I did a mission with my wee boy Jack today. I took him backcountry to teach him about fly fishing and see if we could get him into his first trout.
We took off about 5:30am, under the cover of darkness after a hearty breakfast. Chilled out at Lake Lyndon to watch the sun come up.
We first went up to Lake Pearson and did some spin fishing and fly fishing practice, before heading to the Porter River.
This is Jack fly fishing in the first pool on the Porter. With a little ‘Dad help’ I got him into about a 3-4lb rainbow using a small Hare & Copper nymph. He fought the fish for a few minutes and then got busted off!
Jack hooked into a big trout.
Further up the Porter (we walked about 3km) I spotted a nice trout behind a rock. I ducked down a cliff, stalked it and got him first cast! It was great for Jack to see a fish, then see me stalk, hook and land the fish .
Proud dad feeling chuffed.
And here’s dinner! Oil, butter, rosemary, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper!
Yum!!
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