ONCE AGAIN IT IS TIME TO REGISTER FOR THIS FALLS FLY FISHING CLASS BY JOHN BERRY

As many of you know, my wife, Lori, and I have been teaching a basic fly fishing class at Arkansas State University Mountain Home, for several years. Our fall class is scheduled for four Thursday nights (6:00 PM to 8:00 PM) on October 6, 13, 20 and 27 on the ASUMH campus. This is the perfect place for us to hold our classes. It is conveniently located just off the US 62/412 by pass across the street from the Donald W. Reynolds Library in Mountain Home. There is ample parking, a nice lawn for us to teach casting and a great class room for us to teach in.

When we moved here sixteen years ago, we left careers, in the corporate world. I was a CPA working for Ducks Unlimited and Lori was a counselor working in marketing and corporate training, for a large psychiatric hospital. The idea was to simplify our lives, concentrate our efforts on fly fishing guiding and teaching and enjoying the laid back lifestyle here, in the Twin Lakes area. We have never regretted our move. We have been successful, in establishing ourselves in new careers and making a living doing what we love to do.

Hands down, the favorite part of our new careers is the teaching. Working with new fly fishers is very rewarding to us. Though Lori has been teaching fly casting for fifteen years and I have been teaching it for over twenty five years, she is the better casting instructor and therefore leads the casting instruction. I concentrate on bring my twenty five years of guiding to bear when leading the classroom portion of the class. I teach things like equipment (what to buy and what not to buy), water safety, knots, rigging, fly selection and reading the water, to name a few,

Half of the class is devoted to casting instruction (with an emphasis on personal attention) and half is devoted to the class room. I assist Lori on the casting and she assists me in the class room. We have slowly improved the curriculum over the years to keep everything simple and easy to comprehend. This is all taught in a comfortable, non-threatening atmosphere, where questions are welcome. It is the perfect opportunity for anyone to learn how to fly fish. Couples find it to be a great place to share a new endeavor.

The university has made everything easy by developing a website for effortless enrollment in the class. Just go to https://asumh.edu/services/community-education.html and sign up. If you do not have access to a computer, call Sarah Sikes at (870) 508-6105. There is a nominal fee, for the class.

If this sounds like something that you would be interested in, please sign up. Lori and I look forward to working with you.