Montana Classrooms

You can read my full write-up today on Chi Wulff, but the bottom line is this: we learn best by doing. A fact that was evident yesterday at Headhunters Fly Shop’s first women’s-only Spey clinic. I worked at the shop several years ago while shooting a long-term documentary project, and it was fantastic to be back on familiar waters and see old friends. There’s something about the stretch of the Missouri River between Helena and Great Falls; it has its own personality. It’s a little bit rock-and-roll, a little bit old school, and a whole lot of legit fishing.

Sara and Beth from Headhunters put on a lovely clinic for a group of eight women who had driven from all over the state to learn the basics of two-handed angling. While I was shooting the clinic for an upcoming article, I was able to put down the camera and pick up a rod for a bit. Good for the soul.