Monday, July 13, 2009

fishermen: uncle james and ethan

ethan has been asking his uncle james to teach him to fish for months now... and this weekend it happened... we went out to anderson island for a family get together and uncle james made time for lesson #1...


ethan hooked his line on his sweatshirt( a couple of times)... our friends let us borrow their canoe for fishing in the middle of the lake...

ethan learned to cast...



ethan learned that patience is required...( i think he thought the fish would immediately hook themselves to the tasty treat)


ethan learned that baiting a hook meant putting a LIVE worm on to a sharp hook...




but... at the end of the morning; which included thunder, lightning and rain... ethan reeled in his first(of many hopefully) rainbow trouts... 12.5 inches long... we think he was proud...
: )


2 comments:

The Owens said...

That is a HUGE fish for your first time!! Great job having the patience to wait for it:)

the millers said...

he must have gotten the patience thing from his mom...

: )