Thank you to all of you who have supported my middle school flyfishing program over the years! I retired at the end of the 2017/18 school year, so I am no longer running this program. I'll miss it, and I'm glad to have had the opportunity to share my passion for flyfishing with so many great kids. I'm happy to report that every student in the program successfully tied flies, attached them properly to their leader, cast their flies to trout and hooked and landed at least one trout. Some landed many trout! :-)
All tools and materials for flytying and flyfishing were supplied by these generous donors:
All tools and materials for flytying and flyfishing were supplied by these generous donors:
- Members of FlyBC.ca & FishBC.com
- John Kent Flies
- Members of Penticton Flyfishers
- Trout Waters Fly & Tackle
- Various community members
Check out Prize Draw Extravaganza 2017! Watch the video below to see our flyfishers win all sorts of great prizes donated by our very generous supporters.
Here are some of Mr. Woodward's flytying videos:
How to Perform a Single-Hand Whip Finish
Ostrich Herl Microleech
Tying the '52 Buick
Tying the Ice Cream Cone Chironomid Pupa
Tying a Modified Pumpkinhead
Other useful (or fun) flytying & flyfishing videos:
Davie McPhail's YouTube channel - watch a master flytier and learn
How to use a whip-finish tool - a fundamental skill
Fast early-season fishing on Tunkwa Lake - if only all of our fishing days were like this!
RIO TV - lots of good info
Who Needs Jaws? - sneaky predators lurk under boats...
Yvon Chouinard tying his Pheasant Tail & Partridge
Here are some of Mr. Woodward's videos of trout prey:
Chaoborus (glassworm) larvae
Chaoborus pupae
Chironomid (midge) pupae
Bloodworms (chironomid larvae)
A big hatch of adult chironomids
Some interesting information about aquatic insects and flyfishing in general:
BC Fly Fishing Federation -a registered, non-profit society whose main objective is to promote the conservation of the fishing environment in British Columbia
FlyBC.ca - an well-moderated forum about flyfishing in BC; lots of information
Flycraft Angling - all sorts of good information about flyfishing from Phil Rowley
flyhooks.org - all sorts of info about how various hook shapes and styles compare to each other
Dragonfly nymphs hunting - the stuff of horror movies! Great macro videography.
Dragonfly nymph moulting into adult - very cool up-close video of a dragonfly nymph hatching into an adult
International Federation of Fly Fishers - an international non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of the sport of fly fishing through Conservation, Restoration and Education
Global Flyfisher - another rich resource for flyfishing information
Here Be Dragons - some very interesting facts about dragonflies, including some cool photos and video
Kidfish - a site meant to help children learn more about their environment through flyfishing :-)
Midcurrent - yet another rich resource for flyfishing information
How to Perform a Single-Hand Whip Finish
Ostrich Herl Microleech
Tying the '52 Buick
Tying the Ice Cream Cone Chironomid Pupa
Tying a Modified Pumpkinhead
Other useful (or fun) flytying & flyfishing videos:
Davie McPhail's YouTube channel - watch a master flytier and learn
How to use a whip-finish tool - a fundamental skill
Fast early-season fishing on Tunkwa Lake - if only all of our fishing days were like this!
RIO TV - lots of good info
Who Needs Jaws? - sneaky predators lurk under boats...
Yvon Chouinard tying his Pheasant Tail & Partridge
Here are some of Mr. Woodward's videos of trout prey:
Chaoborus (glassworm) larvae
Chaoborus pupae
Chironomid (midge) pupae
Bloodworms (chironomid larvae)
A big hatch of adult chironomids
Some interesting information about aquatic insects and flyfishing in general:
BC Fly Fishing Federation -a registered, non-profit society whose main objective is to promote the conservation of the fishing environment in British Columbia
FlyBC.ca - an well-moderated forum about flyfishing in BC; lots of information
Flycraft Angling - all sorts of good information about flyfishing from Phil Rowley
flyhooks.org - all sorts of info about how various hook shapes and styles compare to each other
Dragonfly nymphs hunting - the stuff of horror movies! Great macro videography.
Dragonfly nymph moulting into adult - very cool up-close video of a dragonfly nymph hatching into an adult
International Federation of Fly Fishers - an international non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of the sport of fly fishing through Conservation, Restoration and Education
Global Flyfisher - another rich resource for flyfishing information
Here Be Dragons - some very interesting facts about dragonflies, including some cool photos and video
Kidfish - a site meant to help children learn more about their environment through flyfishing :-)
Midcurrent - yet another rich resource for flyfishing information