Fly fishing 101

Learn to Fly Fish in This Three Day Course.

Day One: Introduction to Fly Fishing & Casting

What is Fly Fishing? How is it different from conventional fishing? What do I need to get started? What can I catch on a fly rod? How do I know what bugs the fish are eating? How do I imitate them? How the heck do I cast this thing?

On Day One all of these natural and very common introductory questions will be answered. The first half of the day pertains to theory, where an excelled curriculum covers the basics of fly fishing methodology, culture, etiquette, entomology (bugs), and the fundamentals of casting mechanics. In the second half of the day you’ll put your newly acquired knowledge to task as the course moves from theory to practical instruction. This is when your physical love affair with casting begins. Situated in the open arena of our private venue, your instructor will guide you through the discipline of fly casting methods, as you learn and fish simultaneously. The most effective way to learn, is to do. This is exactly what the second half of Day One is about.

You’ll use this time to hone your skills and master your cast and, in the process, you will encounter opportunities to engage with our very brutish, combative fish.

Day Two: Full Day Walk & Wade With Instruction

On Day Two; it gets real. You will meet your guide in the morning and travel to one of multiple venues where you will experience a full-day walk & wade trip, targeting wild fish, and applying your new skills in the field. Your guide will serve as your instructor in this venture, analyzing your abilities and coaching you through course corrections as the need arises, to better equip you for success in real-time. River behavior is a separate monster from the stillwater you cut your teeth on in Day One’s instruction. On Day Two, you’ll learn to work with the current, and how to use it to deliver a presentation that will temp fish.

All the equipment, leader, and flies needed to pursue wild fish will be provided on this trip – as is customary on guided trips. Meals and drinks will also be provided. 

By the end of the day, you will have a better understanding of river flow dynamics and the behavior of fish when they are actively feeding. This new understanding will be instrumental in your pursuit on Day Three.

Day Three: Full Day Float/Walk & Wade

Where the method meets the metal. Day Three is all about concluding the era of your formal, now unfamiliar self as a fly angler. Again, you will meet your guide in the early morning in order to embark on a full-day’s adventure, fishing from a boat and wading from the shore at multiple points throughout the trip. Now equipped with a well practiced casting arm, an understanding on how water flow affects your presentation, and how to identify opportunities in moving water; the time to advance your knowledge of technique has come. Get ready for the speed round.

In this lesson, your guide will be introducing you to a myriad of different methods to take fish, and help you to advance your understanding of how to select which one is appropriate and in what instances each method is most effective. Fly fishing is a life-long learning experience. On Day Three, with the limited time a single day affords, your guide will help you to get a head start.

In this lesson your guide will cover surface imitations and presentation, subsurface imitations, terrestrial behavior and how to trigger the carnivorous reactions of large, meat eating fish. By the end of Day Three you will understand and feel more competent in employing these advanced tactics.