preparing for Fish Camp

[Iambjm]

Getting ready for another fish camp, 60 women for 4 days, fishing, learning and having fun on the Moen Chain of lakes in Rhinelander Wi. Absolute awesome group of women,from early 20's to darn near 80 years old. I was at a boat launch the other day and a gentleman complimented me on my trailering skills and said how awesome it was to see a woman out fishing by herself, loading and unloading her own boat. There are a lot of us out there, and would love to see even more. We gabbed a little bit about fishing and ice fishing, he was envious that I even had my own wheelhouse.

Been working a lot with my first love Let's Go Fishing With Seniors this summer, been twice as busy now that we have added a youth program. Look for our fishing tournament next summer on Pokegama lake. It will be an adult/youth tournament with lots of neat prizes, we are hoping to raise enough money to buy a new pontoon. Everytime we take a group of kids out I am shocked at how many have never fished before! In a county that has 1000 lakes you would think that everyone would have fished at least once. My cup runneth over

[Mike89]

keep up the good work!!

[Iambjm]

Fish camp was a lot of fun even though I was again fighting some health issues. While I didn't get a lot of fishing in I did take two classes on fly tying and I am hooked. Came home and ordered a tying kit. I don't even fly fish!! But I did tie a pike fly called purple durple which is almost too pretty to use, also did a couple of wooly buggers. I mainly plan to tie pike flies and jigs, and panfish jigs. After all one can never have too many hobbies to keep one occupied while waiting for the ice to form or melt.