Fly Fishing Class and Tutoring: WINNER "FIGHT OF THE MONTH" Jan 2011

FLY FISHING CLASS

Fly Fishing for over 40 years now.... Wow I am old!!

My class focuses on 3 MAIN AREAS:

Casting - we begin at the individual student's starting skill level and build out from there to the double haul if they are capable.

Knowledge - We cover all gear including rods, backing, fly line, leader, tippet and of course flies. We discuss walking sticks, vests (good and bad) and much more. I make extra efforts to make sure that the students will be able to speak intelligently when they are in the fly shops. We also discuss how to spend your money wisely with shortcuts and substitutes.

Temperament – As I see it, if I teach all the skills and knowledge required to be successful and then when you get on the stream, you blow up on “little Johnny” because he drops his flies…then my class instruction is incomplete. My focus is also to make sure the students are prepared for the accidents and challenges that the stream will bring. I try to head off anger and the possible short sidedness of RUINING a trip to the stream because of lack of self control with fellow fishermen. I do this by stating real life situations that have happened to folks over the years. The sport is to be enjoyed and I try to remove these challenges by pointing out what MAY happen out there. Over the years I have received some very positive feedback about this component from folks that have broken their fly rods and experienced first hand, some of the challenges.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

WINNER "FIGHT OF THE MONTH" Jan 2011

This doesn't look its size, but this 18.5 inch rainbow was caught January 9th 2011 - 27 Degrees - at the Miller Island area on the Clinch River on a #18 Black/Silver Zebra Midge. Sean Camp took the picture and risked his hands to frostbite for the cause... Thanks again Sean. We caught about 10 fish in total on a variety of midge flies. This fish took me down stream of course, but was no match for my 5x tippet and 865 fly rod. We did deal with freezing guides and freezing line but all and all --it was a GREAT DAY!!!! I see time after time that the picture does not show the size of the fish...but they are as they measure, no more, no less.