PROUD Dad....

So last night I get a call from my second daughter (RodHog) from Anchorage....

"Dad... I'm going flossing for reds on the Kenai tomorrow and I'm at the tackle shop. What do I need?"

So I walk her thru the list of sockeye terminal gear, and she dutifully hand picks the hooks, swivels, leader and split shot that I specify. Once she gets it all home I text her some links to some knot tying videos for the egg loop and the Pitzen knot. After watching each of them once thru, she calls me back and I walk her thru the basic rigging, then tell her, "OK... ready to start tying?"

So she's tying away as I'm coaching her from my cell phone to lend some tying tips to facilitate the process. Before you know it, she confidently declares, "OK.... DONE!"

Serially?

"How's it look?" I ask skeptically.

"I'll text you a picture," she replies.

Now mind you, this kid's NEVER tied up any fishing gear before... EVER! This is what drops into my phone....

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Even I gotta admit... that's one helluva FIRST try.

Almost chokes a guy up... ALMOST.

now we need pictures of the fish

Nice. I'm sure she watched her pops tie up a time or three before. The apple doesn't fall far.

You'll have to get her down to B10 to re-tie dead gear.

That egg loop knot took me forever to learn.

Congrats on a bright daughter!

c/22

Very nice, Doc!

OK, first time out... she filled a 6-fish limit!

I got to admit, you raise em right!

Very nice Francis, I know how rewarding it is to be a proud parent! See you soon?

A bit of glory....



And then the WORK begins. "You CATCH 'em, you CLEAN 'em"

NIce work!! And---nice article in SS Journal.

Wow, cool stuff rite there doc. Good stuff. Good luck,

SZ

Two thumbs up Doc, you are raising good ones by sharing the best thing in life!

Awesome!

You are a wealthy man Dr. Eyes, and it has nothing to do with coin.
Well done.

Good coach'n dad!

I suppose we could give you a hard time for not teaching her before now but, whatever, nice!

YEP... spoiled 'em rotten as far as gettin' rigs tied up. Everything pretty much rigged and ready to rock/roll whenever they stepped into the boat. No different than most of my friends.

They pretty much got a free pass on cleaning fish, too. Only one of 'em ever cleaned her own prior to this post, and I could count those on one hand.

BUT...

They did get awfully good at deploying/checking the gear, driving the boat, netting the fish, and even backing the trailer.

Not gonna complain at this stage of the game.