Michael Dell Posted December 9, 2004 Posted December 9, 2004 I am organizing a fly tying seminar for the Junior Forest Wardens from Stony Plain on Thursday February 10. This will be an evening program. We need volunteers to work one on one with the kids teaching them how to tie a fly. Please e-mail me at mdell@ecn.ab.ca if you can help. Thanks, Michael p.s. This is the same group of Jr. Forest Wardens that helped us out last spring by cleaning up that big brush pile at Muir Lake.
Scratch Posted December 9, 2004 Posted December 9, 2004 Mike - I'll also commit to assisting. (as long as we have some reminders prior - I can't remember anything that far in advance...)
pacres Posted December 9, 2004 Posted December 9, 2004 I'd love to help out. I'm not sure if my schedule will allow me though. I'll let you know as soon as I can Mike.
dipperdan Posted December 10, 2004 Posted December 10, 2004 You can count me in also Mike, should be fun! Nice to return the favour!
Michael Dell Posted December 10, 2004 Author Posted December 10, 2004 Thanks guys, I will fill in the details and remind you in January. If anyone else wants to volunteer we can use all the help we can get. Ideally we would have enough volunteers to work one on one with all of the kids. Michael
pacres Posted December 10, 2004 Posted December 10, 2004 Michael, How many Kids are you expecting to be here?
DennisS Posted December 10, 2004 Posted December 10, 2004 Hi Mike I will try to get out I will let you know closer to the day as Feb 10 is my Daughters birthday and to date not sure whats planned for that day. Tight Lines Always Dennis S. NLFT&F
Rainbow Posted December 11, 2004 Posted December 11, 2004 The Calendar is marked and I will assist if you still need people Michael. John Marple
canadagrey Posted December 12, 2004 Posted December 12, 2004 Mike: I will gladly assist in this oppormity to say Thank You to them for helping at Muir Lake. Brian
Michael Dell Posted February 3, 2005 Author Posted February 3, 2005 Guys, This is coming up next week. Thanks to everyone who has stepped forward. I will send e-mails to everyone who volunteered as a reminder. I have a map that I will distribute at tonight's meeting. We are going to Rosenthal Church west of Stony Plain for 7 pm on Feb. 10. To get there from highway 16 go through Spruce Grove and in Stony Plain turn south between the A&W and IGA. Head south to Township Road 524, then turn west. Rosenthal Church is just before Range Road 13. We have 24 kids, but we will be taking them in turns. Thanks, Michael
Michael Dell Posted February 3, 2005 Author Posted February 3, 2005 Lance, Thanks for finding the map. I have a handmade one that I was handing out last night at the meeting. The church is 5 km west of Stony Plain (just like on Lance's map). I hadn't thought about raffle prizes. In a group like this I would prefer to make sure that everyone got something to take away. I will talk to Brian about this. Michael
Michael Dell Posted February 5, 2005 Author Posted February 5, 2005 Lance, There's 24 kids for the program. I will talk to Brian when he gets back from Calgary. Michael
Michael Dell Posted February 8, 2005 Author Posted February 8, 2005 Guys, One correction to the information I gave out last week. We have 8 tying kits from Superfly, so we need a few more so we can do 12 kids at a time. Every kid will take home a fly that they tied themselves. Thanks, Michael
RangerBob Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 (edited) I got tools and equipment for at least three more stations Mike. If we all bring our own vices we'll be fine. But yeah, the club should have an even dozen of these in inventory. What patterns you got planned? Edited February 8, 2005 by RangerBob
Michael Dell Posted February 10, 2005 Author Posted February 10, 2005 RB, We're going to tie one simple pattern: the Wooly Bugger. We want to work one on one with the kids. See you tomorrow. We're meeting at the Tim Horton's in Spruce Grove at 6 pm if you want to join us. Michael
Scratch Posted February 10, 2005 Posted February 10, 2005 Needless to say - in my current state - I don't want to infect a bunch of kids - however - if you in a pinch for volunteers Mike - don't hesitate to call. 993-7223 This sucks.... missing too much. Arrgh... Missed Stillwater - Missed Calgary, missed helping out here... Enough to make a guy feel guilty - I know the fish Karma gods are gonna take it out on me this season.
pacres Posted February 11, 2005 Posted February 11, 2005 Great Job Guys. That last smile sums it all up pretty good Very sorry I had to miss this one as well.
Paulf Posted February 11, 2005 Posted February 11, 2005 Another great outing. Just seeing the kids faces light up when they see their fly that they tied says it all. Even the adults get into the action and have the same amount of fun. Many different versions of woolly buggers were tied from what I saw. There were also many different names going around from the standard woolly bugger to the crazy bugger to the colorful bugger and so on. The kids were very creative. A big thank you goes out to all involved. Paulf
DennisS Posted February 11, 2005 Posted February 11, 2005 Great Job Guys. I too am sorry I had to miss. I will make sure I'm helping with the kid at the sportsman show and the Fishin Hole outings. Tight Lines Always Dennis S. NLFT&F
Michael Dell Posted February 12, 2005 Author Posted February 12, 2005 I'd like to thank all the guys for coming out. As Ranger Bob said, Lance and Nemo got there before the rest of us. Brian B, Brian H, Dave M, Dave T, Bill, Rick, Ron, Terry, Les, John, Paul, Dan and Bob came to teach the Junior Forest Wardens how to tie flies. (I hope I got everyone.) Thanks for supporting this. We also thanked the kids for doing the clean-up at Muir Lake last spring. And they volunteered to help again this year. Brian H. proposed that we offer a casting lesson for them sometime in May. I would also like to thank Superfly for supplying the vises and materials. Michael
Rainbow Posted February 12, 2005 Posted February 12, 2005 Great Time, thanks fellas, Thanks for the photos Ranger Bob.
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