In 2010, after watching my neighbor / mentor / great friend / old buddy aka CF get multiple Fish Ohio awards year after year for almost 3 decades he and I headed out with his friend Doug to a public pond.
CF gave me my first spinning rod and reel, he helped me pick out my first compound bow, got me my first Fish Ohio, taught me to tie flies, make my own bow strings, and tried to teach me how to cast a fly rod. Somewhere in all that he snuck in many other life lessons. He passed away in 2016 but I will always remember my first Fish Ohio.
C.F.