The most important part is to remember is that you want to pass on your passion of fishing to the next generation. The need or want to pass on this passion will be your motivation. We must remember that this is not easy. First off we have to look at how we learned how to fish. This way we can see if we would change any of the methods or attitudes of our
teacher(s). This method is effective if we were taught when we were a child. If we learned at a later stage in life or are self taught we must use slightly different approach. No matter how we learned we have to remember that this is not for ‘me’. We are teaching someone. If you can visualize yourself in the role of the child, great. Most adults sometimes forget what is was like. I do, and I’m writing this.
All children are different. If a child does not want to do a certain part of fishing, like touch a worm, so be it. Fishing can’t be forced onto someone who does not want to do it nor should any guilt be placed on the child. This is where we can get some patience, no one can force you to teach someone how to fish. We need to be encouraging and not forceful. If the child does not want touch the worm, we can do it. What if the child does not want to fish after you spend half the day getting read to do this? Not a problem because this was his or her thing and not yours (maybe?). When trying to teach a child how to something, sometimes things happen that are aggravating. This does not have to be a problem because we are not teaching a survival skill just our own passion. To be more patient we need to decide that there is one purpose for what we are doing and that is to allow the child to learn to fish if he or she desires to.
We just have to remember that this is the child's time. And if we are real lucky it just might our time too. |
