how to bait a hook and stay patient with kids

Lean in. Yes, lean in. This is all you are doing today. You are the guy with the worm baiting the hook. That is your sole job and you should do it well. You have nothing else to worry about. Just bait hooks.

When you bait their hook and they drop the line in the water and the fish immediately grabs the worm and they lift it out of the water and put it right back in your face and say they need more bait. Just shrug. Since my only job is to bait hooks, looks like I’ll be busy and that’s great!

You can try and delay the time in between baiting hooks by offering some advice on fishing. Like make sure to close the bail and reel in a little. Then flick your wrist to set the tiny hook. They may or may not listen. But again, you’re only job is to bait hooks. So stick to that.

The less I’m trying to do other things or think about what else I want to do, the more present I can be for others. The more I can focus on just baiting hooks. Bonus if you can help get fish off the hooks too. That’s really cool.