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Public Fly Fishing School
April 11, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
$55CANCELED 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
Send Payment to: MFFC Public School c/o Chris Hunter, 11937 Glenview Drive, Plymouth, MI 48170