After plenty of training and studying, Tex Moore and I passed our Federation of Fly Fishers (FFF) Casting Instructor Certification test(s) this past weekend. We were in Lake Charles, LA at the Gulf Coast FFF Conclave, and completed the written and practical (always the most difficult) parts of the test on Saturday, between the crazy [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lessons’
C.C.I.s at Last!!
Posted in Fly Fishing, Lessons and Schools, tagged Casting, Fly Fishing, lessons on May 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Fly Fish Texas 2009
Posted in Fly Fishing, Gear, Lessons and Schools, tagged Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Gear, Hardy, lessons, technology, Temple Fork Rods, Texas Hill Country on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend, Tex and I scooted down to Athens for the annual Fly Fish Texas event at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center to give our (in)famous gear seminar. After a small start (5 folks), our class grew to close to 25 or so, but I’m still unsure as to whether they came for us, [...]
SLP = Straight Line Path
Posted in Lessons and Schools, tagged Casting, Fly Fishing, lessons, Rods, wind on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That acronym is the mantra of anyone attempting to become a Certified Casting Instructor (CCI) with the Federation of Fly Fishers. It relates to the path of the tip of the rod during the casting stroke – no SLP, no tight loops. This past weekend, Tex Moore and I headed to the Hawk Ridge Fly [...]
Lessons on “Graphite”
Posted in Fly Fishing, Gear, tagged lessons, Rods, technology on January 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Or, more correctly – carbon fibre (I like the British spelling). This morning I gave a lesson to Dick Murtland, a golf-club guru with Adams Golf, who has done more with the manufacturing carbon fibre and shaft making than anyone I know (or have heard of). First and foremost, our clubs (rods) are NOT made [...]
