Education and Instruction

Education

Our favorite example of sharing our message is probably our work with a program called Trout In The Classroom. Participating schools receive fertilized trout eggs from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in the fall, and raise them through their school year. Codorus TU provides a complete, refrigerated aquarium system for each classroom. In the spring, when the trout have grown to around 2”, they’re released into a local trout stream. On those ‘Release Days’ we also conduct a very immersive stream survey where the kids explore the stream looking for macroinvertebrates and other stream life. The Release Days are always very high-energy events, and something we really look forward to each year. There are now hundreds of fish tanks throughout Pennsylvania as a result of this wildly successful and growing program.

In addition to our TIC work, we also conduct on-stream mini-clinics, winter fly tying clinics and other events to share our knowledge of the great sport of fly fishing. We’re always looking for opportunities to enlighten whoever we can about the fascinating world of trout and clean streams.