3.5 million Women fly fish in USA

Fly fishing reeling in more women (This Ithaca Journal)

That is a phenominal statistic. More and more Women are being drawn to the sport which is great I say, the more the better.....if only I could persuade my wife - or is that a bad thing? Anyway check out the article below

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Standing on a rock outcropping that juts intoOfficer's Gulch Lake, Char Bloom resembled an orchestra conductor themoment before a concert. Instead of lifting a wand, though, she waved afly fishing rod.

Withan audience of women surrounding her, Bloom brought her rod back andthen gracefully rocked it forward, throwing her line into the lake withjust the perfect amount of arch. The fly gently landed on the tranquillake, creating only the tiniest ripple.

“Make sure the fly hits the water first and not the rest of your line,” Bloom said. “Otherwise, you'll scare the fish away.”Too late: The 17 female anglers watching Bloom were wearingjingling beads around their waists and they were decked out from headto toe in bright colors such as turquoise and hot pink.

Their rods? Raspberry colored.

Thereare new anglers reeling in fish these days: According to an OutdoorIndustry Foundation study last year, there are nearly 3.5 million womenwho fly fish in the United States, up 200,000 since 2003.

That's welcome news to Robert Ramsay, president of the American Fly Fishers Trade Association.

“Weall know that mothers control vacation destinations,” Ramsay laughed.“If we can entice mothers to take their families fishing, that would begreat.

“Fly fishing has this stigma of being a cigar-smoking, good-old-boys type club. It would be great to change that image.”

TheInternational Women's Fly Fishers organization, now in its 11th year,has helped organize 42 women's clubs from California to New Zealand.

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Interesting stuff from Pat Graham

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Pursuing a fish most foul

Pursuing a fish most foul

Interesting article about fishing near Vancouver, there money in them there fish. Lets hope they just catch the tagged fish.

Seattle Times - Bald eagles sometimes fly by; the clear night sky sparkles with stars. For the most part, though, Vasilchuk keeps his eye on his fishing rod. The bounty program has in its official title that it's a "sport reward fishery." For David Vasilchuk, it's how ...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003295583_bountyfish07m.html

Thanks to Erik Lacitis for reporting this news.

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