outdoorkidsplay:

The stars aligned the other day, and I got to get out on the water with the Captain. In preparation for the redfish trip, we did a little streamer fishing. This was my second time with streamers. The first I was wearing Allie in a front pack! Jamie led me to the most beautiful brown. Reminiscing on the earlier days, I have come quite a long way. On one of our first trips I nailed him in the forehead with my fly. I turned around to see a trickle of blood running down his face. Needless to say my casting is much improved—further and in the right plane of motion! My goal is to be able to guide him so that he gets just as much fishing time, so I took a turn at the oars with two units running. Not bad! There was a moment at the beginning where he told me to dig in. I delivered—landing on the floor of the boat but never letting go of the oars! He was testing out his new eBay purchase, a 1969 Fenwick glass rod. So much fun! Here’s to fun times and trying stuff in 2015! Fish happy, Kati