Certified as a fly-fishing instructor by the Federation of Fly-Fishers, Jim Blauch of Moose Track Adventures in Ely, MN conducted a weekend workshop in Federation of Fly-Fishers Casting Instructor Certification Program.The 3-day program started Friday late afternoon with checking in at Moose Track Adventures Resort. The group of men & women consisted of partipants from Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota.
During the short casting evaluation of the particpants, a short rain shower blew in. They had the chance to witness not only one rainbow, but a double rainbow that evening.
Participants, 14 in all, spent the morning of Saturday, May 30th at Whiteside Park.
They split into two groups for a performance exam run-through of each candidate.
Registered students must attend workshops such as this and, before certification, must pass written and performance exams.
After lunch, they had a discussion of teaching skills tasks and each had time to practice the teaching skills tasks.
John Breslin & Dave Barron, both FFF Certified Master Casting Instructors headed up the workshop. Powerpoint presentations during the evening consisted of Casting Analysis, Principles of Adult Learning, Rollcasting Theory just to name a few.
Jim Blauch & Dave Leger - each FFF Certified Casting Instructors also covered topics and lead discussions. "We have excellent fly-fishing opportunities right here in our backyard and ever since I started guiding, one of my goals was to introduce the fly-fishing opportunities that northern Minnesota and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area has to offer," says Jim Blauch. In addition to teaching the instructor course, he also gives private and group lessons in fly fishing.
For more information, call Jim Blauch at 365-4106 or check out the website: http://www.fedflyfishers.org/
Claire was not a 'registered participant' during the workshop, but she did get a chance to try her hand with a fly-fishing yarn rod that is used in fly-casting instruction.
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