(Building on the success shared in last month’s Newscasts)

Featured in Trout Magazine

Check out page 72 of your latest issue of Trout Magazine, the quarterly publication of Trout Unlimited. It features an impressive two-page writeup of last year’s Women’s Leadership Institute. Many congratulations to Tina Murray for her leadership and everyone who is involved in this impressive initiative.

Introducing Women to Fly Fishing

Jim Hess donated an introduction to fly fishing for women to a silent auction for sustainable farming.  On Sunday Jim and Marci, assisted by several SWTU Board Members, welcomed four women from the Blanchardville area to the Lake Belleville/Sugar River Park in Belleville.  A spectacular thunderstorm ended 30 minutes before starting time, clearly a sign this was going to be a fun and worthwhile day.

The instruction included an introduction to many aspects of fly fishing; the  casting clinic featured individual coaching.  The afternoon concluded with cheese, crackers, brownies, watermelon, beer, and fishing for smallmouth bass in the Sugar.  The food bit better than the bass but all enjoyed the afternoon.  The women appreciated the clinic and are planning expeditions to gear up and fish.  One of them announced she has a nice spring pond loaded with brown trout that haven’t seen a hook for years.  The next fishing trip is going to be a success.

Thanks to Jim, Marci, Henry, Tom, Don, and Topf.
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