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Family fishing flashback prompts advice to parents

Emma Scherer of Spokane holds a trout she landed while fishing out of a canoe on Badger Lake with her friend, Hillary Landers, in this 1998 photo. (Rich Landers)
Emma Scherer of Spokane holds a trout she landed while fishing out of a canoe on Badger Lake with her friend, Hillary Landers, in this 1998 photo. (Rich Landers)

ANGLING -- We pause current events for this Landers family fishing flashback....

I just stumbled onto this 1998 photo (above), which brings back fond memories of fishing Badger Lake with my favorite youngest daughter Hillary, and her pal, Emma Scherer.

They were elementary school classmates at the time, but underneath those cute, innocent exteriors they were fish-hooking maniacs.

Advice to parents: Don't miss out on the fun of taking kids fishing.

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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