I am not excited about it "being over"
I need help and I know this is where the healing begins. I mentioned taking the kids to the beach this weekend to see where daddy fishes and I was accused of "being obsessed with fishing". I am!! I could barely hold the rod the first time I fished with my dad I was so small. When I finally got my first rod I would spend every afternoon after school casting in my back yard. When we went to the store I would spend every minute in the fishing tackle aisle just looking at stuff. When I was finally old enough to ride my bike to the nearest pond unsupervised I was there almost every day. As soon as the ice went out I was fishing for brookies in the stream across the street from my Dad's shop. My Dad made arrangements for me to go fishing with a retired friend of his during the week. We used to visit a friend in Jamestown almost every weekend, I used to surfcast with a boat pole and never even got a hit, but I was out there weekend after weekend. As I grew older and responsiblity increased I fished on and off when I got a chance. A couple of years ago I met Saltheart and the whole fishing thing took on a life of its own.
I got both of my boys fishing before they were two and they get excited when I say lets go fishing. They get angry when I go after Stripers because they want to go too. Maybe in 5 years I can start taking the oldest with me
and develop a whole new generation who appreciate the outdoors are happy with who they are and know how to think for themselves.