Being there
The thing I love at the end of a day’s tuition is if the client has decided that casting isn’t as hard as they thought and they have enjoyed themselves enough that they want to make those first steps on the road to becoming a fly fisherman.
I am usually there when they catch their first fish and see the excitement as the fish takes and the fight is on. If all has gone to plan then it is handshakes or high fives as the fish is landed.
The next stage is to discover all of the other areas that fly fishing has to offer. With many, I have been there for quite a few of those milestone moments like the first wild river fish, first bass, first time on a reservoir or first time fishing from a boat.
It is a cool feeling standing there helping land the fish or just offering a few helpful words of encouragement and when it is all completed stand there like the proud father. Writing this it is a pretty picture but those of you that know me may well be smiling to themselves as they picture an equally excited instructor leaping up and down as the fish is netted!
Man, I hate my job!!
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