Fly Fishing School

Fly Fishing School

Green Country Flyfishers have been contacting an annual Fly Fishing school since 1980's.

The School introduces both trout and warm water fly fishing and fly tying. No experience is required as this is an introductory school. The school covers fly fishing equipment, knots, reading the water, fishing techniques, fly casting, and fly tying. Each session includes a short presentation on fly fishing followed by a fly tying lesson. A student will have learned 6 fly patterns by the end of the school.

The only cost for students are for materials used in the class.

The 2008 class finished on March 13th with the cast lessons.  If you are interested in learning to fly fish or tie flies the GCF has a monthly fly tying session on the third Thursday where new members are tutored in the art of fly tying. Anyone interested in learning is welcome at these sessions.

Contact: Bobby Donnell


School Feb 2008

School Feb 2008 3

This year's students working on tying the Adams dry fly

Green Country Fly Tying School 2008

 Preliminary Schedule subject to change

Date

Topic

Activities

Objectives

Fly

Feb. 5

Met at Arvest Bank 6:30 – 7:00

Introductions with 

Cover outline and introduce the club

 

Feb. 7

Basic Hooks

And materials

Set up equipment

Add tail, weight, feather, chenille Finishing knot

Wooly Bugger

Feb. 12

Fishing Strategies Warm

Show beads and the variety

Add dubbing, ribbing, wing case

Hair’s ear

Feb. 19

Fish foods

Quick outline of various flies and names

Feather as dubbing, bead head

Pheasant Tail Nymph

Feb. 21

Rods and reels with Gene Holland

Q & A on the various weights of rods

Hair wing dry hackle

Dry Fly Elk Hair Caddis

Feb. 26

Knots with Bob Cunningham

Tie the basic knots

Feather wing and front hackle

Dry Fly Adams

Feb. 28

Fishing Strategies Cold

buck hair and  eyes

dumbbell eye

Clouser

March. 4

Meet @ Arvest Where to fish

Go to the back of the bank and tie with foam

Add foam, Tie in legs

Foam bugs

March 6

safety and aux. equipment

Give a hand out with a recipe for a zebra midge

Test ability to tie on own

Zebra midge

March 11 & 13

Casting at the Dewey Girls Gym with Certified Casting Instructor