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 student 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 enjoyment. (120 clock hours). Below are topics of instruction for the Fly Fishing School Program.
Fly Fishing Curriculum
Fly Fishing Guide Responsibilities – 4 hours |
Client |
Natural Resources |
Personal |
Camp/Lodging |
Equipment/Stock |
Lands/Waters |
Code of Ethics Responsibilities to:US Forest Service and BLM use regulations Private Land and Waters Hunting/Fishing Laws and Regulations |
Appearance |
Fly Fishing Guide Horsemanship and Packing – 30 hours |
Decker Pack Saddles |
Sawbuck Saddles |
Advanced Riding Lessons and Trail Rides |
Horse/Mule Psychology and Training |
Packing with Horses and Mules |
Leading a Pack String |
Horse/Mule First Aid |
Nutrition and Care |
Basic Horse Showing 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 Entomology |
Dry Flies |
Streamers |
Wet Flies |
Matching the Hatch |
Dead Drift Nymphing |
Tactics |
Fly Fishing Basics – 6 hours |