Public Fly Fishing School

CANCELED DUE TO Covid-19

9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Lunch is included)
Michigan State University Tollgate Center

COST: $ 55 per adult
$ 20 per child under 18 (Accompanied by an Adult)

Curriculum

• Casting for the BEGINNER or Tree Avoidance Etiquette
• Equipment – choosing a rod, reel, line, leader, tippet, and flies
• Casting Basics – rod position, pick-up, back cast, forward cast, drift, fade
• Casting Technique – rod grip, loading the rod, presentation
• Demonstrate/Practice – roll, reach, and wiggle cast; mending
• Equipment, Knots, and Stuff
• Equipment ideology for a successful day on the water – rod, reel, line terminology; choosing lines / leaders / tippets
• Knots – terminology; how to tie knots and when to use them
• Stuff – Etiquette, where to go, how to act and be safe, Catch and Release methods, reading the water, how to measure a fish
• Entomology / Hatches / Fly Tying
• Entomology for Fishing Application
• Lower Michigan’s Bugs & Hatches – Mayflies and Caddis and more
• Identify basic flies to carry on the stream…some will work…

Registration

→ Application Form

Send Payment to: MFFC Public School c/o Chris Hunter, 11937 Glenview Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170