First time fishing-4 year old fun

Took my girlfriend's nephew fishing yesterday for a few hours. Best day in years, nothing like taking a boy fishing for the first time. A little back story:
Dillon is 4, his parents are homeless and he lives with my girlfriend's sister. He is a great kid with an exceptional spirit and great smile that is contagious. I met him two weeks ago and he had a toy pole with a magnet and fish with a metal piece in the mouth. He loved that toy and was showing me how he plays fishing.
On our way home that night, I told my gf we HAD to take this boy fishing, as soon as possible, no question about it!
Yesterday after church, I took him to Walmart and let him pick out his gear. He picked a nice little Zebco and a spiderman tackle box. He was beyond stoked!! Swung by Fisherman's warehouse and picked up some worms and went to William B Pond.
We got set up on the shore and were swarmed by geese and ducks. He played with them while I rigged up his pole. He wanted to cast, but I told him to be patient and I would teach him as the day went on. He had the reeling in part down, no problem there.
You know kids that age, they need constant action and cannot stand to let a bait soak lol. So, I wanted to see if he was ok with worms. I let him dig one out. He named him wiggly the worm, let him wiggle in his hand for a bit then wanted another. Squirmy the worm. Then Ed the worm. Then Billy the worm. He kissed Billy the worm.
I told him that the dirt on his hand was worm poo. His face was hilarious! He wiped it off on the ground, then took his new worm friends to go to the bathroom one by one in the sand.
Once the worms lost his attention and it was abundantly clear there were no bluegill around our spot, I let him reel in. I took the bait hook off, and let him cast. He nailed it first try!! A nice 20 foot cast straight out! So for the next half hour he cast and retrieved the bobber. As he got wore out, the casts got sloppy.
I started to hurt pretty bad and told him we gotta go. This is when I realised he is a born fisherman. "One more cast!" I said ok. He reeled in, "one more cast!?" Ok Dillon, one more then we gotta go.
He fumbled the next cast and said "that one didn't count, one more."
How can you say no?
Twenty or so more casts and we were on our way. We didnt catch anything, but it didn't matter to either one of us. He was so happy he went fishing, got his own new fishing pole and tackle box with bobbers lol.
I was happy he was happy. Now that he has the basics, we can go to a spot next that I know will produce, and it will be just that much better for him.
Take a kid fishing, even if it isnt your own. The fun and excitement for the kid is something that cannot be experienced in a video game or bought. It will make lasting memories for them and yourself. I am so glad I was able to take this little guy out for his first fishing trip. Been thinking about it all day, thought I would share a piece of that memory with all of you. My girlfriend took lots of pics, sorry that I dont have any to attach and share.

Great write up Rich.

That is great that he had so much fun.

Awesome!

Thanks for the story, a bright spot in my day. 

Wonderful.
Thank you for sharing this story with us!

Right on, Rich!  We took a big extended family trip yesterday and put the youngsters on fish.  We had as much fun or more than they did, watching them progress.

Terrific Rich ! Way to get him started. Imagine what will happen when he gets his first fish. My 11 year old daughter bugs me all the time to take her to Rollins. Great stuff!

One little moment will bring endless memories