David Like’s His Beef

Well, that was fun.. or part of it, anyhow.  As I wrote yesterday, David caught his first rainbow trout – and he was pretty excited to help me cook it up on the bbq.

But when it came time to eating it, he wasn’t so sure – he’s never really been much into eating fish, having a preference for beef.  When it came time to serve it, he said, “No!  I just wanted to catch it, help cook it, and let you eat it!”

But he did eat all his vegetables. And after a few forkfulls of lovely bbq’d rainbow trout, he seemed to not mind the taste so much, especially when there was some carrot added to the mouthful.  Anyhow, it was still a great day with the little wee man.  Hopefully I’ll be able to get him out a few more times and introduce him to the fly rod!

Which is something I’m wondering about… what age do others put a fly rod into the hands of their kids?  He loves to fish – but I really don’t think he could handle a fly rod or casting one at this point. Any thoughts on this?