hikenfish
10-17-2010, 06:12 PM
.......was really great, probably the best $75 I spent in my fishing career, and a chance to meet two very fine gentlemen that have been at it for awhile.
The Friday night feature (scheduled for 3 hours, but extended due to audience interest), covered a wealth of information delivered in an incredible way so that a diverse group of folks (some new to stillwaters and float tubes, to veterans with about 50 years of fishing) could understand all subjects covered. Paramount on the agenda was fly fishing midges either under an indicator or a long leader with a dry line. Of course, a few other methods were mentioned also.
I was particularly impressed on Saturday morning as Phil Rowley patiently spent one on one time with a person on casting the setup down on the lake. We all got to rifle and drool though his beautiful fly tie patterns. Bill and Phil challenged the group of folks to apply knowledge that we absorbed from their teachings (and to try something new) as we struck out on our own on the lake. It was then reviewed after the fishing effort each individual's results, which made for a unique and interesting end of the day. I'll say they worked very hard to help everyone out, and in a true sportsman's way showed a genuine concern in a chipper manner to fulfill each persons needs the entire time. High points illustrated to me was the incredible way the professionals quickly identified food items being eaten by the trout in a timely manner, and then present a pattern really close to the natural in a wind line to pick up 10 fish one after the other!
The Friday night feature (scheduled for 3 hours, but extended due to audience interest), covered a wealth of information delivered in an incredible way so that a diverse group of folks (some new to stillwaters and float tubes, to veterans with about 50 years of fishing) could understand all subjects covered. Paramount on the agenda was fly fishing midges either under an indicator or a long leader with a dry line. Of course, a few other methods were mentioned also.
I was particularly impressed on Saturday morning as Phil Rowley patiently spent one on one time with a person on casting the setup down on the lake. We all got to rifle and drool though his beautiful fly tie patterns. Bill and Phil challenged the group of folks to apply knowledge that we absorbed from their teachings (and to try something new) as we struck out on our own on the lake. It was then reviewed after the fishing effort each individual's results, which made for a unique and interesting end of the day. I'll say they worked very hard to help everyone out, and in a true sportsman's way showed a genuine concern in a chipper manner to fulfill each persons needs the entire time. High points illustrated to me was the incredible way the professionals quickly identified food items being eaten by the trout in a timely manner, and then present a pattern really close to the natural in a wind line to pick up 10 fish one after the other!