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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FLY FISHING: Stores and
companies encourage
women anglers
Authorities link wolf
pack to another kill
Continued from page 3
lack of fishing etiquette can
appear aggressive when it’s
really just ignorance.
“We’re entering a time
where both men and women
are learning how to manage
the changing demograph-
ics of the sport,” explained
Dozer. “How does a 25-year-
old male employee greet a
50-year-old woman entering
a fly shop? Or how would he
greet a 25-year-old woman?
“How a woman is greeted
by shop employees will make
or break a purchase and pos-
sibly create a loyal customer.
It can be intimidating to walk
into what feels like a man’s
world,” said Dozer.
Dozer hopes the answer
is they’d treat a man walking
into the shop the same way
as a woman. But that doesn’t
always happen.
There’s the uncomfort-
able situation of a man fit-
ting a woman for waders. Or
handling the awkward cir-
cumstance of relieving your-
self along the river in mixed
company.
Jeff Perin, owner of The
Fly Fisher’s Place, has had
female employees for many
years.
“Above all, we treat
everyone the same and don’t
make a big deal that they are
women, but welcome them as
anglers. Anyone who loves
fishing, trout and the beauti-
ful places trout live is a friend
of ours,” he said.
Dozer is still working on
how to react when a man
makes remarks about women
fly-fishing.
“More times than not, I
get positive comments from
everybody,” said Dozer. “I
PHOTO PROVIDED
Mary Ann Dozer celebrates with Zia Klocke, who caught her first fish on a
fly rod in the Lower Deschutes River.
hear things like, ‘Wow there’s
a woman on the oars or that
was the best day I’ve had on
the water.’ ‘You did a good
job casting.’ Then there’s the
comments like ‘Oh my good-
ness, there’s three women in
a boat.’”
During a casting lesson
she’s heard “Isn’t that cute,
they’re using her as a target?”
M a r y A n n w a s n ’ t
sure what was behind his
comment.
“I wondered was it just a
joke or just not understanding
that I was the instructor and
they were the students.”
Dozer’s found that over-
all women and men differ in
what they want from their
time on the water.
“Women and men have
different social needs and
behaviors. We are all equal
but there are differences,” she
said. “Most women like to
socialize – so it’s not all about
the fishing. The food and con-
versations are important, too.”
Dozer has found that
women make more noise
when they land or miss a fish.
“For men it tends to be more
about the fishing and less
about the conversation,” she
said.
Jeff’s wife, Tina, took up
fly-fishing in 2010. She loves
the sport and enjoys fishing
with men and women. Tina
has found that often a guide
will prioritize getting a hus-
band hooked up on a fish
instead of the wife.
She’s put together a wom-
en’s fly-fishing trip to Mexico
this May and there’s only two
slots left. The all-female trip
takes some of the pressure off
of the women.
“We’re going to Ascension
Bay, and all our attendees are
excited to go,” she said.
BUTTE FALLS (AP) —
Authorities say another calf
was found dead on the same
ranch in southwestern Oregon
where the Rogue Pack of
wolves was linked to killing a
calf last week.
The Mail Tribune reports
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service personnel were
installing wolf deterrents on
the ranch near Medco Pond
when they found the carcass
Wednesday morning.
Authorities say wolf prints
were found at the kill scene
and a tracking collar places
the young female wolf OR-54
near the scene earlier that
morning.
Rancher Ted Birdseye says
his calf was devoured, lead-
ing him to believe multiple
wolves were responsible.
Authorities say OR-54 was
likely responsible for killing
one of Birdseye’s calves last
week.
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