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Fly Fishing Guide School Program

Fly Fishing School Program

The Fly Fishing School Program is designed to give the student guide special training and qualification in the outdoor recreation industry. The program provides the students with experience and instruction to guide exciting and fruitful fishing trips. The program not only attracts people wanting to become guides, but also people looking to learn for personal enjoyemnt. The Basic Program is a prerequisite for this two week course (120 clock hours). Below are topics of instruction for the Fly Fishing School Program.

 

Fly Fishing Guide Responsibilities
4 hours

    Code of Ethics
    Responsibilities to:
    • Client
    • Natural Resources
    US Forest Service and BLM use regulations
    Private Land and Waters
    Hunting/Fishing Laws and Regulations
    Appearance
    • Personal
    • Camp/Lodging
    • Equipment/Stock
    • Lands/Waters

Fly Fishing Guide Horsemanship and Packing
30 hours

    Advanced Riding Lessons and Trail Rides
    Horse/Mule Psychology and Training
    Packing with Horses and Mules
    • Decker Pack Saddles
    • Sawbuck Saddles
    Leading a Pack String
    Horse/Mule First Aid
    Nutrition and Care
    Basic Horse Shoeing and Hoof Maintenance
    Giving Shots, Medicines, and Worming

Professional Fly Fishing Guide Equipment
2 hours

    Personal
    Field
    Vehicles/Tack
    Weapons

Setting Up a Pack Trip
30 hours

    Packing Equipment and Supplies
    Campsite Selection and Layout
    Erecting Tents
    Camp Safety and Hygiene
    Keeping Horses in the Wilderness
    Pack Trip

Small Stream Basics
10 hours

    Reading Water
    Attractor Flies
    Hopper and Dropper Fishing
    Terrestrials
    Special Small Stream Casts
    Tactics

River Basics
10 hours

    Reading Water
    Aquatic Entemology
    Dry Flies
    Streamers
    Wet Flies
    Matching the Hatch
    Dead Drift Nymphing
    Tactics

Fly Fishing Basics
6 hours

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