Senior Project Post #1

For my senior project a pair of friends and I decided to undertake a Capstone Project where we decided to do all sorts of things surrounding the art of angling. We chose this project in order to learn more about fishing and practice our skills while also having fun and getting the oppoortunity to be outdoors. Our inspiration for this project was the chance to get to do something that we generally wouldn't get to do in a normal week in our lives. Fishing was something that all three of us felt would be the type of project that we would really enjoy but also get something out of, for example, the learning of new skills or chance to work with people and organizations surrounding fishing. Oh, I should probably introduce my group for the project; I'm working with Kellen Woodcock and Braden Wells, and we are being supervised by Veronica Ledoux. We pulled this Senior Project together after a few nights of brainstorming and some fairly unformed ideas, but throughout some revisions from the review commitee and some more focused goals and options for our project, we were able to nail down what we wanted to do. 3 Goals for The Project: 1. Try new things; new spots, new techniques, new ways to connect with fishing. This goal revolves around trying new things which was really an important part of this project for me. I've fished a fair amount but there is a lot of stuff I haven't tried before or things I want to get better at. A good example would be tying flies; I have no idea how to do it, but I hope to get the opportunity to try during this project. 2. Do something meaningful beyond fishing. We hope to connect with some sort of fish conservation group and learn something about conservation in the state of Oregon or perhaps even try and volounteer at a fish hatchery. We aren't sure just how feasible this is yet. I am also reading a book about the salmon fishing industry and how it endangers fish. 3. Catch some fish! This one feels pretty self explanatory! We got a good start on that this week...