Rhea
lives in Upperville, Virginia, where she runs a
Fly
Fishing School from April through June, which
covers everything from casting to entomology.
She
also
offers the same schools based out of Livingston,
She achieved the
FFF
Master Instructor
designation
in 1998, the second woman
ever to do so, and has
certified new instructors throughout the
US.
She has just
released a DVD,
"The Double Haul," for
RAGE,
A Guide to Angling Ethics"
published by The
Lyons
Press in 2004. "This should be
required reading
for
all anglers on fly fishing etiquette!"
Rhea compiled
and analyzed hundreds
of stories and opinions
worldwide, including those of many noted
experts on
both on- and - off stream behavior: what is good,
what is bad and what to do about it. Her slide show
on the same
topic is not only fun, but also important
for our survival, and
can be booked for clubs or
Rhea has been a strong promoter of the FFF
Casting
Instructor Certification Program.
This is a program
conceived by Mel Krieger
and designed to help solidify
standards and bring reliability
and dependability to
casting instruction worldwide.
As President of
Mayfly Adventures
she takes small
groups of fly fishing enthusiasts to
such destinations
as The Western
States, Labrador, Louisiana, Tierra
del Fuego, Patagonia,
Chile, Costa
Rica, Belize,
Venezuela, The Bahamas, and Mexico to name a few.
In 1999 Rhea pioneered the
Women's
and Children's
SummerFly
Fishing Courses for the Yellowstone
Institute,
in Yellowstone National Park. She is also
available for
hire as a guide during the Summer
months in Montana.
When teaching her own schools rather than
teaching
one
specific style or methodology, she believes in
incorporating many and adjusting those to each
individual student.
She also believes that in order to
learn,
at any age, it must be fun!
She has been an Instructor at the famous Wulff
School of Fly Fishing as well as for The
Mel Krieger
International Schools. She was Head Instructor
for
the Becoming an Outdoor Woman
program for the
Rhea was the Associate Producer
of the acclaimed
and successful video “Joan Wulff's Dynamics of Fly
Casting,” and “Fly Fishing with
Kids,” a nonprofit
video shot in Argentina with Mel Krieger in
2001.
Rhea has served as both a Regional
and National
Director of the FFF. She has worked on the National
Site Selection, the International, and the Outreach
Committees
and also served as Awards Chair. Her
accolades
include being described by everyone as, “a
full time ambassador for the sport.”
Rhea was honored as the Federation
of Fly Fishers'
“1999 Woman of the Year, ” and in 2003
received
the FFF's Lew Jewett Lifetime Award.
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