Atlanta Fly Fishing Festival

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Rick Ruoff helps Reed Livingstong, 3, of Johns Creek, to learn how to cast during kids casting.

Zachary Derr, 11, of Canton, laughs as he helps his cousin Gracie Dixon, 5, also of Canton, as they learn to cast.

A collection of flies are shown made by Max Birnkammer, of Smyrna.

Max Birnkammer, of Smyrna, works on making a streamer fly.

Fly Fishing legend Bernard "Lefty" Kreh prepares to demonstrate the correct way to cast.

Corey Vander Veen, of Woodstock, sits with his son Liam, 6, as he listens to Fly Fishing legend Bernard "Lefty" Kreh during a demonstration.

"Lefty" Kreh casts inside the lights of the Gwinnett Center.

Bill Boyd Sr. of Dayton, Tenn., shows off a Knack's Mud Bug that he just finished.

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Rick Ruoff demonstrates a fly fishing cast during kids casting at the Atlanta Fly Fishing Festival at the Gwinnett Center Saturday morning in Duluth. This was one of two sessions that Ruoff put on during the day.

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