Learning to fly fish is a life long adventure that can take you fishing anywhere on earth. It generally takes 4 to 8 hours to cover the basics of the sport and learn to cast a fly. At the BOW workshop we teach basic fly fishing. Our participants will learn: tackle, rods, reels, lines, leaders, knots. Insects fish feed on and the fly's that imitate them. Fly fishing techniques for still water and streams. First we teach casting techniques on grass, then on water. By the end of the day, everyone should be having fun, and able to catch their dinner.

The basics of fly tackle discussed

Learning to tie fly-fishing knots

Putting it all together over fish

Demonstrating the proper way to assemble a fly rod outfit

It is not necessary to have the highest dollar equipment that money can buy for catch lots of nice fish on a fly rod. To the contrary, you should size up your long term plans for fly fishing inorder to decide the -rod weight system- best suited for you. It is best to have a mentor guiding you through the equipment needed before you make your first purchase, because cheap generally just doesn't work well. BOW give you the opportunity to learn about the sport of each workshop that ODFW offers, have fun using -sizing up- their equipment for the course and your future outdoors activities.

Coach helping to get the tangles "windknots" out

Participants rigged up for the water exercise classes

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) conducts a number of outdoor workshops around the state in connection with the Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) program.

Next workshop will be in June 2008 -- details TBA
If you are interested in learning more details of this upcoming event, click here to email Mary Hoverson with ODFW and the BOW program.

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