Hello all and thanks for checking in at the O’Grady Fly
Fishing Adventures blog. One of the comments the shop has been inundated with
over the last few weeks has been about the number of super dinks in the river.
Now some in the know claim that we have no natural reproduction, the river
tells a different story. I’m not sure when it actually started but at some
point in my life, I found it really rewarding trying to help young people. I
have guest lectured in both middle and high school. I have coached several of
my kid’s sports teams, and Cat and I worked in our church youth group for
several years. Over the years, some of my favorite clients have been kids. It
is so rewarding thinking you are possibly making a positive impact in young people’s
lives.
Today,
Cat and I had a different type of youth teaching. We got to the river at just
after noon and the super dinks were absolutely gorging. Now it has been a long
time since we have found ourselves fishing to those but today we had an idea.
If we know that these super dinks will live their entire lives in our river,
maybe at an early age, we need to teach them how delicious our flies actually
are. All they have to do is taste our flies and we will open a whole new world
to their moldable little minds. Winston also did his part in growing fish
knowledge. While working with our fish youth today we just happened to work a
few quality fish to the net. Obviously, fish that had been taught correctly. It
sure was a productive teaching day today. Water was a little murky today so
sight fishing was limited, luckily PMD’s were hatching all day long. As always,
Connell, Cat, Winston, Mr. Kotter, and the Drift Fly Shop want to thank you for
learning……….
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