The Future of Fly Tying.

Flymph

Flymph

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Thanks to those of you who donated tools our "Community Cares" Fly Tying experiment went well. We had 14 teens volunteer to put up with me. I wished they would have paid this much attention when I was teaching Algebra, five years ago!😁

This guy got into it and is a gear guy who is thinking about converting. Makes me feel like a Minister!

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That's more like it with the gal yawning as I explained a few ideas on tying a wooly bugger. The young man in the orange shirt took off on this and will soon be tying much better looking flies than mine. The young man in the white T-shirt turned out to be a great helper to others that had early struggles.
We are looking to advertise and expand this class in the future at which time I will come begging again for any tools, materials, etc. you can spare. Some kids had to share a vise but it didn't seem to sway their attention. The whole idea of fly fishing is new and hopefully one they just might pursue.
 
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My 7th and 8th grade shop teacher ran the fly club and helped me learn to cast and tie (my dad didn't tie) more than anyone else. What you're doing is just wonderful and I'm sure you'll affect some of those kids in a positive manner, even if it's years down the road before they realize the gift they were given. Cheers to you!
 
If you have not already done so, you might try contacting some of the manufacturers to see if they would be willing to donate a vise or tying tools. I bring it up because there has been a fly fishing class taught at Griffin Middle School in Thurston Co. If I remember correctly, one of the individuals teaching the class got fly tying vises donated from Regal Vise.
 
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