Thank you for wanting to help at the academy. Our mission is to help students discover the wonders we experience when fly fishing.
How can you help ?
Share your fishing skill sets that will help students from 12 – 16 years old, understand why we fish with flies.
Assist students with fly casting, knot tying, fly tying and river or lake fishing.
You can be the mentor to a young and eager to learn student that doesn’t know anything about wind knots let along how to prevent one.
You are key in making a student’s time at the academy a great experience.
The following volunteer positions are what we are needing to make the academy a success.
TYING INSTRUCTORSTYING INSTRUCTOR
Five Needed
Teach groups of students how to tie a specific fly.
TYING MENTORS Tying Mentors
Five Needed
Assist students with tying flies during class and free time.
Bring your vise but we have all the materials and tools.
KNOT INSTRUCTORS
Two Needed
Teach students how to tie fly fishing knots.
KNOT HELPERS
Two Needed
Help students tie knots.
CERTIFIED CASTING INSTRUCTORCertified Casting Instructor – Position Filled for 2025
Position Filled
Instruct our beginner and experienced students to becoming more proficient casters.
CASTING MENTORSCasting Mentors
Can’t get enough
Assist the Casting Instructor
Help teach the basics.
LAKE FISHING MENTORS
Need four or five.
Brig your 5 wt. with floating line.
Help students gear up and choose good locations to fish.
Be a mentor on the water to assist students with fly selections, casting methods and techniques .
If you have a boat that does not need a trailer to launch, bring it and then fish along side students from your boat while they fish from their Panhandle canoes.
When your off duty feel free to fish our stocked private lake.
STREAM FISHING MENTORSStream Fishing Mentors
Need five or six.
We travel 25 minutes from camp to pre selected local creek/river fishing locations (beats) where you can help students gear up and choose good locations to fish.
Mentor students on fishing techniques, river etiquette, how to set a hook, play a fish, land it and release it unharmed.
You will be wade fishing in shallow locations and students are restricted to wading only up to their knees with their PFDs on.
Assist in showing students how to mend on moving water.
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL SETQualification and Skill Sets
Vaccinated and boosted is preferred, but not a requirement.
You must be a Fly Fisher (non-negotiable).
You enjoy being in the company of kids 12-16 years old.
Your willing to share fly fishing tricks you learned ages ago.
Have a caring personality.
ENDURE A SHORT BRIEFINGEndure a short Pre-Class/Event Briefing
Learn about student with unique needs that may be in your group.
Review the Emergency Plan in case bad things happen.
Review the key components of our Sex Abuse Policy
Personal Flotation Device (PFDs / Life Vests) Rules
Boat Fishing Rules
Wade Fishing Rules
OVERNIGHTERS NEED TO COMPLETE A T.U. BACKGROUND CHECKNational Background Check required for all overnighters.
A short, free online form.
Application procedures are available from any Co-Director