Many  thanks to Dr. Sloss from UWSP and all the instructors and staff who helped to put on the 8th annual CCMI intermediate and advanced Muskie school at the Waunakee High School. 

The feedback from the students was that the school was well received and that the quality of instruction was excellent.  That is exactly what we strive to do so we were very pleased to hear that. 

We believe that the attendance this year was the very highest ever.  In our first year we were crammed into four corners of a basketball court and had about 50 students show up.  This year we had more than three times that amount of students.  The facility at Waunakee High School is perfect for the school.  We have individual classrooms complete with TV's and DVD players and doors.  It is very conducive to educational classes and sharing of muskie related information. 

It was great to see Steve Worrall as well as many other highly seasoned experts at the school.  We had a lot of new faces and plenty of kids attending this school.  It's the first time that we've offered a beginners class for both adults and youth.  That class we pretty much full - a very good sign.  Duffy Kopf did a great job teaching the class.

We are hoping next year to develop some new tracks including one option where a student can start early in the morning and stay with it all day and at the end of the day they will have built a complete, finished- ready to go muskie rod. 

We have received suggestions for classes on River fishing, trolling motor configuration and maintenance, reel repair, and a few other topics.  We will be looking into that over the upcoming month.  If anyone has suggestions on classes for next years school- let us know and we will consider it.

Thanks to all who attended and best of luck with the upcoming season everyone!

 Geoff Crandall