GLC Fly Casting Development Outing
June 7 - June 9
The Great Lakes Council (GLC) of Fly Fishers International (FFI), of which the MFFC is a member, has announced its plans for a weekend outing in Grayling from Friday, June 7, through Sunday, June 9.
The weekend will kick off on Friday at 3 p.m. at Gates Lodge with a fishing and hatch report, followed late-afternoon and evening fishing on one’s own.
Saturday’s schedule provided time for wetting a line in the morning prior to a Fly Casting Skills Development Event from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Grayling Fish Hatchery. The GLC will set up the Fly Casting Skills Development Course created by FFI. Direction and instruction will be available from GLC members. Because the Hatchery also will be open to the public, the GLC also available introductory casting instruction to Hatchery visitors. GLC fly tying vises and materials also will be available for visitors interested in trying their hand at fly tying.
The Grayling Fish Hatchery, which opens to the public on Memorial Day weekend, features more than 1,000 Michigan Department of Natural Resources-provided Rainbow Trout in a number of raceways as well as a marsh raceway that houses many turtles and frogs. Children and teens (age16 and under) are welcome to fish in the Children’s Fishing Pond for free. Kids need to bring their own equipment and bait and practice catch and release only. The hatchery is located at 4890 West North Down River Road in Grayling.
Following the casting event, there will be ample opportunity to catch Saturday’s evening hatch on the river.
The weekend concludes on Sunday with a GLC general membership meeting, beginning at 10 a.m., to be followed by GLC Board Meeting. Both meetings be conducted in the Board Room at Gates Lodge. The meetings will be available via Zoom, as well. Look for the Zoom link in future communications.
*Mike Matuszewski is currently MFFC’s GLC representative.*