Sheltered by the newness of our relationship, lessons were heartfelt and filled with patience. Through lessons learned prying errant casts from trees and bushes, freeing snags from unseen obstacles, baiting hooks, selecting lures, and handling fish, we both became better anglers and more importantly, better communicators. We shared a love of the outdoors and that was a pretty good foundation to build on.
I say together, because although I have fished for most of my life and she had some fishing experience, our experiences and expectations did not start out as a natural fit. Lifelong Fishing Buddiesĭuring the early part of our relationship, my wife and I spent a fair amount of free time learning to fish together. We learned from family members and friends, mentors who knew that the secret to building a long and successful fishing career was rooted in a simple approach. Story and memory are built by the fish we’ve landed and more so by the ones that got away. For many of us, a love of angling is cultivated on ponds catching bluegills and bass, and approachable rivers and lakes catching trout – often stocked trout. While most anglers are excited by the idyllic fly fishing scenes in “A River Runs Through It,” few of us learn our first lessons by fishing big rivers with a fly rod.
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