Outdoor writer/broadcaster Wade Bourne has covered sportfishing for more than 30 years in national magazines, radio and TV.

Streams are great places to introduce kids to fishing, for two main reasons. The first is that many streams support large populations of fish that don’t get much fishing pressure, hence, they bite eagerly and the catching is easy. Kids need a lot of bites on their first trips to keep their interest level up.

The second reason is that streamfishing is an adventure. There is always a new bend to round and abundant wildlife to view. Kids can get in the water. They can picnic on a sandbar. They can enjoy the pleasures and the discoveries of being in a wild, natural environment.