Me on the left, great day tossing hoppers into the crystal clear high mountain creek near Crater Lake, Oregon.(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/photoHumboldt/Facebook/As%20a%20kid/539003_10200760082299259_529054793_n_zps1yemzts7.jpg) (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/photoHumboldt/media/Facebook/As%20a%20kid/539003_10200760082299259_529054793_n_zps1yemzts7.jpg.html)
Rogue River Steelhead(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/photoHumboldt/1655499_10202154746564994_1986200868_o_zpsrryxbxnl.jpg) (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/photoHumboldt/media/1655499_10202154746564994_1986200868_o_zpsrryxbxnl.jpg.html)
Klamath Lake Rainbow(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/photoHumboldt/1936896_103712055998_7105111_n_zpsemdxegt0.jpg) (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/photoHumboldt/media/1936896_103712055998_7105111_n_zpsemdxegt0.jpg.html)
Cool pics!! You're lucky to have pictures like that, who's the guy in the center first picture?
Marc..
my uncle Steve
Quote from: steelhead_killer on March 05, 2016, 02:35:04 AM
my uncle Steve
I first thought it was you. My uncle was the one and only that introduced me to fishing.
Thanks for sharing and keep those pics in a safe place 8)
Marc
That second photo of you is a great one! It reveals all the joy an angler feels about a prized catch!
Here's to all the uncles that took the time to teach some of us about the art and joys of fishing... ;)
as a kid, you remember every fishing trip you've ever been on. it really is that important!
This is a great post. If you do not mind, I think we could continue the thread and have Members post pics of themselves as young anglers.
-Scott
This is so good to remember --
Exposure and experience to the outdoors is something our kids will never forget.
If we do not have kids, there are always Nieces, Nephews, Neighbors, and just plenty of other kids who through no fault of their own -- would just love to learn to fish, hike, or camp out.
We have a responsibility to change their lives by imparting some of our knowledge, time, and resources.
Nothing more important -- and they will remember these times long after the video game is turned off.
Great pics -- keep them coming.
Best,
Fred
I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere in southern Oregon. My nearest friend my age was 1 mile down the road. What connected us was a stream that flowed from our place to his and it was here that we met and became friends. However, it would not have happened without a gift of a rod and reel.
I wrote this in my blog---
"Buy a kid a fishing pole"
Over the years we spent many hours fishing the stream through all of its phases. It was here that I learned about entomology, trout, steelhead and salmon cycles. It was here that I learned about fly fishing, fly tying and casting. It was here that kept my attention and kept me out of trouble. I learned what poaching does to a fishery. I learned how to evade private property signs.
We walked the banks for hours on end, casting into the pools and eddies that held fish the last time. We would cut a branch from a tree in the shape of a Y and carry our catch along the river. I learned how to fish downstream since I was upstream from my neighbor and he learned how to fish upstream. Today I am still more comfortable fishing downstream. Skating a fly on top of the riffle and watching that big mouth come out of the water and grab the fly was burned into my memory very early.
We fished with a split shot and a fly. The split shot was for flipping the fly into the slots and riffles with a spinning rod and reel. It was not until much later that we took up fly fishing with a fly rod and reel. In the summer months we would collect grasshoppers and caddis flies from their rock cases and flip them into the pools for trout. We never used worms for some reason. They must have been too hard to find.
Flies were easy. Wait for nighttime for my mothers roosters to come into the coop and pluck the hackle feathers from them and off to the vice. The vice was a large vice grip to hold the hook. The flies were basic. Tail, body and hackle wing. Grab some thread from my mothers sewing machine bobbins and we were good! I used finger nail polish for head cement.
So where has this lead? I have a lifetime of fishing and a passion for all things fishing. I have a healthy appreciation of nature and conservation. From my fathers fishing trips to my grandfathers fly fishing trips, they all changed me in a good way. The time I spent with each of them can't be replaced. I read a quote on a social media site that said "The world needs more tackle boxes and less Xbox's". I could not agree more. If you want to have a positive impact on future generations, buy a kid a fishing reel and pole and point them at the river or stream.
Love this stuff. I think we need another 'Younger Me'picture thread.
Nice memories that will stay with you forever, nice fish as well...do you still have that Fenwick? ;D
Sal
This thread is beginning to capture the essence of what fishing is all about. Thanks, Andy. Nice blog post.
Sid
Quote from: Alto Mare on March 05, 2016, 11:30:29 AM
Nice memories that will stay with you forever, nice fish as well...do you still have that Fenwick? ;D
Sal
Sal:
I still have it. 4 piece travel rod. 6lb test with a tiny little reel. Best trout setup I ever used. High school graduation gift from a girlfriend.
Andy
Quote from: steelhead_killer on March 05, 2016, 03:27:24 PM
Quote from: Alto Mare on March 05, 2016, 11:30:29 AM
Nice memories that will stay with you forever, nice fish as well...do you still have that Fenwick? ;D
Sal
Sal:
I still have it. 4 piece travel rod. 6lb test with a tiny little reel. Best trout setup I ever used. High school graduation gift from a girlfriend.
Andy
Lucky you! If the girlfriend that gave you that gift isn't your lovely wife and she tells you to get rid of it, you know who to call ;D
Great post Andy! Really quite enjoyable.
Regards, .. Lou
Me with my Uncle Mike him holding a Sturgeon taken from a local river somewhere deep in the northern Ontario bush near where we lived this was '57 or '58.
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e60/A_Fisher/MewithUncleMikeHimHoldingSturgeon_zpsdd2244e4.jpg)
In the background you can see the pile of firewood typical of the sort that got local families through the winter.
Awesome!
ME FISHING ON THE VERDE RIVER, NEAR COTTON WOOD ARIZONA. EARLY 1950'S
(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae357/DAVEMCCALL12345/OLD%20FAMILY%20PIC/Snapshot2011-08-0817-01-12.jpg) (http://s987.photobucket.com/user/DAVEMCCALL12345/media/OLD%20FAMILY%20PIC/Snapshot2011-08-0817-01-12.jpg.html)
AUNT JEWEL AND AUNT LORWREEN.
(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae357/DAVEMCCALL12345/OLD%20FAMILY%20PIC/Snapshot2011-08-0817-05-30.jpg) (http://s987.photobucket.com/user/DAVEMCCALL12345/media/OLD%20FAMILY%20PIC/Snapshot2011-08-0817-05-30.jpg.html)
FEEDING DEER IN THE KIBAB.
(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae357/DAVEMCCALL12345/OLD%20FAMILY%20PIC/Snapshot2011-08-0817-03-06.jpg) (http://s987.photobucket.com/user/DAVEMCCALL12345/media/OLD%20FAMILY%20PIC/Snapshot2011-08-0817-03-06.jpg.html)
Here is mine Andy, these are great rods and as you've proved it, they will last forever ;D
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g431/pescatore1/20160308_202227.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/pescatore1/media/20160308_202227.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g431/pescatore1/20160308_202140.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/pescatore1/media/20160308_202140.jpg.html)
Sal
Here is one you don't see very often. Orris Fiberglass root beer color Fly/Spin
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/photoHumboldt/IMG_6627_zpsboqlyvnf.jpg) (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/photoHumboldt/media/IMG_6627_zpsboqlyvnf.jpg.html)(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/photoHumboldt/IMG_6626_zpszrakefor.jpg) (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/photoHumboldt/media/IMG_6626_zpszrakefor.jpg.html)(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/photoHumboldt/IMG_6625_zpsx0o4jdhb.jpg) (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/photoHumboldt/media/IMG_6625_zpsx0o4jdhb.jpg.html)
Thanks for sharing Andy, I have one that is very similar, but its a two piece and much older
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g431/pescatore1/20160308_214840.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/pescatore1/media/20160308_214840.jpg.html)
Sal
Is there a model on that one? Is it green? I have not seen a green one. Fiber flex? Metal ferrels? Nice rod!
Quote from: steelhead_killer on March 09, 2016, 05:27:41 AM
Is there a model on that one? Is it green? I have not seen a green one. Fiber flex? Metal ferrels? Nice rod!
No model anywhere Andy. The color is similar to olive green and it is metal.
It did come in this tube but it doesn't tell us much
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g431/pescatore1/20160309_190643.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/pescatore1/media/20160309_190643.jpg.html)
Take a look at the details on the plastic tube, rust and corrosion proof ;D.
I posted this photo before but since this a young angler thread I thought I would post it again. I am in the middle walking toward the camera. Those others are my brothers. Dominick
Dominick, I love that pic ;).
Andy, sorry for pulling away from your great thread, we got too excited about our Fenwick ;D
Sal
Quote from: Dominick on March 10, 2016, 01:10:42 AM
I posted this photo before but since this a young angler thread I thought I would post it again. I am in the middle walking toward the camera. Those others are my brothers. Dominick
Wow! That looks like a neat time, hanging out with the bros
Its all good Sal. I grew up with Fenwick's as the standard. IF only had the ones that I broke along the way...Dom great picture! IF you squint you can see the tank on that rod! ;D
Andy
Me in 1954, with a war mouth perch, from the ditches on Sumatra Rd near East Point Florida.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/anglingarchitect/spanky_zpshjklmson.jpg) (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/anglingarchitect/media/spanky_zpshjklmson.jpg.html)
Great shot! Nice rod!
I've been enjoying all the pics on this thread, but if the latest from Mark doesn't make Photo of the month, I don't know what does....beautiful shot.
Unfortunately, I don't believe I have any pics. I did lots of fishing with my Dad from the time I could walk, but in my little town, no one own a camera at that time. :-\
Thanks for sharing guys.
Sal
The rod had some backbone. ::) My baby brother was using a similar rig (stick with string) in the salt water riding my dads hip in 4' of water and caught a 20 " shark trolling as my dad walked.
Catching Crappies at age 5 on Lake Minnetonaka. My dad put us on the fish.
Thanks for sharing the memorys, and pictures, unfortunately the first two pages of this post had the dreaded x from photobucket 3rd party host blank out syndrome??? Uggggggggggggggg? ???
Butt i,m in with you folks in that if we get kids out there and take them fishing it may be very helpfull in molding their character and better them as young adults. I also remember my early days going fishing in small streams and ponds in Washington state. Always had a worm box.....caught hoppers in august in the fields when it was 110f and kept them in glass jars with nail holes poked in the lid, the good ol days.
No shoes all summer, my brothers built a box boat pram out of 2 sheets of plywood, we made paddles from boards and went to the pond 2 miles from our house, out in the country of course......No tv, no malls, no worries, and we somehow grew up ok?????
We also never had a camera, sure with now a picture or two was taken, Butt thats just how it was. ;)
About the same story, here...pictures were few, and far between....and what few there are, I've been too lazy to scan into the computer! "Our" boat was made from two car hoods (My Dad ran a "salvage yard"), and LOTS of "Dad & Lad" roofing tar ! It felt like it weighed a TON, , so we just left it at our favorite "fishing hole" ( a slough off the Rock River) and every spring, we would have to patch all the bullet holes that accumulated over the winter....a bunch of bolts' nuts, and washers.....and some more "Dad & Lad" !