The Team Roping Journal

(At Home With)

at home with | Jake Barnes | Clay O | big break

Q: How long have you been heeling for Dawson at the rodeos, and who taught you guys how to rope?

A: We started rodeoing together in 2016. Our grandpa Roger Fletcher and our uncle Kurt Fletcher taught us how to rope. The Fletcher side of our family ropes, and the Graham side is mostly farmers.

Q: How big is team roping up in Canada these days?

Team roping's pretty big up there, and is getting bigger, for sure. Some of

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