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TROUT Tips – Stack the Deck
When introducing someone new to the sport of fly fishing, set it up so success comes early and often. What does that look like? Rig the rod, reel, line, and terminal tackle for them and have them watch and learn Take them to a stocked pond This could be a pond stocked with trout, but bluegill, sunfish, and bass…
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TROUT Tip – Eliminate pressure
Along the lines of keeping it fun, pressure is not fun for anyone learning something new. This is just as true for kids as it is for adults. If your student flubs a cast, help them brush it off by encouraging them to try again or suggest a tip to help on the next one. If their fly lands in…
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TROUT Tip – Make it fun
If you’re motivated to teach fly fishing to kids, it is imperative to keep it fun. Sure, we’d like them to perfect the cast and find joy in matching the hatch and catching fish, but in the end, it’s all about making them want to come back to it. If lessons keep coming at them at warp speed, they’ll quickly lose interest. Make it fun…
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Photo of the week – learning
As anglers, we are naturally curious. There are many pieces to the puzzle to figure out while fishing, so we ask many questions seeking the answers with careful observation. The insect puzzle is a good one to sort out early on in your fishing career. Once you know the bugs and hatches, you can often catch more fish. Here’s to…
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It’s National Fishing and Boating Week
Here's how you can celebrate all across the country It’s National Fishing and Boating Week across the country. As witnessed by many last year during the height of the pandemic people all across the country turned to the outdoors to provide themselves and their families with the space they needed to be with their loved…
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Learning to row
There’s no better time to start. Growing up as a Midwestern kid from the suburbs, I didn’t know much about the outdoors. Being from Ohio, we didn’t camp a lot. Rivers were a bit foreign to our family of six. Don’t get me wrong, we fished, swam and rode bikes until the streetlights came on…
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