Granite Bay Flycasters will be offering three (3) Intermediate and Advanced
Fly Casting Clinics
at the Folsom Lake main boat ramp
from 9AM until Noon on the following dates:
Clinic 1 -- February 23 Tuesday
Clinic 2 -- March 10 Wednesday
Clinic 3 -- March 16 Tuesday
Sturmer White will be
holding clinics to improve your line control and ability to handle various types
of stream situations while fishing. There will be several new types of casts
taught to keep your flies out of the trees and on the water. Each clinic is
limited to six members. Each clinic will be identical so you only need to
attend one of the three. In the event of rain, we will meet at Maidu Park
instead.
The clinics will be held at the
Granite Bay side of Folsom
Lake at the main boat ramp. At 7:00AM the instructors and all participants
are welcome to have breakfast at Susie's Coffee Shop behind the Arco station on
Douglas Boulevard and Auburn/Folsom Rd. Some people may also want to park
there and carpool instead of paying a fee for each car entering the park.
The clinics will last from 9 AM to 12 Noon each day.
Items needed:
Rod (4 to 6 weight)
A floating line to match
7 1/2 foot leader tapered to 2X
Knee-high boots or Waders
Eyeglasses/Sunglasses
You must be a
GBF Club Member to
enroll in any GBF function. Membership applications are available from our
website at
www.gbflycasters.org.
Sign-up sheets will be
available at the Oct. & Nov.
meetings. The purpose of the Advanced Casting Clinic is to concentrate on techniques that will improve your
catch rate as a flyfisher.
The criteria to sign up for
this clinic are the ability to do basic casts or have completed a beginner’s
flycasting class. It is necessary to be able to double haul on many of these
casts. For this reason, the first thing we will do is to develop proficiency in
the double haul.
We are interested in
accuracy and line control more than distance.
Types of fly
casts:
1. Single/Double
Haul
2. Role Cast
3. Reach Mend
4. Air Mends
5. Steeple Cast
6. Curve Cast
7. Cross Chest
8. Wiggle Cast
9. Underhand
Cast
10. Snake Role
Cast
12. Circle Cast
14. Snap T. Cast
Presenting
the fly in all directions
1. Up and Across
-- curve/reach/wiggle/cross chest
2. Down and
Across -- wiggle/drag/raise and drop
3. Directly
Upstream -- curve/side arm/reach
4. Directly
Downstream -- wiggle/parachute/ slide
5. Back to the Bank -- role
cast/circle/snake roll/snap T
A sign-up sheet
will be available at the February meeting.
If you have any question as
to qualifications, please contact Sturmer White at:
(916) 791-2618 or by e-mail
at
sturmerwhite@surewest.net
Directions:
From I-80, take Douglas Blvd east all the way into the
Granite Bay entrance to Folsom Lake. After entering thru the ranger booth,
take the second
RIGHT turn to the main boat ramp (the one with restrooms) and look for the GBF group.
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