White Clay Fly Fishers is excited to be offering our annual Learn to Fly Fish sessions. Over the five week course you will learn the basic equipment, casting skills, knot tying, a session on the bugs with flies that mimic them as well as sessions on reading the water with the final class actually fishing the White Clay Creek.
Fee for the Fly Fishing Classes are: Adults $30, Youth 16 and under $10, family $45 – includes 1 year
membership to White Clay Fly Fishers. To join, go to: https://www.whiteclayflyfishers.org/membership/
All sessions are open the Public: For more information, questions or to sign-up, please email WCFFClub@gmail.com
Weekly Topics:
Week 1: Tuesday, February 25, 2025: Fly-fishing equipment and assembly, dynamics of fly casting, casting with a practice rod.
Week 2: Tuesday, March 4, 2025: Seminar on what bugs fish eat and the flies that mimic them along with an overview of fly fishing gear.
Week 3: Tuesday, March 11, 2025: Knot tying, casting presentation, casting instruction and practice exercises.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025: No class but join us for the WCFF Club monthly meeting at the London Tract Meeting
House (400 Sharpless Rd. Landenberg, PA)
Week 4: Wednesday, March 25, 2025: Review knots, casting instruction and exercises. Reading the water to locate fish and how to cast to the fish.
Week 5: Tuesday, April 8, 2025: Fishing on the stream. Need Pennsylvania and/or Delaware fishing license with a trout stamp!
Locations:
Weeks 1 and 2: Tuesdays, February 25 and March 4, 2025
from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the
London Tract Meeting House at 400
Sharpless Rd, Landenberg, PA.
Weeks 3 and 4: Tuesdays, March 11 and April 25,
2025 from 6:30-8:30 pm, at North Star Elementary School gym,
1340 Little Baltimore Rd, Hockessin, DE
Week 5: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from 5 pm until
dark at White Clay Creek State Park in DE
(Chambers Rock Rd parking lot) and PA (start at
the London Tract Meeting House 400 Sharpless
Rd. Landenberg, PA)