My passion for fishing was given to me by my grandfather when I was 4-5 years old. Unfortunatley he passed when I was 10 and I only have a few pics of the times we had. I can still remember them though. I also remember the smell of a fresh cleaned trout and the wet newspaper. My father does not fish and has little interest in it. I have been raising my kids to love the outdoors and not get too influenced by the video game craze. All of my friends on here are very supportive of the boys fishing and have been so generous to them in many ways. Thanks everyone! As I sit here my 6yr old is begging to go fishing right now. I told him the weather outside and all he says is, " so fishing is better in the rain" .

So I plan on getting him geared up to stay dry and we will go start a fathers day tradition. First pic is my Grampa and Uncle and myself. Second pic is of me and the boys two falls ago in RI. 3rd is my youngest Conner at 2 years old with his first stringer.