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Page 8 - Rutherford Weekly 828-248-1408 www.rutherfordweekly.com Thursday, December 31-January 7, 2015 OUTDOOR TRUTHS Ducks can be a fi nicky lot. It seems that the conditions almost have to be perfect before they will land – especially if that landing happens to be in front of your blind. Not only do the weather con- ditions have to be optimal but even the decoys have to look a certain way. And then there's the wind. My duck hunting expert friends will have different blinds set up over the same area just to be ready for certain wind directions. There does seem to be as much strategy in duck hunting as there is in most other forms of hunting. It's not just show up, sit down, shut up, and shoot. Most duck hunters will say that a duck hunter's life is made up of either hunting or getting ready to hunt. I would say that goes for all men and women who have a passion to hunt or fi sh. We are always planning, preparing, or participating in the sport we love. There are several things I like about duck hunting but the main one is that I get to be the ignorant one. Since I am fairly new to ducks, I'm the one who gets to watch all the others do the things that are most likely to make the hunt successful. I get to observe the decoy set up, overhear the plans, and listen to one hunter after another call out the names of the different types of ducks as they fl y over. And sometimes they let me shoot fi rst! What a deal. But I'm not sure how long this will last. There's no doubt there will come a time, after a few more mornings in the blind, that I will be expected to do my part, learn my trade, and shoot along with the rest of the gang. And it's the way it ought to be. Like my duck hunting experience, there also comes a time in my spiritual life where I have to move from a consumer to a contributor. I have to take my place from one who has watched and heard to one who is taking the lead. I have to apply the techniques I've learned from the "experts" to the life I live every day. Perhaps the greatest truth to remember when this time comes is that we will not get it right at fi rst. Heck! we'll never get it right, but we will get it better each time. And just as we would not expect our fi rst time setting out decoys or calling ducks to be good, neither should we expect our fi rst experi- ences as a follower of Christ to be good either. If we are not going to quit hunting when we mess up the decoy setup, then we don't need to quit following Christ just because we mess up there either. Let's just keep learning and let the mess-ups make us better. By By Gary Miller Gary Miller Aiming Outdoorsmen Toward Christ GARY MILLER gary@outdoortruths.org ~ www.outdoortruths.org The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission stocked more than 1,000 catchable-sized brook, brown and rainbow trout today in the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center's ponds in Fayetteville. The trout were stocked in preparation for four basic fl y-fi shing clinics open to the public starting in January. The clinics are scheduled for Jan. 3, 17 and 31, and Feb. 14 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The Wildlife Commission designed the clinics for participants who have limited or no experience fl y fi shing. Instructors will teach the basics of fl y-casting. They also will teach multiple fl y- casting techniques, including on-the-water instruction. Two additional clinics for Boy Scouts who want to earn fl y- fi shing merit badges are scheduled for Feb. 28 and March 14. In addition to stocking the ponds today, the Commission is providing loaner rods, reels and tackle to participants in all clinics. Kristopher Smith, Pechmann Center director, advises interested anglers to sign up as soon as possible because clinics fi ll up quickly. "Registration opened on Dec. 1, and as of today, we are almost half full on most of the clinics," Smith said. "Our clinics provide a great opportunity for anglers to try a new method of fi shing that can be used in streams, lakes, ponds, and the ocean to catch freshwater and saltwater species." Clinics are limited to the fi rst 30 people, and pre-registration is required. To register, visit the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center's page www.ncwildlife.org/learning, and click on the program calendar and registration link, or access the registration link directly. A registration fee of $5 for each participant will be collected the morning of the clinic by the Fayetteville Cumberland County Parks and Recreation Department. For more information about the clinics, call Smith at 910-868- 5003 or email, kris.smith@ncwildlife.org. For more information on fi shing in public, inland waters, visit the fi shing page. The John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center is located at 7489 Raeford Road, across from Lake Rim. 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