A New Addition and a Proud Moment

Spring is my favorite time of the year...business picks up, the weather is prime for paddling, the fish are biting and most of all, it's about the time that my 1st child was born and as of two weeks ago today, my 2nd! That's right, I am excited to announce that my wonderful wife just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. While very busy at work and the shop, I decided to go ahead and take some time off to spend it with my girls. Despite the sleepless nights, bad eating habits (no time to cook) and no time for myself, it has been well worth it.

During this "off time", I decided to take my 3 year old girl to a small lake near the house to see if we could get her first fish. We packed up our poles (she has a Barbie pole), loaded her wagon in my truck, drove through McDonalds for a happy meal (had to make sure she was "happy") and stopped by Ace Fishing Tackle (I swear the guy that helped me was about 150 years old) to buy some worms and bobbers.

Once there, my daughter would not get out of the wagon and occasionally lost interest by focusing on the stickers she got in her happy meal but the best was yet to come. After losing 23 worms, we were down to our final cast and FISH ON, there it was, the bobber started bouncing around so we quickly reeled the little guy in rendering what was to be on of the proudest moments of my life...my daughter catching her first fish. Honestly, she was a little scared at first but I quickly convinced her that it was okay to gently touch it...the smile on her face was priceless.

Cheers,
Roland “Bones” Jimenez