My father thinks it’s because I had a classmate who was very into animals and he got me started but I’m not sure. I remember going to Teveria with my family and seeing fishermen along the Kinneret and thinking I wish I could try that too. At first I used to build my own fishing rods out of sticks I found lying around and fish off our back porch. Well obviously there’s no water there so I didn’t catch any fish. But when my parents saw how interested I was they took me to a fishing store in Teveria. The man in the store showed me how to use a real rod and hooks and the weights and floats that help you cast the line way out into the water.