Katherine Browne talks innovation in women’s camo on Outdoor Channel
Dealer Relations and Pro-Staff Coordinator for Prois Hunting Apparel (and The WOMA member) Katherine Browne tells Jennifer Morgan, of the Outdoor Channel, about the top performance features of the new line of camo in the New Generation X line. See the interview here.
Here's Katherine Browne in an interview with Jennifer Morgan of the Outdoor Channel.
My First Fly Fishing Adventure with my Spouse
January 27, 2011 by Georgette Wood
Filed under On the Road
My husband and I never went fly fishing before, and I was so excited about it! I could hardly wait to go fishing with my friend, Katherine Browne, whom I met last year at SHOT Show. We talked about flyfishing together on Facebook and how so much fun we would have together. Read more
DamselFly Fisher Explains Why It’s Important to Tip Guides …
December 30, 2010 by The WOMA
Filed under Opinions & Editorials
Katherine Browne writes about the importance of factoring in a tip for a guide if you’re on a hunting or fishing trip. It’s more than courtesy. Read her opinion here at her blog at Women’s Outdoor News, DamselFly Fisher.
Ferns Reports on WOMA Retreat — Part I
November 12, 2010 by Deborah Ferns
Filed under WOMA News
After months of pre-planning, the first annual WOMA retreat finally came together in mid-October. More than a dozen of us, a combination of WOMA members and spouses, traveled to Gunnison, Colo., for this first annual event. Read more
Pike reports The WOMA retreat started off with a ‘bang’
The first annual Women’s Outdoor Media Association (WOMA) retreat, which was held in Gunnison, Colo., started out with a bang. Quite literally. Read more
November ‘Fish Babe’ — Katherine Browne
November 3, 2010 by The WOMA
Filed under Our 'Fish Babe' of the Month
Meet Katherine Browne, who likes to yell “Cross his eyes!” when she guides her clients on a day of fly fishing in the Gunnison River in western Colorado. Oh yeah, Katherine is The WOMA’s “Fish Babe” of the month. She caught this gorgeous brown trout all on her own, took a fall in the process and lived to tell the story at her new blog at The Women’s Outdoor News, titled “DamselFly Fisher.” You can read her story here.
Katherine Browne graduated cum laude from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in biology and has worked as a wildlife and fisheries biologist, fly-fishing guide and white water rafting guide. She resides in Gunnison, Colo., where she is the Pro-staff Coordinator for Prois Hunting Apparel, where she provides apparel to the most talented and well-known women in the hunting industry as well as showcasing the talents and activities of its pro-staff. She also is launching a freelance writing and photography career.
Rippin’ Lips with the Fishin’ Chicks
October 26, 2010 by Katherine Browne
Filed under On the Road
Katherine Browne helping Courtney Stoddard land a nice kokanee salmon
Anyway, we got to our spot, rigged rods and changed into waders. Pam and Jim were already ready to go and patiently waited while Courtney and I got our act together. Finally ready, we crossed the river and walked upstream to our hole. Right now the Kokanee salmon, an introduced species of land-locked salmon, are spawning and there are pods staged up on the East, the Gunnison, and Taylor Rivers. I had fished this pod a week before with famed outdoorswoman Georgette Wood and her husband Rick and I knew they were there. It was Courtney’s first time out fly fishing and Pam and Jim’s first time fishing for Kokanee so I gave everyone my salmon fishing speech and showed Courtney some basic casting. The key to catching Kokanee salmon is setting the hook hard, they have very boney mouths that just get bonier as the spawn progresses. When fishing for Kokanee in the rivers you are fishing with a lot of weight, typically at least two AB’s depending on the weight of your flies and the depth of the hole. You are bound to catch bottom some of the time but I always say “when in doubt, set the hook”. Kokanee salmon are not eating during the spawn, they are striking because they are territorial. When a fly gets in front of a salmon they pick it up and spit it out of their way. Normally your indicator barely moves when the fish takes the fly and people often miss fish after fish because they aren’t recognizing the strike. They are not selective and you can catch salmon on almost any fly. Bright obnoxious flies tend to work the best. Egg patterns are also always successful. I was feeling lazy that day and didn’t want to re-rig my rod so I fished my trout rig with some added weight and caught the largest salmon of the day on a size 20 zebra midge on 5x tippet, and caught a couple nice trout.
In no time Pam, Jim, and Courtney were hooking up and catching their first salmon. We had a fantastic outing, everyone caught salmon and everyone had learned how to catch these fish by the time we were leaving. Salmon are great fighters and so much fun to catch. Pam and Courtney really learned how to keep their rod tips up, let the fish run when they hooked them, and learned to set the hook hard. “Cross his eyes” was what I told the ladies when they weren’t setting hard enough. Beyond fishing it is always amazing to get out with other women in the outdoors. I love the camaraderie, the venue, and I love empowering women through fly fishing. It was especially great to get my friend Courtney out for her first time fly fishing. She couldn’t stop telling me what an amazing time she had. She hadn’t realized how much fun fly fishing could be until I finally convinced her to try it. She told me afterwards that she caught more fish on our outing than she had caught her whole life. It is so gratifying to be able to teach something so basic as how to catch a fish to a woman and help her feel more powerful and self sufficient. Thank you Pam, Jim and Courtney for coming out and I look forward to our many adventures to come!
Katherine Browne and Pam Christian with a hen kokanee, Pam's first fish of the day
Grouse Hunting in Colorado
October 21, 2010 by The WOMA
Filed under On the Road
Katherine Browne, of Gunnison, Colo., guided Olympic biathlete Tracy Barnes on a recent grouse hunting trip. The women were part of the first annual WOMA retreat, hosted by Prois Hunting Apparel. The retreat featured three days of outdoor activities, including fly fishing, skeet shooting, grouse hunting and falconry. Read more
At ICAST with Katherine Browne
September 5, 2010 by Katherine Browne
Filed under Cool Gear, On the Road
This year I attended my first ICAST show in Las Vegas. Though Vegas in July wouldn’t have been my top choice for locations, I had a great time, made some good contacts and was introduced to some very innovative products.
Heartbeat of The WOMA: Twin Biathletes, WOMA retreat & more
June 6, 2010 by Deborah Ferns
Filed under WOMA News
A few weeks ago several members of the Women’s Outdoor Media Association attended the annual NRA Meetings and Exhibits in Charlotte, N.C. It was an AWESOME experience, between outstanding speakers, a record-breaking number of exhibitors and attendees, plus a wonderful response to The WOMA’s hospitality suite hosted throughout the Saturday of the convention.
In a few weeks, my video editing guru, Marilyn Vogel of ProVideos 4 U, will have finished a webisode filmed at the NRA event. We’ll post the video at the website so you’ll have the opportunity to meet a variety of interesting new WOMA members, including Olympic Biathlon twin sisters, Tracy and Lanny Barnes.
The Barnes sisters, along with several other men and women of all ages and media backgrounds, are exactly the “breaths of fresh air” that our outdoor industry needs, especially if we hope to continue to encourage mainstream media to cover our industry in a pro-gun way—and we do!
As the camp director of Babes with Bullets ™, I know that at almost every BWB camp across the US we enjoy pro-gun mainstream media coverage (check out the newest pieces from NBC and ABC at the Babes With Bullets website. Whether at Babes with Bullets ™ or other arenas of The WOMA based on hunting, fishing, the shooting sports and archery, the goal of The WOMA is to build a unique human interest story about and around women, not a story about political parties or turf wars.
The saga of Tracy and Lanny, from their World Cup wins, to their experiences at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and now their goal of the 2014 Winter Olympics, is just one of many intriguing storylines. Visit Tracy and Lanny’s website at www.TwinBiathletes.com.
The gals are actively building their sponsorship and fan base, and I believe The WOMA is the perfect vehicle to help them with that task! WOMA President Barb Baird and I are already talking about traveling to Russia for the 2014 Olympics so we can cheer on our fellow WOMA members in their quest for an Olympic medal, so stay tuned for more information as time goes on.
Katherine Browne, fly fishing guide in Colorado and WOMA member, has offered to guide fly fishers this October at the first WOMA retreat.
We’re also hoping that Tracy and Lanny can make it to the first WOMA retreat to be held at Gunnison, Colo., from Friday, October 8 to Tuesday, October 12. This retreat, with housing provided at Three Rivers Resort, is being arranged through another outstanding member, Katherine Browne, of the Prois Pro Hunting Staff. Katherine has put together for us a wonderful (and significantly discounted) package including grouse hunting, fly fishing and something I’ve wanted to do for years: working and hunting with falcons. How cool is that!
We have a large lodge reserved and can accommodate a total of 12 people for this event, though several spots were already spoken for as soon as we announced the retreat. So far we have three couples and two other members. If you’re interested, please contact me by e-mail (Deb@theWOMA.com) ASAP, as it takes a deposit of $100 per person to hold your spot. We estimate the cost for lodging, chipping in for food, a one-day grouse hunting license, a full day of fly fishing, etc. will run roughly $450 per person for the whole event. This is a great program offered at a discount for The WOMA, though due to lack of slots we are limiting this event to adults only.
Katherine Browne and Kay.
I hope to meet more of you at the October retreat and in the meantime please submit your articles, photos, short blogs (whatever) to The WOMA so we can see what you are doing in your outdoor life!
