Thursday, June 19th
6:00pm
Pack & Paddle Outpost (behind P&P)
601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette
Join us Thursday June 19th at 6pm in the Pack and Paddle Outpost (behind the shop). We’ll use Daylight Savings Time to our advantage and work on the double haul cast. The double haul is a great technique that increases your line speed, yielding more distance to your cast. It's also very effective for overcoming wind and is widely used in saltwater fly fishing. So come learn this important casting technique, then practice, practice, practice.
As always guests are welcome and come early for some retail therapy at Pack and Paddle.
Thursday, June 26th
6:00pm
Pack & Paddle Outpost, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette
Open to the public
Acadiana Bugs & Brews is an open community fly tying event. While not affiliated with AFR, several of our members participate and assist beginners. Bring your favorite beverage, and enjoy a cold one while tying flies and sharing fishing tales.
This month we are thinking of surf fishing and will have tools and materials available to demo the Thunder Creek Minnow. In the right colors it is a great Bay Anchovy, Glass Minnow imitation for those times a small slow sinking minnow is the approach. It was originated in freshwater and tied to imitate several different minnow species by changing the colors, so once mastered, the options are many.
Tied with bucktail using the "bullet" head or reverse tied technique, this will open up possibilities for reverse tying many other flies and materials such as marabou and craft fur minnows or deer and elk hair hoppers. CLICK on the image above for a larger view of the TCM.
The public is always welcome and we will have materials and tools to learn on. So everyone join us at the Pack and Paddle Outpost, behind the shop on Thursday the 26th at 6pm.
