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Ten ways to make fly-fishing a bigger part of your life
Flowers of flow: The first section of our Spring term Intro to Fly Fishing class met this week, and capped our lecture and casting sessions with a trip to St. Louis Ponds.
One new alum, Celeste, not only snapped the photo of that gorgeous mirrored pond that leads off this week's newsletter, but she also baked two fresh baguettes to share with the class over lunch. Talk about an all star!
And, instant karma: Celeste caught her first fish on a fly rod during the outing. Loaves and fishes! I'm a firm believer this excellent start will carry over to her family fishing trip to Montana this summer. Well done, Celeste.
📚 Are bookworms a terrestrial fly?: Thanks also to the group that joined the initial Read by the River book club meeting last week! We had a great discussion about (and around) In Praise of Floods by James C. Scott. Stay tuned for a debrief and a little poll on what we might read next.
🎣 The Maupin Meetup is coming up, in just over six weeks. Stay tuned for the official schedule. If you're interested, either in hanging out the whole weekend or just coming by to fish for a day, you can let me know by registering here.
💻 Boring tech stuff: The site migration seems to have been successful. If you're reading this, my emails are getting through. If you're having any difficulties, or have noticed any wonk, please reach out. The easiest thing to do would be reply to this email directly.
Finding time to fly-fish: Working to work it in
We all would love more time to fish. But, inconveniently, the boss, the kids, the chores never seem to wait, or get the memo that they're not the most urgent priority.
So, how does one create more opportunities to spend that golden time on the water? Without, of course, giving up on our present obligations?
We've compiled a few of the 10 most effective ways to make fly-fishing a bigger part of your life here.
Nick Parish
The honest, enthusiastic, unrestrained, wholehearted way that a largemouth wallops a surface lure has endeared him forever to my heart. Nothing that the smallmouth does can compare with the announced strike of his big-mouthed cousin.
John Alden Knight, Black Bass (1949)
(I just caught my first of the season.)
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