Feb 19 2007
Fly Fishing Classes.
Hello all, I have been very busy in the past few weeks trying to get the book I have wrote all wrapped up. I have been in contact with my editor more than a dozen times over the past week. My editor Peggy has been very busy fixing all my mistakes and getting totally grossed out by the subject of the bug section. I can’t thank her enough for all the time she is spending on my book, as she and her family are in the middle of building their own home and living in a fifth wheel. If all goes well the book should be ready for publication by mid March, and I am very excited by this. Once again PEG Thank you for doing this for me.
As for the blog subject. I have been holding a few FREE classes for the fly fishing class which I have started, and I am now complete with the making of the course content and have the timing of the classes fairly set. I want to thank all the students which have spent the time going thru the course with me and giving me some great feedback to help me mold the course. I held the last class this weekend and have a few more feedback forms to go thru before i complete the content, but this should not take to long. Over the last 3 weeks I have held 4 different classes and have found that in the most part it has gone very well.
As for the content of the course I am offering, it has changed slightly because of the feedback I have had and I am very glad for this. I have found over the past few weeks that some of the content which I had planned to talk about was either over the heads of the beginner or not something I needed to talk about, because it is something the fly fisher will learn over the years and is not as important to the beginner.
In my class I talk about and go thru subjects ranging from rods and reels, to line, tippet, tapered leaders, dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, and the different methods to fishing many of the flies talked about. I also try to make sure I speak about all the different equipment that can be useful to the fly fisher such as vests, chest packs, waders, pontoon boats, float tubes, sunglasses, and the many other small things available to help out the fly fisherman.
After the 3 or so hours of in class time, we head out to a local pond to start with the fly casting portion of the class. In this portion I try to teach only a few different casting styles so not to confuse the beginner to much be introducing them to to many different styles.
I teach the class the regular overhead cast, starting by showing them how it is suppose to look and then by getting then to try while I watch and try to help by doing some adjustments and giving some tips. The second cast I try to teach is the roll cast, I have found that for the river flyfisher it is one of the most useful casts to learn and is fairly simple to execute.
The casting classes are not only about casting, I also teach the student how to do the different types of retrieves which will help them on the water. This in my eyes is a very important aspect of the class, and have found the feedback so far has agreed with this. Most of the students have said they had no idea of how to do different types of retrieves and that showing them was very helpful.
I love doing this, to be able to teach others what I have learn t over the past 15 years of doing this sport is so much fun for me and i look forward to teaching many others in the up coming years.
The one major thing I offer that I think gives me an edge in the industry is private classes. I offer classes for groups of up to 10, semi private classes for up to 4, and private classes for 1-2 people. This allows me to spend more quality time with the student and gives the student a much more intense class.
For more information on my classes go to my web sit at Rp3 Fishing Adventures
I LOVE DOING THIS!!!!!!!
You have to love life when you can have a job that is also you passion.
