If you help the kid learn to fish with the permission of the mother, and you like her and subsequently date her, that's one thing. If you use the kid's interest in fishing in order to you-know-what with the mother, that's another. One needs to be careful and sincere when the feelings of a kid are involved. I have a feeling all this was going through your subconscious.

This is one of the more complicated and unexpected ethical dilemmas a fisherman could encounter - perhaps it ended for the best.

Ahhhhh to be single again! I probably would have said something stupid like "Hey maybe you'd like to Bone Fish with me sometime?" She would have slapped me in the face and then I say "So I guess a BJ is out of the question?!" I miss those days. Keep plugging away at that spot if you like her. Plenty of fish in the sea though, stay positive.