At nearly 82 years of age, I find myself thinking about passing on the outdoor hunting and fishing skills to younger people more often. Of my six grandchildren, only my granddaughter, Demaris, really cares about outdoor sports. I have done lots of hunting and fishing trips with her and will go more often now that she has moved back to Texas.
So with only one grandchild that has my interests, I am helping others with their grandchildren. My friend, Robert Hillegeist, and his wife, Carolyn, were enjoying a very relaxed life of retirement in a beautiful home on Canyon Lake. Then, their life suddenly changed. Recently Robert and a friend made a fast trip to North Carolina to bring home two of his grandchildren. Robert and Carolyn are the legal parents now of an 11-yearold boy, Tristan, and an 8-year-old girl, Storm.
Tristan is like glue on his grandfather, Papa. They are always together. For many weeks, Tristan begged to go fishing. Robert does not have a fishing history, except fishing with earthworms on a bobber as a boy.
