It's not always about catching fish or I would have given up long ago. Just being there is enough (sometimes!)

This year I have put two complete rookies on fish. Smurf's girl got Her first one ever drift fishing the Calawah on 29 December. The next day we got a double on the 'Duc. I fished with another buddy and his 10 year old daughter the rest of the weekend. Put her on to a couple.

Being the one to row the boat, I generally think of it as a team effort. Very often I don't get the cast I want because I am trying to keep us from crashing into rocks, trees, other boats etc.

This has been the best winter in quite a while for me (us).