what happened when I taught a fly-fishing course in the waterways of New Orleans

what happened when I taught a fly-fishing course in the waterways of New Orleans

Source: theconversation

12/4/2023

what happened when I taught a fly-fishing course in the waterways of New Orleans

Credit: Kyle Encar/Loyola University New Orleans

After two years of Zoom classes due to the pandemic, I thought it would be useful to offer a two-week intersession course at Loyola University New Orleans that got students away from their phones and computers.

I had just written a book on fly-fishing and spent years practicing the activity as well as studying its literary representations. To teach the course, I drew on my prior experience as an outdoor guide leading river trips for the company OARS in Wyoming.

Lake Pontchartrain

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
1926	По чудесному льду...	ohotniki	2023-03-24	RU
1927	Minnesota catch-and-release northern pike record	echopress	2023-03-14	US
1928	1954 article puts then-lowly status of burbot on Lake of the Woods into clear focus	echopress	2023-03-25	US
1929	Summer 2022 creel survey shows decline in Red River fishing pressure	echopress	2023-03-25	US
1930	Much of drought-plagued West Coast faces salmon fishing ban	foxnews	2023-03-24	US
1931	Colorado fishermen ordered to pay over $1K each after catching 463 pounds of Michigan fish	Fox News	2023-03-24	US
1932	A Fish Can Sense Another's Fear, a Study Shows	Associated Press	2023-03-23	PT
1933	На открытую воду в оттепель	ohotniki	2023-03-23	RU
1934	Japan, 8 other economies agree to slash saury fishing quota by 25%	Mainichi Japan	2023-03-24	JP
1935	Much of drought-plagued U.S. West Coast faces salmon fishing ban	vancouversun	2023-03-24	US
1936	Wisconsin man ties Minnesota catch-and-release northern pike record	echopress	2023-03-14	US
1937	Expert on Minnesota lakes: Expect late ice-out this year	echopress	2023-03-14	US
1938	Frisch: A One-Two Punch for Walleyes	echopress	2023-03-16	US
1939	Crappie resurgence offers bonus winter action on Upper Red Lake	echopress	2023-03-17	US
1940	30 invasive carp caught in Mississippi near Winona	echopress	2023-03-23	US
1941	Fort Myers Beach removes 10 tons of dead fish from beaches	Fort Myers News-Press	2023-03-07	US
1942	Spearfisherman snags 177-pound monster, then has to get it out of ice-covered lake	thestate	2023-02-15	US
1943	Angler reels in record-breaking fish — and she’s just 5 years old, Idaho officials say	thestate	2023-03-08	US
1944	Nigeria's cage-based tilapia champion	thefishsite	2023-03-08	NG
1945	One of North America’s most dangerous invasive species is hitchhiking on fish	science	2023-03-10	US
1946	Anglerfish, the amazing sexual parasites of the abyss	elpais	2023-03-07	IS
1947	Plastic pollution is filtering up into the fish that we eat	salon	2023-03-08	US
1948	Federal infrastructure funds could be a boon for fish passage	southernmarylandchronicle	2023-03-11	US
1949	British angler hooks humongous 222lb catfish which dragged his boat	dailymail	2023-03-10	UK
1950	Scots teen reels in two fish three times his weight	dailyrecord	2023-03-12	UK