Introducing a New Generation to Fly Fishing

That kind of smile is what fishing with kids is all about. photo courtesy Lone Mountain Ranch

John McKinnie, the fly-fishing manager at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, Montana, sent us these great pictures and a description of a unique Fly Fishing 201 class:

Over the past week we have had the pleasure of introducing a lot of kids to the sport of fly-fishing! We had some kids enjoy their first outing on a river, on the Gallatin, and a group of five youngsters who participated in Orvis Fly-Fishing 201 down at our local Big Sky kids’ pond. The highlight of our 201 group was getting a five-year-old hooked into his first fish on a fly rod! Seeing this precocious youngster outfish his two older brothers was fairly entertaining, but in the end everyone caught a fish.

Wadered-up and ready to go, this group wants to put their new skills to the test. photo courtesy Lone Mountain Ranch

A five-year-old’s first trout is probably the first of a lifetime on the water. photo courtesy Lone Mountain Ranch

The more kids we can bring into the sport, the brighter the future of our rivers and fisheries will be. photo courtesy Lone Mountain Ranch