First fly fishing of the year

[naoki]

My son has been waiting for the day! We slipped into the waders, and dipped our toes into the ice cold water. It was slow at first, and I almost gave up, but my son was more determined. Arctic graylings are so beautiful. It is a weird time of year when we can do either ice fishing or fly fishing. Indeed he had a blast with ice fishing last weekend.


First fly fishing of this season on Flickr


First fly fishing of this season on Flickr

 

[troy]

Fly fishing is not easy!! Very tallented little guy, that development couldn't happen without excellent parenting!!

 

[abax]

Yaaaay for the kid! My mother tried to teach me to fly fish and ended up
getting my line out of trees and bushes most of the time.

 

[JeanLux]

:drool::clap::drool: !!!! Jean

 

[Ozpaph]

good for him

 

[Ray]

Fantastic, Naoki.

 

[chris20]

Nice catch!

 

[emydura]

That's a striking looking fish. Stunning markings and fins.

 

[naoki]

He is so into fly fishing, or anything to catch/see creatures/fungi/plants. I guess that's what happens if parents are both biologists. My father took me for fishing frequently, so it is great to re-live my childhood, but from a different perspective. If he can put a part of his efforts into his violin practice, ....

David, arctic graylings are amazing in so many aspects. They are beautiful, they migrate (not well-known where they go during the winter), they can live in amazingly small streams. They are pretty tough and good fighters.