ALL IN THE WRIST FLY FISHING ROMANCES NEWCOMERS.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Connie Bullock's first fly-fishing experience took place from the bank of a lake. She read a book while her friend fished. At the time, she wasn't one for the outdoors. But today, she's president of the Santa Clarita Casting Club, a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. group that teaches the sport and goes on fly-fishing trips around the state. ``People say, `You fish?''' Bullock bullock a mature castrated male cattle destined for meat production or draft. said. ``I'm tall and blond, and I just don't look like the person who would be in the outdoors. But I love it.'' It was about 10 years ago when Bullock decided to give fly fishing another try. Living then by the beach, she joined a group in Long Beach and learned the techniques: how to catch, release and make fishing flies out of feathers. The outings, the group camaraderie ca·ma·ra·der·ie n. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship. [French, from camarade, comrade, from Old French, roommate; see comrade. and the challenge that fly fishing brings had Bullock hooked. After moving to Valencia, she started the group that now has 40 members and is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. more to join. Member Bill Creitz switched to fly fishing after more than 40 years of traditional fishing. The change happened one day after he and two friends caught about 90 trout using worms. The 52-year-old Valencia man wondered what the challenge was in that. ``It was like an assembly line,'' he said. ``I thought there had to be something different and more challenging.'' He found that challenge after taking a fly-fishing course about four years ago, and he hasn't touched a spinning rod since then. Now he aims to teach the sport to his 17-year-old son. Retired fireman Rod Wilmot joined the club to improve his fly-fishing skills. He participates in the club's cleanups of Piru Creek Piru Creek is a large stream in northern Los Angeles County and western Ventura County, California. It is a tributary of the Santa Clara River, the largest stream system in Southern California that is still relatively natural. and has traveled with members to the Kern River Kern River A river rising in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California and flowing about 249 km (155 mi) south and southwest to the southern San Joaquin Valley. where they catch trout. As his skills improve, the 59-year-old hopes to travel out of state and tackle larger waters in rugged places like Utah and Alaska. But then he wonders, why stop there? ``I'd like to do the whole country,'' he said. For information about Santa Clarita Casting Club, call (661) 633-3460. sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour SAC edition only) Connie Bullock prepares her gear for a fly-fishing trip. Bullock is the president of the Santa Clarita Casting Club. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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