Hi Folks,Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Evan Griggs who is a junior at Southwest High School in Minneapolis. Evan is the leader of the school's fly fishing club. I learned about the club while attending the recent Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo. At the Expo I spoke to a young lady who was covering a booth for the club. While we talked, she was tying flies.
Some of you may have heard on a previous episode that Roger Olson gave us a donation of fly tying materials. When Joe and I visited Roger, he gave us the contents of several large plastic storage tubs full of fur, feathers, chenille, thread, tinsel, etc. You may also recall some references in previous episodes to bucktails as Roger's collection of tying stuff included hundreds of bucktails in all colors. Roger's hope was that these materials would be used to get kids involved in fly tying. His only request was that some day we send him a fly tied by a young person.
At the time, we weren't sure how we were going to put Roger's materials to use but when I was at the Expo the light bulb went on. I asked the young fly tier if she could use some tying materials and she said I should talk to Evan and gave me his card. Last night I met with Evan and his Mom and handed off Roger's collection. As we talked, I learned that Evan is enthusiastic about fly fishing and about getting people involved in the fishing and conservation aspects of the sport. His club has been on a fishing outing to the Kinni, they will be attending the upcoming Rush River Cleanup on April 25th, and will assist with a stream electro shocking survey that will be conducted by the MN DNR on the Vermillion.
Evan and his Mom were very grateful to receive the materials and told me they could really use some more tying vises so that all members of the club could tie at the same time. If there is anyone out there that can help with a donation of an old vise or perhaps some tying tools, please let us know. I will be attending some of the club's future meetings and will see that donations will get to this group of young fly fishers.
Thanks
Ken
(The picture is actually my grandson at the tying bench)
2 comments:
Ken,
Evan and his peers represent the health and future of our rivers and the sport of fly fishing. Let's do all that we can to support them.
I couldn't agree more. Thanks, Ken, for taking the time to do this. Let's see if we can raise a few vices for these guys. I have two, but both are pretty cheap. I'd be happy to give up one, though.
joe
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