Good thoughts - I have a ten-year-old son, thanks. Like most blood sports, fishing is out-of-step with modernity. Though the younger guys who wetsuit have a more up-to-date interpretation to the sport.
The biggest relief so far for me is that my son appears to be a regular boy: less interested in work and school, and more interested in goofing off and girls.
I used to find that most "very good" fishermen came from fishing families. It's not that way so much anymore, but it's still true among fishermen over fifty.
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