This course, taking place at the NCMC campus in Petoskey, offers a low pressure, lightened-up environment for those interested in deep meditative connections with nature through the challenging art of casting dry flies to trout.
Among the many topics we will discuss:
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own equipment, but a variety of rods and reels will be available to try out in the last hour of the course. The instructor is happy to inspect personal gear for you.
We will practice casting outside, rain or shine.
**Refunds are unavailable for cancellations made within 48 hours of the class**
James McCullough, a retired North Central Michigan English professor, grew up in northern Michigan in the 1960’s and 70’s when Petoskey was still a remote tourist town. He began fishing on Walloon Lake every summer since before he can remember and graduated from the worm and bobber to the fly rod fifty-three years ago. It is an activity central to his life, friendships, and the primary subject of his writing. He is author of a book about the writer and fly fishing icon, Robert Traver (John Voelker), with whom he fished when he was fifteen, entitled, Voelker’s Pond: A Robert Traver Legacy, which was selected by the Library of Michigan as a notable book for 2003. Also, in 2018, he authored Echoes, a collection of reflective, outdoor essays published by Deep Wood Press. A twenty-year contributor to Traverse Magazine, McCullough also published essays in The Bear River Review; Blue: The Michigan Magazine; The Dunes Review, and The American Journal of Fly Fishing.
Copies of McCullough’s book, Echoes, will be available at the class for purchase.
North Central Michigan College • 1515 Howard Street, Petoskey, MI 49770
