Terry, various shops have classes from time to time, and some local fly
clubs also sponsor classes. A fly fishing club to which I belong, the
Washington Fly Fishing Club, periodically (at a minimum annually) conducts
short fly fishing classes for youth. The class usually goes about 3 weeks,
and includes one day of intro to fly fishing, a day of entomology, a couple
of days of casting, and a couple of days of fly tying. The last few times
we have conducted this program we have encouraged parent participation,
which is the format we will probably generally use from hereon.
We try to move the classes around to different areas around the Puget Sound.
This summer we put on a class in North Bend; last summer, at the Bitter Lake
Community Center; the summer before that at the Issaquah Community Center,
etc.
I'm in the process of coordinating another class at the Bitter Lake
Community Center, and it will probably occur early next year. A small fee
is charged (like $20), and the fees all go to the Community Center. Keep in
touch with me if you're interested.
Richard Embry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Tines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:28 AM
Subject: Re: Yakima Report
> I also have a 14 yrold son - we are just beginning in the sport & would
love
> to take some classes - if anyone can recommend one that would be great -
we
> live in the Ballard area - My son's name is Josh - Talk to you all soon -
> Terry Tines
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Meyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:08 AM
> Subject: Yakima Report
>
>
> > My 14-year old son had no school yesterday (Monday) so I ditched work
and
> we
> > hit the Yakima.
> >
> > We floated and fished from the Diversion Dam near Thorp to Rhinehart
Park
> in
> > Ellensburg. 10 miles or so. We put in about noon and floated until 6:30.
> > Water l-o-w. Temperature in the low-mid 80's and sunny. And no wind! (A
> big
> > bonus this year for Yakima flyfishers.)
> >
> > The fishing was not as good as I expected or experienced in past years
in
> > late September. We might have hooked 2 dozen fish. We did catch a couple
> of
> > large fish. A 17-inch cut-bow landed and my son had a hog release early.
> But
> > overall, I thought both quantity and quality were down.
> >
> > We mostly fished stimulator/hopper/madame X dries with prince and
pheasant
> > tail nymph droppers. I fished buggers and streamers for an hour or so
> with
> > nary a take. No surface activity, although we left before the dusk
caddis
> > hatch may have come off. (The highlite of the day was when my son had a
> > double hook-up with the dropper set-up and that created quite a ruckus.)
> >
> > In retrospect I would have fished further downriver.
> >
> > But there were no other boats on the river. It was peaceful and warm.
And
> my
> > son and I both agreed; it beat the hell out of school and work.
> >
> > Gary Meyers
> > Kirkland
> >
>
>
