More ladies fly fishing

Luring anglers (The Mining Journal)

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Standing on a rock outcropping that juts into Officer’s Gulch Lake, Char Bloom resembled an orchestra conductor the moment before a concert. Instead of lifting a wand, though, she waved a fly fishing rod.

Fly fishing as a whole has leveled off, though, according to last year’s study. There were 14.7 million fly fishermen (and women) in 2005, down from 18.2 million in 2004.

Fly fishing had a surge in popularity when Brad Pitt starred in the 1992 movie “A River Runs Through It.” However, wannabes soon discovered it wasn’t as easy as Pitt made it look.

“It got very fashionable there for a while,” fly fishing author John Gierach said. “But those who saw the movie and got into it because it looked fashionable have moved on to something else.”

Nice to see more ladies coming into the sport, thanks to The Mining Journal for this update....check out the full article.

http://www.miningjournal.net/stories/articles.asp?articleID=6244

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