One
of the things we should be proudest of is our teaching programs. Tyers
frequently appear at small enclaves to demonstrate and inspire. This
is done under various state and local programs in which we participate.
Recently, UFTRI, with our past President John O'Meara taking the lead,
organized a full day's program in which we forged a teaching partnership
with Trout Unlimited. Twenty-four kids were treated to the gift of special
tutelage, an introduction to "our thing." Below are some pictures
taken at this wonderful event last year.
I wish Ed Lombardo could have taught me about bugs and casting and
all the other great things about tying and fishing when I was a kid!
But, here he is at streamside making up for this lapse
with other youths more fortunate than I am!