Contact Glen Knight if you are interested in helping with youth.
Plans for the Second Annual Youth Fish Camp 2010 are underway!
The AFC-sponsored Youth Fish Camp for 2010 will be held on Saturday, October 30th,
at Steele Indian School Park (see map below). Interested youth may submit the following application at any time. The camp will be limited. Participants will be selected based on the date their application is received.
Please NOTE: Parent/Guardian must be present during the entire session.
The following is the schedule for the day:
Introduction to Fly Fishing
Session I from 8:30-Noon
(8-12 years old)
• Introduction to fishing with a water bubble and a fly
• Fish the bubble and fly set-up
• Introduction to the fly rod set-up
• Cast and fish with a fly rod (catch fish!) - 2 participants per instructor
• FREE lunch at Noon (parent/guardian included)
Session II from 1-4:30 p.m.
(13-17 years old)
• Introduction to fly fishing equipment
• Introduction to fly tying
• Introduction to setting up a fly rod to fish
• Introduction to casting
• Introduction to fishing with a fly rod
• Cast and fish the fly tied by the participant (catch fish!)
• FREE lunch at Noon
(be sure to come at noon for your session to enjoy lunch-parent/guardian included)
• Online Application •
We prefer that you submit your application online.
However, you may download the following application and submit it by mail to:
AZ Flycasters, PO Box 47357, Phoenix, AZ 85068.
2010 Youth Fish Camp Application
Map of Steele Indian School Park
2009 Youth Camp Highlighted in FFF Magazine, Spring/Summer 2010
AFC sponsored their first “Annual Youth Fish Camp” held on Saturday, October 24, 2009. The camp was held at Steele Indian School Park in Central Phoenix. This Fish Camp dream became reality by utilizing funds from the “Steve Lockett Memorial Fund” that was established by AFC in 2007. Steve was the son of longtime member and past president of AFC, Dennis Lockett. The fund was established with the expressed purpose of developing fly fishing activities for youth. In addition to purchasing supplies, door prizes
and treating all participants to lunch, the Memorial Fund provided funds to purchase a special stocking
of additional fish for the pond to help the kids be successful in catching. Co-sponsors of the camp included Arizona Game and Fish and Cabelas.
The fishing camp was broken into two age groups: 8-12 and 13-17. The younger group met in the morning and received instruction on the following topics: fishing and water safety, “Catch and Release” philosophy, fishing with a spinning rod, using a bubble and fly, and roll casting and fishing with a fly rod. After all participants and parents were treated to lunch, the older group met in the afternoon
and received instruction on the following topics: safety, “Catch and Release” philosophy, fly fishing equipment, fly tying, casting instruction and fishing the flies they tied. The young people were paired
with volunteers from AFC and the local chapter of Trout Unlimited for one-on-one instruction. While the
kids were at the pond fishing, the parents were invited to try casting a fly rod with one of our FFF certified casting instructors. One group member from each age group won a 4-piece graphite fly rod starter kit as a door prize and Cabelas donated hats for each participant. They also donated 25 spinning rods to AFC that were used with the younger group. This event was highly successful, and it
is anticipated that this “Annual Youth Fish Camp” will become a favorite AFC event!
Dennis Lockett (right) and AFC Member Jim Rondoni (left)
presents a donated fly rod to youth camp participant Mia Boyer.
Enjoy some additional great pictures of the kids who
attended Youth Fish Camp on October 24th!
Youth Fish Camp 2009
Enjoy some great pictures of the Scouts
earning their Fly Fishing Merit Badge on April 4th!
Boy Scouts Merit Badge '09