Third Outing for the Kid

Some good lessons here.  Worth it to walk for a while (all relative here; I mean "a while" for a kid); get to the good holes.  This water's no secret; nice option for beginning anglers.  But still some marching in snow to get to the guarantee spot as GVS would say.  He had zero problem detecting takes with the tandem nymph rig.  Went 1/2 right away at a couple smaller holes.  Then at the big banger, like last outing, pretty distraught at losing a couple fish after fighting for a while.  Wanted to quit.  I said take a break instead; come back in ten minutes.  The riotous scene below is what followed.

He executed some basic mending on this day; good twitches.  Also saw what a difference it can make if your nymphs are 4.5 feet below indicator instead of 4.0 feet below indicator.  Fish here was 13 maybe 14.  One of the two caught at once (link goes to video).

This fish was a point of instruction: held for a while and made him watch how two hands work together; how angler can hold a fish steady; don't have to horse in, etc.  I hadn't touched the rod (excepting help with a couple tangles) before this point; was just watching and enjoying.

He said the two fish deal was the deal of the day and as such he hung it up.  All in all good outing.  I can find pretty good happiness at this point to just fish through others.  I came in for seconds on the same hole; few drifts in picked up a BKT and took that to be the signal to head home.  Photo credit to J on both images.