Anne Woodcock organises fishing days for women. She is the Marketing Director at FishPal and has a weekly show on CVFM Radio 
April Vokey
When April Vokey was a girl, her dad would sometimes take her out on a lake with a worm on a hook but he was far from an avid fisherman.
At 16, on a whim really, she decided to give salmon fishing a try. She packed up her little trout spinning rod and headed for the Chilliwack River.
It wasn’t exactly a scene from “A River Runs Through It,” since she broke her rod, lost the fish and went home empty-handed, but she was hooked – even if the fish wasn’t.
CANOE Travel – News – Fishing schools with a feminine twist reeling women into the sport.
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Lee Cummings AAPGAI
Lee Cummings sent over a link to Sexy Loops today, asking me to take a look at fault diagnosis and fly casting definitions on the site. Lee is a contributor and on the board at Sexy Loops
Sexyloops is a superb flycasting resource on the internet for beginners to advanced casting. The advice and knowledge is spread throughout the site. It expands weekly with new advice and you’ll also find honest tackle revies…how refreshing!
Karen a beginner taught by Paul Sexy Loops
Paul Arden is the mastermind behind Sexy loops, a forward thinking guy who challenges his own theories and thinks out of the box..Paul Arden says “As an instructor it is important to be able to alter my teaching to suit the individual. People learn differently. I hope to be able to convey this observation in the beginners teaching pages”
http://www.sexyloops.com/flycasting/definitions2.shtml I have also included a link to Sexy loops on our site, for future reference.
Illtyd with some AAPGAI members
Just to let you know on saturday at the Tweed Show, Illtyd Griffiths who will be demonstrating the single handed rod for ladies fishing is also going to talk about sea trout fishing, he is recognised world wide as an expert, i think we may also have some instructors watching and listening to this demonstration….
we are VERY Lucky. http://www.sewincaster.co.uk/
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Brett O'Connor
Ladies, just to let you know we’ve spoken to Sue from CFR today and she is sending every lady attending the Tweed Show on Saturday information in the post direct.
Bob writes “The stock of flies I had tied for this trip is already running low as O’Connor raids another handful. He goes on to catch seven sea trout, including three over 10lb, all on our first day. A spectacular feat – even for this river. “I don’t think I have had any salmon of the same size fight as hard as these fish,” he says before plunging back into the water.” http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5f093a2c-4c1d-11df-a217-00144feab49a.html
http://web.mac.com/reeldays/Reel_Days/Brett_OConnor.html
Jim Curry
Jim Curry is organising a ladies fishing event on Wednesday 18th August at Bolton Abbey for trout and grayling towards our fund raising for Casting for Recovery. Jim is a partner at Halstead and Bolton the exclusive sporting agents. www.halsteadandbolton.com
Also this weekend Dawn took part in the Fund Raising event for The Grace House North East Children’s Hospice Appeal. Well done Dawn, heard you had a great day and raised money through jam sales etc for such a good cause.
Just confirmed that Jim Fearn, Paul Procter and Lee Cummings have offered their help/advice to any ladies wishing to purchase equipment at the Tweed show.
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ladies sharing a joke
Today was our second free event for April 2010, which was held at Witton Castle Lakes. The morning consisted of casting tuition from our coach and AAPGAI Master Paul Little on double hauling, including demonstrations on curve, stack and pile casts with discussions for the use whilst river fishing, and the opportunity to learn the cast. We also had some fun, casting through hoops in the air and on the ground to improve our accuracy, which was enjoyed by all, including shrieks of laughter and support for all ladies.
Lunch as always is becoming a grand affair, thank you to everyone who contributed. Paul and Cliff said “ample, sufficiency of excellent cuisine” when asked this evening to comment about the cooking.
Yes were casting through this hoop
Afternoon saw us all walking down to the river wear for an introduction to entomology. Cliff introduced the session and explained why the river fly survey is being conducted on the river Wear and the benefits the Derwent and Tyne have seen.
Sarah kick sampling
Cliff explained the methods of sampling, Sarah commented to the group that when her mum was a little girl, stone turning was something she would do with her father before they started fishing to see what fly life the water held.
cliff exlaining stone washing
The following fly life was found during our kick sampling and stone turning sessions: agile darters, stone clingers, yellow sally’s, free swimming caddis larvae, stone flies and water beetles. Sampling was undertaken below a small wear in a stoney, fast flowing stretch of the river Wear. Most of the stone clingers we found were very small in size.
insect identifciation by the water
Back at Witton Castle Lakes club house we investigated the sample under the microscope attached to Cliff’s computer, which resulted in fantastic pictures with brilliant colour and detail of the fly life.
The day finished with some more casting, fishing and a few ladies had the chance to flex a double handed rod with our casting instructor.
insect identification
It was agreed by all what a great day to go fishing, meet friends and what a fabulous location Witton Castle enjoys, and the friendly welcome from the staff at the lakes.
The next time the ladies are together is Saturday 1st May at the Tweed Show where we have casting demonstrations from leading AAPGAI members and the launch of Ladies Fishing Casting for Recovery fund raising. We look forward to seeing you at 10am outside the main hall at the Tweed Show.
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Ladies Fishing Coaches Cliff and Paul
Ladies
Cliff and Paul our resident coaches met up today for a casting session on the single and double handed rods, trialing new rods and lines. Both coaches are keen entomologists and spent time at the end of the session stone turning in the River Wear, pointing out fly life with their Latin names. We are in for a treat tomorrow
Thank you to both coaches for the casting and entomology ladies day tomorrow, also their hard work on the Casting for Recovery fund-raising programme. Huge thanks must also go to Trish who is working tirelessly behind the scenes…you are a star !
Anne Woodcock organises fishing days for women. She is the Marketing Director at FishPal and has a weekly show on CVFM Radio 