I just wanted to take a moment and apologize for not having posted any new trout fishing tips or information the past few weeks. I've been very busy for caring family members with health issues, one of which recently died.
My grandfather was more like a dad to me than my own dad was (who was distant most of the time). He had been battling lung cancer and heart disease the last couple of years and that battle finally ended two weeks ago. Losing him has been difficult and I've been busy since helping the family stumble through the business side of things and making sure my grandma was cared for.
I was honored with the privilege of writing his obituary and I found that when talking to others about my grandpa, fishing adventures were often remembered. My grandpa was a great fisherman and one of the anglers I learned the most from. Because of his interest in fishing, I was fortunate to have had as many different angling experiences as I did.
Even before Angler's Legacy existed, my grandpa was living the pledge. While many adults get frustrated fishing with kids, my grandpa loved it. There was nothing better to him than helping a kid experience the joy and excitement of catching fish. He loved it so much that it was not uncommon for him to remove a fish he caught from his own hook and put it on one of our poles (after sending us on a quick errand) so we would think we caught it.
Last year I took all of our old fishing photos and put them into a scrapbook. I'm grateful that I was able to share those memories with my grandpa before he died.
I'll never forget those deep sea fishing expeditions on the coast of California nor all of the freshwater fishing we did together. Because of him, I have taught others to fish and continue to do so .... so his legacy lives on.
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