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Isn't it about time you learned to Fly Fish? For the 2008 season, we are thrilled to offer our Friday thru Sunday fly fishing clinics. Includes lodging, meals, complete and comprehensive classroom and outdoor FFF Certified fly fishing instruction.

Here is an itinerary and syllabus of the North Star Fly Fishing School. When you leave on Sunday, you will have enough knowledge and skill under your belt to go off on your own and enjoy the sport of Fly Fishing. Learning materials, rods, reels, lines, leaders and fly will be provided for students use, however, you may bring your own equipment if you prefer. Students must provide their own waders and purchase their own NH fishing license. Students will be given the opportunity to purchase new Damon fly rods at a 10% discount off regular price, as well as a discount coupon to Opechee Trading Post for any other items they wish to purchase.

FRIDAY EVENING

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner

6:30 - 9:00 Classroom Instruction
§ Tradition and History
§ Ecosystems and Environments
§ Various Fish Species and their Habitats
§ Equipment
§ Effective Knots
§ Intro to different Flies and their use

SATURDAY

7:00-8:00  Breakfast

8:00-12:00 Outdoor Instruction (at the pond)
· Practical Application of Casting a Fly Rod
· Casting Situations and Applications
· The Roll Cast
· The Single Haul
· The Double Haul
· Practice new skills on the pond

12:00-12:30 Bag Lunch (outdoors)

12:30 - 5:00 Outdoor Instruction cont. (on the river)
· Off to the River
· Wading safety
· Streamside Etiquette
· Basic Entomology
· Reading the water
· Mending your line
· Proper Technique for conditions
· Choosing the right fly for the job
· Proper Landing and Netting
· Proper Catch and Release Technique

5:30-6:30 Dinner

6:30-8:00 Outdoor Instruction cont. (on the pond)
· Question and Answer

SUNDAY

7:00-8:00 Breakfast

8:00-11:00 Outdoor Instruction (on the pond)
· Still Water Fly Fishing

11:00  Checkout

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