You may recall that I said we were blessed with opportunities (plural) to give back to our flyfishing community last weekend. Here’s the other event that we co-hosted with Smithgall Woods State Park. This one focused on growing grins on kids!
Saturday found some Unicoi staff, a boatload of vols from across north Georgia, and several dozen kids knee-deep in our section of the Hooch at Nacoochee Bend. It was the Becca Sue Klein All Kids Fishing Event, led by Becca and her outstanding conservation organization, @ChattahoocheeRiverkeeper:
https://chattahoochee.org/event/becca-sue-klein-all-kids-fish-may/
Kids tangled with the Hooch’s hefty rainbows and enjoyed lunch back at a Smithgall Woods State Park shelter. I heard that a few of the parents got into the angling action, too.
Hats off to Becca, Riverkeeper, the Orvis Company, and all the volunteers for nurturing our next generation of angler-conservationists! Unicoi Outfitters was honored to be a part of the initiative. And you can tell from the picture of our owner Jimmy that we had a lot of fun ourselves!
Take a kid fishing soon. Before you know it, they’ll have a drivers license and take you to some of their secret spots! I have that fact on good authority from ole Jimmy himself… (details to come)
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