Fifth Annual New Hampshire Kid's Trout Camp 2011

It was another great year for the New Hampshire Kid's Trout Camp, which is a fly fishing camp held at Bear Tree's Metallak Lodge in Pittsburg, New Hampshire. Eight boys attended this year's camp, some with experience wanting to learn more and some new to fly fishing altogether. During the 5-day camp, the boys learned skills and experienced firsthand a vast number of things that make fly fishing and coldwater conservation so compelling. Casting instruction on the lawn and roll casting off the lake just below the lodge, fly tying with the L.L. Bean supplied fly tying kits (which the kids get to take home with them), entomology learning about the bugs they were trying to imitate with their flies, classroom time for learning to tie knots, which comes in handy streamside, making your own net, conservation and streamside stewardship, getting out on the water with river shocking and, of course fishing with 1:1 river helpers. The campers also learned about cold water restoration and planted 100 trees along the riverbank of Indian Stream, a tributary of the Connecticut River, also saw the trees planted from the 2 previous years. All the campers caught fish, some very sizeable. It is an exceptional way to get the kids to experience the outdoor world. Yvonne Nanasi, Coordinator of the camp, was very successful in providing a program which provided a wide variety of learning while keeping them engaged and having fun.

If you know of a child that might be interested in this program for next year, visit NHtu.org to learn more and contact information.

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Wendy Nixon