Skills Training At Chagrin River Outfitters For Federated Flies Team

Shown: Lisa Braun, center, Elderlife Coordinator at The Federated Church and Executive Director of Ohio City Power, a program headquartered at Federated’s sister church, St. Paul’s Community Church in Ohio City, Ohio is pictured here with members of the Federated Flies program.  From left, Ben Osborn, Bill Kopec and Fred Bender tie fly fishing flies for skill advancement and money.  Far right is Pete Alves, staff at Chagrin River Outfitters and Dave Kilby, front and center, expert fly tier. 

Establishing Friendships 

Saturday, April 14, 2012, the Federated Flies team were guests of Chagrin River Outfitters, the leading Fly Fishing Outfitter and guide service in Northeast Ohio, located on the Chagrin River in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 

The Federated Fly team of Bill Kopec, Ben Osbourn, and Fred Bender  accompanied by Lisa Braun, Founder and Executive Director, Ohio City Power, were welcomed by Chagrin River Outfitters staff member, Peter Alves and expert fly tier Dave Kilby. Owner Dan Pribanic of Chagrin River Outfitters offered his staff, shop and services to help show his support of the program.  Ohio City Power is grateful to Dan for the partnership.

Federated Fly visitors marveled at the beautiful store - "amazing!" - and had a chance to see top quality materials and products first-hand. 

Invaluable Assessments And Skills Training 

The team had an opportunity to have their work assessed by Peter Alves from a buyer's point of view and receive detailed instruction and question-and-answer with expert fly tier Dave Kilby - working from the store's very own fly tying station! 

Shown above: The beautiful finished fly made by Dave with the group! 

New Relationships, Knowledge, And Improved Skills 

A big thank you to Peter Alves, staff member at Chagrin River Outfitters, for the warm hospitality and a special thank you to Dave Kilby for generously sharing time and expertise so that Federated Flies tiers can gain new knowledge and improve their skills!

Partnership Building And Product To Market 

The Federated Flies team is preparing flies for the upcoming Cleveland Museum of Natural History Trout Club Annual Dinner, April 21, 2012, in University Circle Inc., Cleveland, Ohio., where their work will be featured as raffle prizes to members at the evening celebration.

Federated Flies may be purchased at the Ohio City Power online Store here. Proceeds from sales provide much needed income for Ohio City, Ohio homeless, jobless, unemployed, and under-employed. Projects benefit not only the homeless and jobless, but generate important re-employment pathways for community prosperity building. 

Visit Chagrin River Outfitters

Chagrin River Outfitters is located at 100 North Main St. #150, in Chagrin Falls, OH 44022.

• Chagrin River Outfitters Website www.chagrinriveroutfitters.com/
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Thank You Jim Newell, Federated Flies Craftsman & Skills Trainer

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New Instructor at Federated Flies 

Fred Bender, who has been fly tying for Federated Files since January, is currently working as the instructor for the group, with Bill Kopec, Ben Osborne and Albert Wagner. 

While the previous instructor, Jim Newell, has left to pursue other duties (Jim is shown in the photo above at St. Paul's Community Church and Outreach), Fred has been working on some of Jim’s former tasks, such as taking inventory of materials and tools, overseeing and helping the fly tyers acquire a skill. 

Special Project for The Trout Club, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

The group is working on an order of woolly buggers for the Trout Club of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in University Circle. Fly fishing boxes of assorted Federated Flies will be a featured item at The Trout Club's 34^th Annual Banquet and Auction to be held at the Museum on April 21, 2012.

The tyers have been meeting at St. Paul’s on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Fred has also completed some fly tying in his spare time where he resides at St. Herman's House of Hospitality, an Ohio City Power partner organization. 

New Horizons

Jim will be missed, as he was knowledgeable and tried to make it a fun experience. However, the group is excited to continue fly tying and practice many of the things that Jim had taught and, perhaps, also some things that they have picked up along the way. 

- Albert Wagner, Federated Flies and Guest Blogger


Learn more: "The Trout Club of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History was founded in 1978. The group’s mission is to promote public knowledge of cold water fisheries and habitats, conservation and stream ecology. The club holds monthly dinner meetings from October through May that feature nationally known speakers. At other times during the year, the Trout Club sponsors classes and activities related to fly fishing and outings to prime angling streams." - from the CMNH website here.

Help us cheer the men on! Check back for updates and share this and future posts as the team prepares for the upcoming Trout Club Annual Meeting on April 21, 2012! 

- Betsey Merkel, Ohio City Power Communications