I found this inquiry assignment to be really cool and fun. I learned how to do some really cool stuff and learned about my learning process. I learned so much about the basics of fly fishing, and how to properly set up a fly fishing rod.

My fully lined fly reel

I think the hardest part of this inquiry was the knot tying. I found learning the different types of knots to be super difficult. It took me so long to learn to tie the Albright knot, and even longer to tie a nail knot. The fact I was trying to tie the wrong end of the leader to the floating line didn’t help. I had never attached a leader before and didn’t know one end was thinner than the other. I was able to work through these difficulties by watching YouTube videos and replaying them in slow motion so I can easily follow the knot patterns. While I did succeed in my knot tying there were a few points where I almost gave up, but I didn’t. I remained patient through the difficulties. Here are the videos I found helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qHmLKNcdm8, https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/video-how-to-attach-fly-line-to-the-backing-on-a-reel, https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v98DC3cSgWw

I wasn’t able to go fishing anywhere near as much as I had initially hoped when I began this inquiry. This was mainly due to school assignments and homework but I really wish I was able to get out more. However I am really happy that I know the basics of the sport and am ready for next fall’s salmon run.

Salmon in the Puntledge River courtesy of offtracktravel

Image Source: https://offtracktravel.ca/where-to-see-salmon-run-british-columbia/

For my last inquiry blog I switched from fly fishing to the Roman Empire. I did this because, I have to teach a unit on the Roman Empire, and my knowledge on this subject is almost none (The Gladiator movies). I found this site to be extremely useful and informative: https://www.britannica.com/place/Roman-Empire

Before this assignment I had never made a blog or even created a website. I found learning this process to be slightly frustrating at times but very useful. I remember when I was first designing my blog/webpage I couldn’t figure out how to change the colours or the background photo’s. Once I figured this out I found it really fun and satisfying to edit the pages looks and layout. This is a skill I could definitely see being useful in the classroom.