Classes with the Experts:
Thursday 9:00-5:00
Advanced Fly Casting Class with Gary Borger & Mac Brown: A once-in-a-lifetime experience to learn and understand practical and comprehensive techniques that will take you beyond the next level. Advanced. Premium Class Fee. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Friday 2:00-4:30pm
Next Level Casting with Sheila Hassan: This class is geared toward those with some casting and fishing experience, looking to improve their overall casting techniques. Topics covered include loop control, accuracy, handling the wind, and learning or improving the double haul. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Casting with Alice Owsley: An advanced casting class for men and women where Alice, a professional guide and instructor, will help you learn the casting techniques that will improve your long and short fly presentations. Learn from Alice’s years of guiding experience that help develop your casting catch more fish. Intermediate. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Fundamentals of Euronymphing with Jason Randall: This course lays a solid foundation in gear, leaders, rigging and flies, but then prepares you for the river with the right approach and cast. We’ll share advanced topics such as micro-leaders, mono-rigs, new products, new concepts in fly design. This course offers much for the beginner and expert angler alike, and so is open to all skill levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Trophy Trout Tactics for all Seasons and Waters with Landon Mayer: This exciting new class with Mayer is designed for anglers of all skill levels and covers how to find fish by reading water and sight fishing rivers and still waters.
This is the closest thing to a full guided trip on the water! All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Stillwater Strategies and Tactics for Eastern Stillwater with Phil Rowley: In this workshop, you will learn how eastern lakes differ from those in the west. If you have been considering exploring some of your local lakes but aren’t sure where to start or what to use, this workshop should get you pointed in the right direction. All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Euro Nymphs: Today’s Top Fish-Catching Flies with Tim Cammisa: After breaking down the tying steps, fishing and rigging tips will be discussed, allowing you to leave the class with a better understanding of how and why these flies outproduce others. All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Beyond Cast & Strip – Presentation Flies for Stripers with Steve Culton: This class covers traditional New England-style bucktails, soft-hackles, and flatwings, and how to fish them. Sparse flies that look alive even when at rest. Steve will demo some patterns. All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Fishing and Tying Baitfish for Multiple Species with Jake Villwock: Jake will go over some of his favorite techniques to fishing streamers for multiple species. His goal will be to cut the learning curve and bridge the gap between these different fish and how to fish for them! All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Saturday 8:30-11:00am
The Perfect Cast with Gary Borger: Learn the difficult methods of casting and how to apply them in all angling. All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Women Only Casting with Sheila Hassan: One of our most popular classes. This very special class will be limited to eight lucky women. Beginner to intermediate. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Practical Nymphing with Ed Engle: Learn foundation techniques that are crucial to success in a variety of nymphing situations. Always filled–Register Early! Revised and updated in 2021. All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Stillwater Essentials with Phil Rowley: This comprehensive workshop will teach you what rods, lines and reels you need and why. We will also cover retrieves, fly selection, which fly styles to choose for different situations, entomology, watercraft options and much more. All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
The Art of Nymph Fishing with Jason Randall: With the focus on presentation, this hands-on class emphasizes a systematic approach to the different methods of nymph fishing, showing when, where and how to best use each. All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Sight Fishing Secrets for Giant Trout with Landon Mayer: A visual look into the techniques and tactics used to successfully navigate your trout hunting adventure. Click HERE for more info or to register.
All levels.
Rigging and Casting Dry Flies and Emergers with Tim Cammisa: In this interactive class, Tim discusses his approach to fishing emergers and dry flies, sharing his preferred gear and setup for a variety of situations. All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Fishing and Tying Weighted Flies that DON’T Get Stuck with Jake Villwock: Join Jake as he goes over how he ties and designed some of his bottom crawling bugs to fish better, get down quick, staying in the zone longer, all while spending well over 50% less time being stuck on the bottom. Intermediate. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Saturday 2:00-4:30pm
An In-Depth Review of Basic Casting Mechanics to Help You Catch More Fish with Dusty Wissmath: In this class, we will review both basic and advanced casting mechanics. All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Increase Your Distance with Mac Brown: Increase your overall fly casting efficiency with greater distances with ease. This class will help you to define what is exactly needed for accomplishing greater distances with ease. All skill levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Fly Fisher’s Evolution with George Daniel: George explains his favorite tactics and rigging for nymphing, streamer, and dry fly approaches. All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Tying and Fishing Wet Flies with Steve Culton: Learn to tie and fish classic North Country spiders and other wet flies that trout can’t resist. The course also covers basics like leader construction, fly selection, where to fish wet flies, and how to fish them. Intermediate. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Fly Tying with Joe Cordeiro: Learn all tying techniques to design the flat wing flies and other striper patterns. Intermediate. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Reading the Waters with Alice Owsley: In this technical presentation, Montana guide, Alice Owsley will cover topics on where fish live with changing temperatures, water levels and seasons. All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Small Waters: Advanced Methods with Frank Burr: This class will introduce you to Advanced Methods to use when fishing in streams, creeks, small rivers, and small stillwater as well as equipment selections that work best for these types of water. All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Sunday 8:30-11:00am
Casting Strategies with Gary Borger: This demo/clinic focuses on the skills of casting as a means of delivering the fly at all distances with rods of all flexes and weights. Intermediate. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Learn about Loop Control for More Efficient Casts with Mac Brown: Mastering loop control is one of the many gratifications for a fly fishers journey. Learn why “Less is More” for your own fly casting and understanding more about your own loop control. This opens a world of control in presentation casting used in fishing. All skill levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Fly Fisher’s Evolution with George Daniel: George explains his favorite tactics and rigging for nymphing, streamer, and dry fly approaches. All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
What’s in the Box with Barry & Cathy Beck: This class covers head-to-toe gear and an in-depth look at the flies that Barry & Cathy use for trout fishing, along with their preferred terminal tackle. All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Euro Nymphing 101 With Phil Rowley: This comprehensive seminar will provide you with a wealth of information including specifics on short line (Polish & Czech) and long line (Spanish & French) techniques. Sign up today, as this workshop always books fast! All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Tenkara: From Rod Set-up to Landing Big Fish with Karin Miller: This class is designed for anglers of all skill levels that want to get into or are curious about tenkara. We will Cover it All! All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Vertical Presentation and Sink Rates for Nymphing with Frank Burr: This presentation/class will cover sink rates for different types of beads and other weights for Nymphing and how to apply them to maximize you nymphing success! All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Sunday 2:00-4:30pm
Women Only Casting with Cathy Beck: One of our most popular classes. This very special class will be limited to eight lucky women. Beginner to intermediate. Click HERE for more info or to register.
The Art of Nymph Fishing with Jason Randall: With the focus on presentation, this hands-on class emphasizes a systematic approach to the different methods of nymph fishing, showing when, where and how to best use each. All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Euro Nymphing from A-to-Z with Tim Cammisa: During this interactive class, Tim discusses his approach to fishing with nymphs, the stage in which most trout feed the most. All Levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Trophy Trout Tactics for all Seasons and Waters with Landon Mayer: This exciting new class with Mayer is designed for anglers of all skill levels and covers how to find fish by reading water and sight fishing rivers and still waters.
This is the closest thing to a full guided trip on the water! All levels. Click HERE for more info or to register.
Note: Most tying classes require some tying experience and others may require more. Ask us when you call. Beginners are welcome, but be prepared for more than basics. All students must bring their own tying vise, tools, lamp if needed, and a sampling of materials. Most classes will provide adequate materials for the patterns being taught. If a class is canceled, you will be notified 5 days prior to the show and permitted to switch or receive a refund.
All classes will be held indoors.
Casting Classes: Bring your own rod, reel & line.
Fly Tying Classes: Bring your own lamp, vise, tools & a basic selection of materials. To insure quality instruction class size is limited. Call us for more class descriptions or availability. Classes will fill and close, so register early. The tuition charge of $85 includes admission to the show for that day. There are no refunds unless the class is canceled. You MUST register in advance. Click HERE for more info or to register. For more information call 814-443-3638.