastic I love seeing kids fishing


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Post 29 Nov 2017, 22:08 • #10 
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Such a cute kid ! Glad she is getting started out right :)


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Post 30 Nov 2017, 03:51 • #11 
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Awesome :) . She picked it up a lot quicker than I did.


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Post 30 Nov 2017, 07:38 • #12 
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Love to see that!!


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Post 30 Nov 2017, 19:44 • #13 
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Does she still fit in those waders?

Those are adorable.


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Post 01 Dec 2017, 12:10 • #14 
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Does she still fit in those waders?

Those are adorable.

My 3 younger kids...Jada, Emma, and Leland all share those waders. Kinda funny their all about the same size, but they are close in age.


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Post 01 Dec 2017, 23:10 • #15 
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Man, that is just fantastic !!

She looks like she's just having a blast, and being able to cast that far in a short time for her age is just wonderful. I hope she does stick with it, and carries it over to her children some day.


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Post 02 Dec 2017, 10:08 • #16 
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that's awesome! my 7y.o. is just showing signs of wanting to get into it more...love it!


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Post 03 Dec 2017, 08:53 • #17 
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My little fishing buddy.


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Post 03 Dec 2017, 10:52 • #18 
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My little fishing buddy.



That's awesome!


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Post 03 Dec 2017, 11:59 • #19 
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Nothing like the joy of a youth with a fish! Glass and flies make it all the better.


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Post 04 Dec 2017, 19:00 • #20 
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Easy to smile at these photographs.


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Post 06 Dec 2017, 05:28 • #21 
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Fantastic kid. Great pictures.
I built a small fly rod (glass crappie rod for blank) for my oldest boy's fifth birthday and he caught three trout that day to my one, but he'd had some previous fishing experience. 40+ years later he still likes to make go fishing on his birthday when he can.


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