On Sunday June 24, 2007, the State Council sponsored a women’s introduction to fly fishing at the state’s Pequest Trout Hatchery in Oxford, NJ.  The class covered lines & leaders, knots, safety, equipment, conservation as well as casting instruction and fly fishing on the Education Pond for the large rainbows that lurk there.  Instructors were:  Rick Axt (State Chair and Ken Lockwood chapter member), Rick Ege (Treasurer/Northern Region VP from the North Jersey chapter), Agust Gudmundsson (Resources VP and Central chapter member), Rich Thomas (Central Region VP and Central chapter president), Brian Cowden (State Vice Chair and North Jersey chapter vice president), and Rich Rist, Rosemarie Hight and Ed Dellert all from the North Jersey chapter.  The women learned a lot and did well with the casting.  In all, there were 14 women participating.