Last night I was itching to fish. Living in the West Seattle area, commuting to a river is just a pain, especially during rush hour. So I went down to my Dad's house, on Puget Sound, and he and I went out searching for some cutthroat, in MA 11.

Earlier this year I built him a fly rod from a Batson IF1006 blank. He loves it. He wanted me to fish it last night, so I did. I think we brought 6 or 7 little cutties to the boat last night. Nothing of size.

The cool thing is, and maybe I'm bragging here, is fishing and catching with a rod I built, a fly I made, and if course, spending time with my Dad. It was a good evening of fishing.

Sounds awesome all the way around Sam.

Re: fishing (and catching!) with things you made, it is a pretty awesome feeling. For me it is more than just using something I made, it sort of represents a culmination of skills, experience, knowledge, and actual handicrafts that when met with success, is very personally rewarding and satisfying on many levels. Cool to get to share that with your pops as well.

Nice work!

Knowing your Dad, I bet thinking you made it for just for him has alot to do w/ the fact he loves it.


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Nice work Sam. Nothing beats spending time fishing with your pops.

That is what fishing is supposed to be all about. Way to go!