Tag: dad

  • Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks – Fly Fishing With My Dad

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    douglaspaton

    Fall is in full swing here. The nice weather is happening less often; the poplars have started turning, adding nice golden yellow patches to the hillsides and we’ve seen frost on more than one occasion. As part of the usual fall celebrations, we had ourThanksgiving last week here in Canada. Since…

  • 5 Surprising Ways Fishing Can Make You A Better Parent

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    douglaspaton

    About a year before my daughter was born, I got my first fly rod. Next to the birth of my daughter, it proved to be one of the most transformative things that ever happened to me. Over the course of that one year I went from a casual angler to…

  • Fishing With my Dad

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    douglaspaton

    As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been lucky enough to spend a fair bit of time fishing with my dad lately. It’s been great. We used to fish together as often as we could, usually dependent on things like how much time we had or who’s place we were…