From Flyfishing Northwest with David Williams, a seattlepi.com reader blog:

Northwest Fly Anglers Casting Classes: This eight-session class aims at teaching the art of casting a fly rod. It is popular with novices and not-so-novices wanting to improve their casting skills. Taught by FFF Certified Casting Instructors, Peg and Bill Van Natter who are masters at [...]

Ed. note: Wasn’t it a gorgeous day today in Green Lake?
Check out this fantastic shot from our favorite local photographer, Jeff Blucher.  He also snapped the picture that we used in our last post, Join Arthur Lee Jacobson on a Green Lake Trees tour.
Thanks, Jeff!

Arthur Lee Jacobson (of Trees of Green Lake fame) just shared some great news with us – he has scheduled the year’s first Green Lake Trees tour.
The tour will be on Friday, March 26, 10:00 a.m. to noon.  Be sure to check his website for future tour times as well.
From Arthur:

Since 1980 I have given [...]

SeattleCrime.com just tweeted the following:
Officer flagged down near Greenlake after someone found a “suspicious bone” in the park.
We’ll share any further information with you as it develops.

Attention all Seattle runners, there’s a new running group on Meetup:
Seattle’s Green Lake is one of the most popular destinations for urban runnings. Because of its popularity it should be easy to get a consistent set of fellow runners together.
Everyone is invited to come regardless of how fast and far you can go. There will [...]

From SeattleCrime.com:
Police are on their way to Greenlake to deal with a woman who stripped down and jumped in the lake at about 8:30 am.
Officers have called for a medic unit and an officer equipped with a Taser.
We’ll let you know what happens.
Update @ 8:54: Police have located the Lady of the Lake but have [...]

Yep, it’s another edition of The Trees of Green Lake, a monthly series which draws from Trees of Green Lake, written and published by Arthur Lee Jacobson.  This fantastic book is available for purchase directly from the author and for checkout at the Seattle Public Library.
Jacobson writes of the month of March at Green Lake [...]

From the fine folks who brought us the Love ‘em or Leave ‘em Valentine’s Day Dash and the Green Lake Gobble & Mashed Potato Munch Off, next up is the Top Pot Doughnuts Inaugural 5K Doughnut Dash & Walk.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Green Lake Community Center (7201 E Green Lake Dr N)
8:00 a.m. – Registration
9:15 a.m. [...]

The Green Lake Pitch & Putt (a.k.a. the Greenlake Golf Course) is sheduled to open for the season on Monday, March 1.
The Pitch & Putt is located on the south end of Green Lake, at 5701 East Green Lake Way N.  It is open every day at 9 a.m., from the beginning of March through [...]

A query from My Green Lake reader Amber Mitrotti:
Does anybody know Tim, the owner of the espresso stand that used to be by the boat rentals? I used to stop by all the time and chat. I would love to track him down since the stand appears to be gone and not coming back. I’ve known [...]