We went to the store a few weeks ago to get some new cleats for my son so he could play soccer. While there, I happened to notice the fishing section of the store and decided to go check it out. Of course my young son wanted to come along with me!
They were running a pre-season sale on most of the fishing gear and I noticed a nice Zebco 11 freshwater fishing rod and reel. It was an ultralight combo (spin casting) and the reel had a trigger that you use to hold the line until you’re ready to let it go when casting. It looked perfect for my 5 year old. Here’s a picture of the reel:
The rod it was attached to was a six footer and would nicely replace the “spiderman” rod/reel combo he used last year! 🙂 (The “spiderman” rod was about 3 feet long and we had problems when fishing the local creek last year because his rod wouldn’t reach out over the weeds and shrubs on the bank of the creek.) So I showed it to him and asked if he wanted it – his response was a shriek of delight and then “oh yeah Dad”!
We bought the “Zebco 11” combo and hopefully we’ll get to try it this or next weekend! I’ll let you know if we were successful.
Catch you later.