final event of 2007-8

After 9 weeks of practicing on ponds around Ann Arbor the group went "Up North " to Mike's cabin near the Ausable River near Mio. As usual the weather didn't cooperate and there were flood conditions on the river. We visited Bob Linseman's fly shop here he explained what a fly shop does and about the bugs currently hatching. With that info we went to Commin's Fats and huggd the shore while wading. Most everyone caught a fish using a drifted nymph.
To make the trip more autentic we ate pancakes like Hemingway's Nick Adams.

spring session starts april 15

We will begining our sessions with flytying until the fishing picks up. The flies we will tie will be:

• the woolybugger- this fly is a streamer which mimics bait fish, and large nymphs. this is fished by casting down and across the stream, letting it swing down stream then stripping up.
• the hare's ear nymph- a nymph with a bead head, can be used with an indicator or another dry fly.
• The foam ant- this is a terestrial which is fished on the top of the water. this mimics ants and beetles.
• The prime mouradian- This is a good all round dry fly.

Once we have a stash of flies to work with we will begin fishing.

I will be gone the first two weeks of May. so the class will fish independently. In earl June we will take a trip to Mike's cabin and fish the Au Sable and Rifle.