With waders, fins and fishing net, Jim Rainey of Pennsylvania splashes backward into a private pond during a lesson on fly fishing near Columbia Falls on Tuesday. The lesson, along with several others, kicked off the first day of the Fly Fishing Show and Conclave based at Whitefish High School. Rainey was taking the class from Steve Thompson, owner of Lakestream Fly Fishing Shop in Whitefish. Garrett Cheen/Daily Inter Lake

July 23, 2008