Texas A&M fly tying course

[melk]

Hi,
I saw this link on the NH fly fishing site and had to share. How cool to have a fly tying course in college. Certainly not in my day. in the last century! I haven't seen reference to it here, so I posted it.
Mike
http://flyfishing.tamu.edu/index.html

[lastchance]

That's great. The first one in the country was taught by George Harvey of Pennsylvania about 60 years ago at Penn State University in State College, PA.

[Jayatwork]

I took fly tying at Oregon Institute of Technology in the late '70s and early '80s. It was a PE credit. Tuition money well spent.

There were fly casting and fly fishing classes as well.

[lastchance]

I took fly tying at Oregon Institute of Technology in the late '70s and early '80s. It was a PE credit. Tuition money well spent.

There were fly casting and fly fishing classes as well.

This link explains someof the history at PSU.

http://www.joehumphreysflyfishing.com/harvey.htm


Make sure you click on the old pictures of George Harvey and his tying classes from way back. Interesting!

[dave potts]

A lot better course than some of the crap I was forced to take.

Dave

[gmac209]

I think this was a first in our area.
I was talking with Ian and he was explaining components of the course to me. It was interesting in the fact that he weeded out very quickly the students that thought this was going to be an easy course sitting on the bank of the stream watching the world go by. It was quite intense, but also garnered a lot of a interest from the serious students.


http://www.fanshawec.ca/news-events/fanshawe-fly-fishing-course-first-canada

[lastchance]

I think this was a first in our area.
I was talking with Ian and he was explaining components of the course to me. It was interesting in the fact that he weeded out very quickly the students that thought this was going to be an easy course sitting on the bank of the stream watching the world go by. It was quite intense, but also garnered a lot of a interest from the serious students.


http://www.fanshawec.ca/news-events/fanshawe-fly-fishing-course-first-canada

Great. Ian Collin James--I watched his fly fishing show. I really liked him and the show.

[Sirrom]

I was fortunate to have taken Mr. Harvey's course while a student at Penn State in the early '60's. If I remember correctly the course was non-credit, 10 weeks long, given only in the Spring quarter, Saturday mornings for about 3 hours and limited to about 12 students. It focused mainly on tying techniques, rather than on specific patterns and gave me a great tying base to work from. I believe that he started the course in late 1930's.