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Riley Copeland P.O. Box 1229 Dubois, Wy 82513

9-8-09

Senior Project Advisory Committee Dubois High School 314 Helmer Dubois, Wy 82513

Dear Senior Project Advisory Board:

The general area of focus for my senior project falls under the umbrella of fly fishing. I have had a lot of experience in this area in the past. I have been fishing my whole life, but I started fly fishing around the age of eight. Also I have been helping a local fishing guide on some of his trips.

For my research paper I want to focus on the Fly Fishing Guide Service. I can use our local fishing guides as some possible sources, along with various books I might find and the internet. I hope to learn more about which flies to use in certain situations. I would also like to further my knowledge on the weights and lengths of fly rods and when to use one weight and length over another.

Being a Fly Fishing Guide and fly rods are directly related. You can’t be Fly Fishing Guide with out fly rods. For my physical project I want to build a fly rod. This will be more of a stretch because I will have to be really precise with my measurements on where to put the guides. Also, I will have to be very precise and careful when I’m shaping the handle. I will have Mr. Highstreet as an advisor to help me along the way. I hope to have Ethan Liesenfeld as a mentor and if that doesn't work out Will Dornan down in Jackson would be willing to help me as well. I will need a rod blank, guides and a hook keeper, a handle, adhesives and tools to build the rod, so, I estimate that my physical project will cost approximately $400 - $500.

I understand completely that I could plagiarize my whole paper very easily by copying information on the internet and pasting it in my research paper. Also, by copying word for word out of a book. I understand that if I was to do this in anything above high school I could easily get fired or kicked out of college. Right now I could fail this project, get ISS, expelled, or possibly get in trouble with the law. Student:_________________________________ Date:__________

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