Academy Volunteers

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

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