Fly Fishing is a Primitive Sport

At least that’s what Carl Burnett, Jr of the Lancaster (OH) Eagle-Gazette thinks.

Granted, he probably took his queue from the fact that the National Wild Turkey Federation billed the event he was reporting as the “Women in the Outdoors Primitive Event” - but you’d think an outdoors writer would know better.

The event was organized to introduce women to traditional outdoors skills, and I think it’s great that women would take an interest in fly fishing, blacksmithing and forging, and even tomahawk throwing. These are all things I enjoy, and my wife participates in a few of the activities presented at the event. Maybe she thinks camping and cooking over an open fire is strange, and does it just to humor me, but I don’t think that even she considers it primitive.

Anyway, it sounds like it was an interesting event and was well received.

Fly fishing and tomahawk throwing: Women learn about primitive sports

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