Posted: June 5, 2014
The NSER Outdoor Pursuits 110 class would
like to thank the Miramichi Salmon Association for their continued support
of the New Brunswick High School Provincial Fly Fishing Fair. The year
marked the 2nd annual event which hosted Blackville High, Hampton High, St.
John High, Miramichi Valley High, and NB Central Academy.
NSER would like to thank the following
individuals for their support this year. Mark Hambrook, Debbie
Norton and the MSA for the amazing barbeque lunch provided for
free to the 80 plus students and supervisors. This generous group
also provided three Redington Rod/Reel/Line outfits and 4 Fly
boxes filled with beautiful Atlantic Salmon flies for competition/door
prizes. Thank you to Steve Smith from the Miramichi Fly Fishing
School for giving our participants some great lessons in the art of
casting. thanks to Vince Sweezy, Cathy Colford, Graydon Curtis, Alex
Parker, and Officer Kendal Strurgeon for some very informative
sessions on fly tying, career possibilities, current scientific research
and conservation/regulations.
Also a huge thanks goes to Brett Silliker,
Bill Buffington (Florida) , Kiran Baker (London, England), Steve Toning
(Fredericton), Nola Chaisson, and Barb Hambrook for volunteering in a
number of different roles.
This day simply would not be possible without the
support of the above individuals and the groups they are associated with.
The MSA fish hatchery is the perfect location for our event and hopefully
this annual fair will occur there for many more years to come. Our
biggest goal is to expose students to this wonderful pastime and hopefully
we've "hooked" some new fisherman and woman. "Thank
you" just does not do justice to the appreciation we at NSER feel for
all those who have helped us host this great event and we look forward to
working with you next year!