Prerequisites done, home-schooled teen earns a field trip to study science and fly-fishing as the caddis hatch begins along a ...Classic river

From: The Gazette | Date: April 29, 2001| Author: The Gazette; Karl Licis | Copyright information

TEXAS CREEK - For Zac Butler, a day at school may be a day on the river.

Fly rod, waders, flies, hat ...

"I think we can credit it to applied science or biology," said his mother, Kathy, smiling as Zac made a final check of equipment for a field trip to the Arkansas River.

Zac, 13, is the oldest of seven brothers, sons of Steve, an Air Force major, and Kathy Butler. Zac is home-schooled and conveys an air of self-reliance that extends to his fishing.

"I've been ...

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