Well I had to share this one, Me and my 10yr old son have been working back on the jon boat project(post pics later on the boat forum) and my 8 yr old daughter runs in the garage grinin ear to ear with a pretty spinning rod in her hand, she'd been acting real interested in it lately by asking all kind of questions. The other night she sat down with me and opened up the Baspro fishen cataloge and whent thru all of the hard baits and plastics 8-)

We was at walmart and she asked to see the poles so, I took her by(like I wasn't in the lead) and she wanted to see a open face real-I showed her the mantis(shakespear) and said this was called a spinning real so,that was it. She had mommy buy it for her the next day(smooth girl) and came home to show me :'( she was listening :'(

I'll have to explain the BaitMonkey to her later ;D

well here she is

Notice the stainless fish fryer on top of the cabinet behind me;D

And the thompson water sealer for the wood floor in the boat;D

And my favorite-the two solid chocolate fishy's she brought home to Daddy ;D

thats awsome  ,,,,BTW the mantis was my first rod, i loved it

You are a lucky man.  Make sure that new pole gets bent  :)as soon as it gets warm enough where you live.

Great story man! Fishing is truly a bonding sport.

That right there is what it's all about  

Awesome, FishingBuds!!  I guess the fish better beware! There's a "new sheriff on the block" that'll be out after them:o) That wonderful smile she has will only widen when she catches her first one.

Awesome,get ready to make some good memories!