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Day 8 – BIG Fish!!
Day 7 – Fish on!
Despite Daylight Savings stealing an hour of sleep, we all made it up bright and early for breakfast, anxious to meet our guides and hit the water. Frost lined the boats as we loaded up in front of the lodge in anticipation of the first guided trip. When we arrived at the launch the waterContinue reading “Day 7 – Fish on!”
Day 6- Travel Day!
We left school at around 8:45 to go to the airport. We were at the airport for about an hour. We got something to eat and some snacks for the plane. The plane left at 11 and then we got to another airport to get on our second flight. The second flight left at 3:45ishContinue reading “Day 6- Travel Day!”
Day 5 – Packing
We started the day off with some nice relaxing fly tying with Mr. Sands. I was working on egg patterns and the table was chatting about the masterpieces they have made over the week. After tying for a while Mr. Lombardi put on some fly fishing movies and we had an option to watch orContinue reading “Day 5 – Packing”
Day 4 – Visit to Cabelas
Today we took a class trip to Cabelas, which is an outdoor adventure store. They had a small selection of fly fishing materials, but I still walked out of the store with new equipment. Mid day we ate the cafe in Cabelas which had good food, including some tasty fish and chips. I had aContinue reading “Day 4 – Visit to Cabelas”
Day 3 – Casting, Mending, and More Practice
Today we started the day off by watching an Orvis video on how to cast properly and positioning in the river. We learned about mending and casting. After that we tied some flies. Popular flies that were tied were Squirmy Worms and egg patterns. We then went to our rooms and started packing for theContinue reading “Day 3 – Casting, Mending, and More Practice”
Day 2 – Casting, Knots and Fly Tying
Today we went outside for the beginning of class, learning how to cast. In the beginning it was very difficult because it seemed very easy but it wasn’t, but after a little while I got it and it became a lot easier and it seems like I got a couple really good cast out there.Continue reading “Day 2 – Casting, Knots and Fly Tying”
Day 1 – Welcome to Match the Hatch: Winterim 2020
The day started by welcoming the students to Match the Hatch: Fly Fishing the Tennessee Valley Winterim. They patiently waited as we went over Winterim expectations, and then eagerly jumped to the unboxing of the new gear. We unpacked the leaders, tippet, flies and fly box, hemostats and nippers and packed the new bags readyContinue reading “Day 1 – Welcome to Match the Hatch: Winterim 2020”