Tom Rowland Podcast

Fishing with kids can be difficult, frustrating and a real test of your patience. However, if you can successfully get your child or grandchild into the sport you will have a fishing buddy for life. I fished with my kids when they were all very young. In fact, my oldest was on the boat strapped into a car seat while I was jumping tarpon on fly. His career progressed from there and all my children developed a love of the water and the fishing lifestyle. Today, my children are 16, 20 and 22.  I invited Capt Scott Brown and his son Grayton from Hooked on Family on the show to talk about how someone might successfully get a young child into fishing. Grayton is 4 so Scott is much closer to the nuances of fishing with a 4 year old than I am. Scott has a military background and brings some of that into fishing with kids. He suggests a P.A.C.E. plan to organize your fishing trip. What is a P.A.C.E. plan? P - Primary A - Alternate C - Contingency E - Emergency P = Primary is the ideal plan for the day. What are you go