Tying Flies...

Walker choose an extra science class to take this trimester.  It started out as an insect class... this was such a good experience for him.  Insects/bugs in general use to freak him out and so I was a bit worried how this whole class was going to go but it was so fun to hear him tell "Bug Class" stories at dinner.  The time "Jumpy" a very large Wolf spider escaped from his cage and how everyone who was standing around immediately left the area or how they would set traps up in the field by the school and check them every couple of days to see what interesting specimens they caught.  There was also the weekend we were in charge of the praying mantis... he sat in his pickle jar on the dining room table with his dead and live grasshopper food.  I'm sure the poor grasshopper being eaten alive was actually mouthing, "HELP ME!"

The next part of the class was all about fish... they focused mostly on the species of fish here in Idaho.  They even tied their own flies and then tried out their flies on a fishing trip!  Here is Walker's Wooly Bugger Leech fly that he tied all by himself. He didn't catch a fish at all but the fish that were caught his teacher took them home and cooked them up for everyone to eat in class.

I decided to see if this teacher offered another type of class next trimester and he does!  Knowing the ins and outs of school I was able to get his schedule changed and next trimester he will be learning about mammals and birds.