Central Wisconsin Chapter of Trout Unlimited

FVTC/CWTU Introduction to Fly Fishing and Fly Tying class

Again this Spring I will be teaching the FVTC/CWTU Introduction to Fly Fishing and Fly

Tying Class at Winneconne High School. It will be the thirteenth year that I have taught

the class. This year I am happy to announce that Jim Murphy, a great fly fisher and fly tier has accepted an offer to co-teach the class with me.

Over the years this has been a lot of fun. Jim and I will get to make new and interesting

friends and turn them on to the most interesting and rewarding sport that I know of.

This is the way the class is listed in the FVTC course catalog:

Fly Fishing & Tying, Intro

Allows participants of experience hands-on time to tie eight different flies, a casting

instruction session and an on-stream instructional experience. Content will include

equipment selection, fly types and selection, knot tying, fly presentation, fly fishing

organizations and resources, where to fish, fly fishing the Internet, leader making,

stream biology, hatch charts, casting technique, and warm water fly fishing.

4/2 - 5/21 Winneconne High School 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Too be more specific, we have six, three-hour classroom sessions, one on-the-water

casting session, and one evening session on a local trout stream for a total of eight

sessions. The first class is Tuesday, April 2, starting at 6:00 PM. The costs are $94.01

for under 62 and $85.13 for people over 62. There is also a $15 materials fee that pays

for feathers, hooks, leader material, etc. Overall the participant will receive 25 hours of

instruction at a cost of around $4.00/hour.

If you know of someone who would benefit from this class, please have them contact

me at 920-582-7802(home), 920-379-9263(cell), or jgremmer@charter.net/.

To sign up for the class contact FVTC's Marie Thull at 920-582-4025.

John Gremmer.