MASTERING THE ART OF FLY FISHING
• 3 full days plus 2 half days of instruction
• Great Package Value!
Prerequisites:
None.
Course Description:
Fly fishing is built on two skills: presenting your fly to the trout like a natural insect and recognizing the places in a stream where a trout is most likely to be. The best way to learn these skills is to actually fish: standing in a stream, casting to trout, dealing with the vagaries of wind and current, with a competent, enthusiastic instructor nearby. That's the way we teach the Mastering. You fish a variety of streams under a variety of conditions, learning to make your fly drift like that natural insect, with an expert instructor to assist and encourage you.
Curriculum:
• Dry fly skills
• Nymphing Skills
• Casting Skills
• Knots & Rigging
• Reading the Water
• Wading Safety & Use of Wading Staff
• Basic Entomology
Goals:
Casting:
• Cast accurately to 25'
• Shoot Line to 25'
• Roll cast off of either shoulder
Knots & Rigging:
• Can tie clinch knot and surgeon's knot in under a minute each
• Able to attach a leader, tie on tippet and tie on a fly
• Able to rig for a dry and dropper, nymphing with corkie indicator
Other Goals:
• Can identify a mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly
• Can read water
