A cheery group of women met at Clarette's Restaurant in Walla Walla at 7 pm Wed. April 10, for a fun social "meet and greet", and to start planning for workshops, classes and fly fishing outings.
Nine women were in attendance. There would have been more, but one was unable to get over the Blue Mts. due to the severe weather, and another was out of town for work. There are several others that are interested, but were also unable to attend for various reasons.
Contact information was obtained for each attendee, and each person had the opportunity to list skills or aspects to fly fishing that they would like to learn about or practice, types of fishing they'd like to try/do, and places they were interested in fishing.
Discussions re: potential spring fishing opportunities spurred conversations about fishing licenses for WA and OR, and options for single day license for non-resident OR etc.
The "mission statement"/goals and objectives of the women's group was discussed, along with various safety plans and other items of interest to women fly fishers.
It sounds like there will be several women attending the introduction to rigging of fly rods, basic knots and fly casting mini-workshop at 10 a.m., Saturday April 20, at Tietan park. At this point, it sounds like Diane will be able to manage and teach the workshop on her own, but if she needs assistance she will ask.
Diane brought enough flies (and a corks to take them home on) for everyone in attendance to get one.
Heidi H. donated a small lanyard/keychain made from recycled fly line that was made by a women-owned company in Montana called Fly Vines, for a door prize raffle. Judy McDole won the raffle.
There is much enthusiasm and interest in planning more activities, from intro/beginner classes, fly tying, and some more advanced casting and fishing skills, as well as definite excitement at the prospect of planning some fishing outings!
More social meet-and-greet activities may be planned in the future as well.
It was a very enjoyable evening indeed!
Heidi Hoffer
Email contact: kc7ccl@gmail.com
Email contact: kc7ccl@gmail.com
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