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SUMMARY:Beginning Fly Fishing Class
DESCRIPTION:First class \n\nIntroductions and about MTFA\nClass objectives\n\n\nFly Fishing\nA. Difference between fly fishing and spin cast fishing\nB. Ancient Fly Fishing\nC. Fishing is not catching\n1. catch and release\n2. paying attention\n\n\nEquipment for class\nA. Rods and reels\nB. Sunglasses and caps for safety\nC. Be careful with equipment\nFor the field trip to RRSP license and tag requirements\nTrout food and flies\nA. food choices\n1. match the hatch\n2. food groups\n3. scuds and sowbugs\n4. aquatic insects & metamorphosis\na. emergence\nb. midges\, mayflies\, caddisflies\n5. terrestrials\, worms\nB. Flies\n1. imitator flies\, attractor flies\n2. dry flies\, wet flies\, streamers\, wooly buggers\, etc\n\n\nFly fishing basics\n\nrods\, types\, weights\, stiffness\nlines\, leaders\, tippets\, mono-fluorocarbon\nhooks\, indicators\nWaders or not\nOther equipment\n\n\nKnots PP\n\nKnots for different uses and places\nsurgeons knot\, perfection loop\, loop to loop\, improved clinch\, Davy knot\, tangles\ncheck your leader occasionally\nwind knots and other tangles\n\n\n\n\nCasting\n\ndemonstration w/ teaching rod\nRod Assembly PP\, assembly/disassembly\n15 minutes to get to Memorial Park and set up\nCasting Practice
URL:https://www.mtfa-springfield.org/event/fly-fishing-101/
LOCATION:Springfield Conservation Nature Center\, 4601 S Nature Center Way\, MO\, Springfield\,\, 65804\, United States
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