Favor: Fly Fishing College Courses

[Zach Matthews]

Hey guys –

I am working on putting together a blurb for American Angler on fly fishing college courses.

[Anonymous]

I am almost positive that PSU still offers their fly tying and intro to fly fishing classes.  Even though George has passed away and Joe is retired they still offer them.  Its tough to find the right tele number with monster universities like that.  If you are having trouble I would call the TCO fly shop at State College and talk to Paul.  He is a well known guide in the N.E. and I think Wyatt on their staff is a PSU grad.

[Zach Matthews]

Very helpful, thanks Tim.

Zach

[Tim Schulz]

Zach,

Here is a course offered at Michigan Tech:

PE 0103 – Bait and Fly Casting
Bait and fly casting skills. Each student must have a valid current year Michigan fishing license. Trout stamp is optional. Equipment is available if needed. Requires some additional hours outside of class. May be use once as a general education co-curricular course.
Credits: 0.5; Graded Pass/Fail Only
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-2)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring

Send me a PM if you would like some help learning specifics.

[Mike Cline]

Zach,

From the 2008-2010 Montana State University Catalog, Department of Health and Human Development:

HHD 145 FLY FISHING
On Demand 1 cr. LAB 1
— Basic skills and knowledge of fly fishing including; casting, entomology, habitat, stream ethics, tackle, tactics, and strategy.

[Mike Cline]

Zach,

Auburn University has a Fly Fishing offering:

http://mell-base.uce.auburn.edu/CourseStatus.awp?~~10S2C002

[Eric Weller]

Zach,
  Here are the classes offered by Penn State for credit;

  KINES 004 Principals and Practices of Fly Fishing for Trout
  KINES 008 Introduction to Casting
  ARNELLE INITIATIVE Multi-cultural Introduction to Fly Fishing
  KINES 093  Masters of Fly Fishing
Here’s the link
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/a/mab6/

Eric

[lee church]

Robert A. Oden Jr the president of Carleton College (MN) teaches one.

[paul rose]

App state has course but I do not have the link

[Zach Matthews]

Thanks all!

Zach

[Jay Hake]

Colorado Mountain College has a fishing guide course offering:

http://www.coloradomtn.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=2935482&pageId=3702362

[Rick Marcum]

I’m pretty sure Western in Gunnison, CO has one as well.

[g zinkus]

Oregon State University has had fly fishing courses for quite a while.

[Peter E.]

Wish my University did something similar.

[anonymous]

Zach, the Northwest Arkansas Community College offers Fly Fishing and Fly Tying as a continuing education course.

Tyler Junior College in Texas also offers fly fishing classes.

And the Department of Intramural/Recreational Sports is sponsoring a new Fly Fishing Club at the University of Arkansas.

[kcflyfish]

The University of Montana in Missoula has a course, non credit.

[Corey Kruitbosch]

Pretty sure the University of Utah has some FF classes.

[Scott Kessler]

IIRC a few of the University of WI locations offer ff courses also.

[craig phillips]

Zach,

My buddy and I teach a fly fishing class at Kansas State University for 1 hour of Recreation credit, co-offered through the University for Mankind (a local not-for-profit offering a variety of classes taught by practitioners of various arts) for non-credit.

[mick mccorcle]

Zach:

I know that Texas A&M has a course in the Entomology Department called “Aquatic Entomology for Anglers”.

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