Program ; Fly Fishing Montana’s Kootenai River.
The Kootenai river flows in Northwestern Montana as is home to Wild Rainbow, Cutthroat, Cut-Bows, Brown, Brook and Bull Trout. This presentation will take you to this beautiful river and includes scenery, lodging options and the equipment needed to fish it effectively.
Pitkin Community Center
30 Greenfield Street
Wethersfield, CT 06109
When I was eleven years old I observed my 1st Fly Fisherman casting a Fly Rod at Salmon River in Connecticut. I knew right then that one day I would try that technique of fishing for trout. I received my 1st Fly Fishing outfit for Christmas in 1970 when I was 16 years old, it was a Fenwick Fiberglass FF706 rod paired with a Pflueger 1494 Medalist reel. I was using this rod and reel on the same Salmon River where I saw my 1st Fly Fisherman when I landed my 1st fly rod caught trout using a black Wooly Worm with a red tail. I still have and use this outfit today. This was the beginning of my fly fishing adventure and it continues today.
As time marched on I continued my new adventure and at the age of 30 I added Fly Tying to it when I signed up for lessons conducted by the Connecticut Fly Fisherman’s Association in 1984. Later that year I became a member of CFFA and in 1990 I accepted the Board position of Education Chairman. I loved this work and remained on the BOD in this position until 2010. After a short hiatus I was asked to become the president of CFFA beginning in 2016. I thought about it for only a moment and gladly accepted the position. It is now 2023 and I am still enjoying each day I serve as president of the CFFA along with the Fly Fishing adventure that began a long time ago.
Gary Steinmiller