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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
CATEGORIES:Educational Event
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SUMMARY:Beginning Fly Fishing Next Level Class
DESCRIPTION:Second class \n\nNext Level\nRecap of first class\nB. Fly fishing\, Spin Fishing\, and Dynamite (more about Fly Fishing)\nNext Level Bugs\nMidges \n\nMetamorphosis\, Midge Lifecycle video\nFishing the life cycle\nBugs of the Underworld Midges\nMidge flies\n\n\nBoU Mayflies\nScuds and sowbugs PP\n\n\nNext Level Fly fishing PP\nLicenses\nB. Safety\, wading and self rescue\nC. Fish senses\, Snell’s Cone of vision\, Sound\, Smell\, Lateral Line\nD. Hook and leader tech\nE. Observe the water\, mending\, depth\, high sticking\, reading structure\, fishing lies\nF. Nymphing\, swinging\, stripping\, dry flies\, hopper dropper\, setting the hook\, fighting the fish\nG. Trout areas\nH. Tips\n\n\nFishing ethics PP\nCatch and release\, trash\, monofilament\, redds\, felt soles\, Stream Team\, barbs\n15 minutes to get to Memorial Park and set up\nCasting Practice
URL:https://www.mtfa-springfield.org/event/fly-fishing-201/
LOCATION:Springfield Conservation Nature Center\, 4601 S Nature Center Way\, MO\, Springfield\,\, 65804\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational Event
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