1. The Thank You School Bus Drivers poem (below) is the cover of a FABULOUS Thank You Book that will be dropped off for the bus drivers to keep in their meeting room.
Attach the fly reel to the fly rod using only the butt section of the rod if it is two pieces or more. Take the tag end of the backing and run it through the rod guides and attach it to the reel spool or arbor with the appropriately named arbor knot. To do this, first make a basic overhand knot around the line.
Turn the reel handle clockwise to wind the fishing line onto it. Fill the spool until there is about one-eighth of an inch gap between the line and the outer edge of the spool. Cut the line about 18 inches beyond the tip of the fishing rod. Tie on a lure or tie on a hook and live bait.