How many of you grew up in a fly fishing family?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

My family was not a fly fishing family but we loved the outdoors, clamming, conventional fishing, hunting and crabbing.
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My old friend Tom Moore grew up in a fly fishing family back East somewhere.

I think his grandfather and father belonged to an old fly fishing club on a trout stream so he started very young.

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My friend Fred Gordon's father was a great fly fisher and started Fred Jr out very young.

Today, Fred is a famous Nor Cal fly fishing guide out of Dunsmuir, CA.

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Growing up in Paradise, CA, Nor Cal guide Jon Baiocchi was son of a famous Outdoorsman, Bob Baiocchi.

Jon’s Dad, Bob Baiocchi, FFF Hall of Famer 1999 ~ (3/26/31 – 9/8/2013) was well known by most of us FFing Baby Boomers.

Good story about Bob Baiocchi : http://www.baiocchistroutfitters.com...hi-article.pdf

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Was your father or uncle or grandfather a fly fisher when you were born?

[yubaman]

My Dad was. He is a Kiwi ( New Zealander), so we fished from when we were little. We fly fished some, but probably threw more spinners than anything. I will never forget his reaction, or the look on his face, when I caught my first "big one" . . . an 18" brown at Yosemite when I was about 9 years old.

We have some old pictures when he was a kid. There are a bunch of pictures of he and his brother back in New Zealand. The would go out and spend the day fishing, retire to their fort and cook up lunch with their catch. They looked like Huck Finn in the pictures. One day their fort caught fire and had the Fire Brigade and neighbors out in force.

We fished all over the Sierra's back when we grew up. Great times.

[John Sv]

I did. My Dad loves to fly fish and as far as I know has since he was a kid. He had me tying flies at age 10 or so and fly fishing around then as well. We were not/are not fly fishing purists though... best tool for the job. Not sure where he picked it up. My grandmother loved fishing but didn't fish with a fly.

There was also a retired guy a couple doors down from us that would take me fishing. I would help him load his aluminum jon boat on the roof of his old sedan and we would go fly fishing for bream and pickerel. He would fish everything from a Royal Coachman to nightcrawlers and live crickets from a fly rod. His interest in fly fishing was more from an efficiency standpoint. No need to reel up and re-cast when fishing far away. I remember then grumbling about fishing with Mr. Scarborough because he had me do chores and he chain smoked Marlboros in the car, but in hindsight I was pretty darn lucky.

[John H]

No fly fishing in my family I know of. The best family fishing anecdote I know is during the depression in Iowa my grandfather getting a big carp in the ditch with a pitchfork to put food on the table.

[arbolado]

I learned how to trout fish from my dad with velveeta cheese and salmon eggs, moved on to Rooster Tale spinners and bought my first fly rod and reel when I was ten at the Thrifty’s in Mt. Shasta when we were camping on the upper McCloud river at Fowler Campground. My dad wasn’t a serious fly fisherman but he dabbled in it.

My dad grew up surf fishing in SoCal and when he was a teenager the family made a trip to the Mt. Shasta area and tried their hand at fishing the upper Sacramento river with their surf fishing outfits. Pyramid sinkers, swivels etc. they had no clue what they doing until a local set them straight on how to fish for trout. My dad was always thankful for that locals advice and he often brought it up when we were on a stream or a lake.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Wonderful stories.......thanks to all.


I guess we all have one common thread here......we love the outdoors.

Today, I just love being around water......mostly in a boat now.

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I have also snorkeled my entire life, fresh water and salt water, starting at 10 in Santa Cruz in the surf with a small Hawaiian Sling spear gun my dad made me.

When ever I went to the tropics on fly fishing flats trips I snorkeled after fishing almost daily. Just looking at fish......

Never did the scuba but can't tell you why?