Sunday, November 1, 2020

Comgratulations Renita!

 


We wrote in early September about Renita catching the Colorado Cut Throat. She was so excited about meeting all of the requirements for the Wyoming Cut Slam Award and she finally got the award in the mail yesterday, here in Texas. She has been beaming ever since!


She worked hard for it a she took up fly fishing about five years ago and started as most do by learning to roll cast. Its a simple technique that works really well in small streams and we have many small streams here in Western Wyoming.( Pictured below is her first ever fly fishing cutthroat trout, any trout for that matter)


Later her friend Val, her main teacher, took her out to a grass lawn in Star Valley and showed her how to lay out some line. That's a technique for making longer casts, usually in large rivers or when fishing our mountain lakes.


Besides the casting she had to learn to mend her line, stripping the line as necessary, and most importantly concentrating on her fly during its drift. Often you don't see the tiny fly and so setting the hook requires you to set on any rising fish.


Finally you have to play the fish in remembering that she is using a five x tippet. That a piece of monofilament line that's not very strong and is easily broken by a large fish! Of course there are trees in the way and snags always waiting to cause problems, (along with keeping an eye out for bears, wolves, and moose).


She has mastered all the techniques including handling the fish and safely releasing the fish using a medical forceps. Now she has joined the ranks of successful fly fisherwomen! Well done Renita!


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