Fly-fishing is a great way to unplug your child from the frenetic screen buzz of the 21st century and commune with nature
For a generation raised on Bear Grylls but without any actual survival skills, going fly-fishing is an authentic way for parent and child to escape the everyday and commune with nature.
“Catching your dinner gives a great sense of your origins,” our taxi driver tells my six-year-old boy, Sonny, as he takes us to Connolly Station to catch the train to Balbriggan to try fly-fishing. Both of us are novices. “It brings out the savage in you,” he adds laughing at Sonny’s reaction – the boy’s eyes are open wide, the size of saucers, as he explains the pastime’s attraction.
“Fishing elevates you from the world and everything else. You can dismiss the world and isolate yourself.”…..
Irish Times 30/08/2013 Read the article ‘Totally hooked: catching dinner on the fly’
