Fly Fishing Club Activities

On Nov 29, 10:21 am, Frank Reid wrote:
Okay, they done screwed up. I am now the President Elect of the
Cornhusker Fly Fishers.
We have many activities thoughout the year, like our Spring Fling
where we bring in a famous fly fisher/tyer. Next year we're bringing
in some guy named "Lefty" from Maryland.
Looking for activities, events that you all have done with your clubs
that might get us out of our standard. Right now, we have a "One Fly"
fishing tournement, a "Survivor" fly tying challenge (you get a pile
of junk and you have to tie flies using the materials you find in
there), a casting competition, and a carp fest. We're also
integrating a rod building class.
Any other novel or unique things that we could include? I'm thinking
a water safety course (I can explain the proper way to wade).
Frank Reid

I am sec'y/treas of a 60 man club. We normally get 30 or so members at
a meeting. One thing we did that was fun, was to lay out a variety of
inexpensive materials on a table,and issue each member a #8 nymph
hook. The object was for each member to choose some materials, and tie
a fly without benefit of a vice. A panel of judges would choose the
best three flies and award prizes. At the time we did this 90%+ of our
members were intermediate to experienced tyers. Since then the
percentage of tyers has dropped, so we no longer have this contest,
but it was fun.