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Linda McAteer

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: Mesa, Arizona
How long have you been fly fishing?: Since 1995

Favorite fly-fishing partner: My husband, John McAteer; we learned the sport together, too.
Favorite water to fish: It's so hard to pick just one, but . . . Canyon Creek in New Mexico.
Favorite species to fish for: Brown trout
Bucket List: I'd like to fly fish for salmon in Alaska someday. That's the only place I haven't been in North America.
Top Three Fly Patterns: Elk-Hair Caddis, olive Semi-Seal Leech with lots of flash, and any Woolly Bugger.

Linda McAteer

Now that she has more time for it, Linda has been doing some serious fly fishing. She’s discovered that the more she does it, the better some aspects of the art become. She says she’s even unlearned a few bad habits along the way. In 2018, Linda started the Arizona Women of Trout Unlimited fly fishing school.