For a little background information, my step dad bought me a fly pole for Christmas about 3 years ago because I told him I really wanted to learn how to fly fish (and despite what Darren says, its not because of Brad Pitt in "A River Runs Through It." (ok...maybe slightly ;o) Anyway... since I could not find someone to teach me, the pole has remained in its case ever since. Well...by staying at the Greer Lodge, we were entitled to FREE fly fishing lessons and a FREE bike rental. Yay! So Darren and I decided to take advantage of both. We first took a fishing lesson from an ole' cowboy named Larry. He taught us how to "cast", how to "fish", how to choose the right fly, and where to find the fish. We even learned to "shadow cast", which is when you whip the line from back to front over your head, well actually to the side of your head unless you want to catch the hook in the back of your head. We learned that this technique is used to dry out the "dry fly" and to create the appearance of a fly landing on the water quickly and then flying away. It was so much fun! We both really took to it and were both able to catch a fish by the time the day was through. We're going to take the fly pole with us next time we go fishing so we can practice.

As it started to rain we had to dart under a bridge to keep from getting soaked