Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: SWVA HEC | Room 240
Free

Description: Fly fishing combines science, craft, and sport. Where will the fish be? How do you tie a fly that imitates an insect? How do you cast to reach that pool where the fish are? In two events, learn how to do this.

Details: Bruce Wankel (retired fly-fishing guide and owner of the Virginia Creeper Fly Shop) will present an overview of the excellent year-round fly-fishing opportunities in our region. He will describe essential equipment, tackle, and appropriate outerwear for fly fishing.
Using a slide show and live demonstrations, he will discuss fishing lines, knots, flies used in the area and fly pattern selection. Participants are welcome to try their hand in tying a fly pattern. Attendees will learn to identify some of our area's common aquatic and terrestrial insects in the trout's diet and to recognize look-alike imitation trout flies.