THREE NEW FFF CCI's (Report from Somerset, NJ)

[Daniel Davala]

I am pleased, excited, and extremely proud to announce to TPFR that we now have THREE NEW FFF CERTIFIED CASTING INSTRUCTORS in the club!!!!!  Andy Manley, Dalton Terrell, and Trent Jones all passed the FFF Certified Instructor Exam with flying colors!  I would like everyone to know how hard these three have worked to achieve this, and how much preparation, time and effort went into the process. 

 

John Bilotta and I held their first preparation session at Fletcher's on June 17th, 2010, and in the past six months we have gathered in one form or another for many, many hours of practice.  During this time, I have had the joy of watching them develop not only their teaching skills, but also refine and polish their own casting in the process.  They have gone out in the cold, in the rain, in the wind, and most recently in the snow and ice to practice.  All of this preparation came in handy, because they took their performance test yesterday in freezing cold temps complete with gusting wind and drifting snow.  Needless to say, their examiners were impressed, and recognized how truly prepared all three of them were.  Andy, Dalton, and Trent, WELL DONE!!!

 

This club is fortunate to have these three in the instructor pool, and I can truly recommend them with the highest level of confidence.  Now PUT THEM TO WORK!!!!

 

Dan Davala

[John Bilotta]

 

I’m also very proud of you guys, and thanks for everything you taught us.

 

John

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[Bert]

Congratulations to each and every one of you. Dan has a bead on his Master Casting Instructor certification. Now someone needs to step up and become the first THCI (two handed casting instructor) in the group. Come on. How hard can it be? ;-)

[Daniel Davala]

Thank you Bert.  John Bilotta is right there with me on the way to MCI and deserves as much credit as anyone for the preparation of these three. 

He and I learned as much in the process as our new CI's did.  Once again, I couldn't be more proud of them all.

 

 

 

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Bert <bert...@gmail.com> wrote:

Congratulations to each and every one of you. Dan has a bead on his Master Casting Instructor certification. Now someone needs to step up and become the first THCI (two handed casting instructor) in the group. Come on. How hard can it be? ;-)

[Daniel Davala]

[Dalton Terrell]

A big thanks to John and Dan, who have graciously used their time to
help us out over the last six months, and the students who have come
out to Orvis Flyfishing 101 courses and the Sunday morning casting
sessions that have helped us attempt to refine our teaching methods.

We should still be around at the weekend casting sessions at
Fletcher's and of course on our local rivers fishing as much as
possible.

Thanks,
Dalton