Sweet Melissa
10-18-2005, 09:19 AM
I've been a long time lurker on this site, and decided it was finally time to jump in. I don't have an extraordinary fishing tale to tell for my first post, but I do have some great memories of fishing with Mom.
Mom is an avid fly-fisherwoman, and has shown me a lot of what she's learned over the years. I think she still has the first fly I tried to tie. I had snuck down to her tying bench, and tied the only pattern I could remember on the biggest hook I could find- a Spruce Fly on about a size 1/0 hook.
We've taken some great fishing trips in the last 10 years or so, but one memory in particular illustrates how fishing has always been part of my life. I was in junior high, and had gotten tired of the prepubescent pettiness of my classmates. After Christmas break, my folks decided to let me try home school. Mom thought I needed to supplement my academic work with some physical activity, a P.E. class of sorts. So, being that it was early January on the north coast, she took me steelhead fishing! It was freezing cold and we didn't catch anything, but what a great day!
My husband and I are expecting a little keeper in late December. I hope to pass along a love for the outdoors that was passed down to me. And maybe I will find a size 1/0 Spruce Fly in my vise someday.
Mom is an avid fly-fisherwoman, and has shown me a lot of what she's learned over the years. I think she still has the first fly I tried to tie. I had snuck down to her tying bench, and tied the only pattern I could remember on the biggest hook I could find- a Spruce Fly on about a size 1/0 hook.
We've taken some great fishing trips in the last 10 years or so, but one memory in particular illustrates how fishing has always been part of my life. I was in junior high, and had gotten tired of the prepubescent pettiness of my classmates. After Christmas break, my folks decided to let me try home school. Mom thought I needed to supplement my academic work with some physical activity, a P.E. class of sorts. So, being that it was early January on the north coast, she took me steelhead fishing! It was freezing cold and we didn't catch anything, but what a great day!
My husband and I are expecting a little keeper in late December. I hope to pass along a love for the outdoors that was passed down to me. And maybe I will find a size 1/0 Spruce Fly in my vise someday.