Workshops by Day
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Workshops by Type
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| Tuesday |
Casting |
| Wednesday |
Tying
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| Thursday |
On Water
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| Friday |
Other |
| Saturday |
Non-Angling |
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| OTHER |
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| Wednesday, July 11 |
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| 21. Do It Yourself Line Welding Workshop – Lee Davison. Save money – learn how you can easily weld your own loops, change your line length and make line repairs. This workshop is great fun and offers many an “aha!” moment. Equipment: A line needing a loop or repair. If time permits you’ll do it in class. |
| Wednesday: 8 a.m. to noon • Level: All |
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Class Limit: 20 • Member Fee: $15
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| Thursday, July 12 |
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| 42. How to Be a Better Demonstration Tier – Jim Ferguson. This workshop is designed to help tiers be more effective teachers while demonstrating at expos, events and conclaves. Topics include suggestions on helping you communicate more effectively in verbal and non-verbal ways. |
| Thursday: 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 30 • Member Fee: Free |
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| 43. Fishing Lines Explained – Lee Davison. Ever want to know the difference between a Spey line and a single hand one but been afraid to ask? How about double tapers, Scandi-heads, shooting, sinking, floating, extreme distance and everything in between? Lee Davison, master casting instructor and two-handed casting instructor, will explain the differences in single-hand lines and Spey lines and their applications. Bring your questions! All questions asked in the classroom will stay in the classroom. This information was requested by many of you at previous fairs. Equipment: None. |
| Thursday: 8 a.m. to noon • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 20 • Member Fee: $35 |
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| 44. Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing – Carole Katz, Pat Damico, David Folkerts, Tamar P. Martin-Franklin, Warren Phillips. How to start a PHWFF program. Instructional strategies that address the needs of veterans with disabilities when casting, tying, rod building and fly fishing. With more than 125 programs in 43 states, Project Healing Waters is by far the largest organization teaching all aspects of fly fishing to disabled veterans and active duty personnel. Disabled veterans will be participating in the workshop. |
| Thursday: 8 a.m. to noon • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 30 • Member Fee: Free |
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| 45. Fly Tying and Fly Casting: Line Handling for Veterans and/or Disabled – Ken Brunskill. Part one, fly tying with one hand. How to use and tie with the one-hand fly tying station (aka Evergreen Hand). Part two, fly casting and fishing skills with adaptive equipment for the veteran with disabilities (limited to the use of one upper limb). There will be a break between part one and part two. Equipment: Provided. |
| Thursday: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 6 • Member Fee: $20 |
| Material Fee: $10 |
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| 46. Fly Tying Instructor’s Workshop – Jim Ferguson. The fly tying instructors workshop is designed for people wanting to organize a fly tying workshop for the first time or for those wanting to improve what they have done in the past. Resources will be discussed and shared to help in designing and implementing a fly tying workshop. |
| Thursday: 9:30 to noon • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 30 • Member Fee: Free |
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| 47. Simple Knots for Fly Fishers and Fly Fishing – Harley Reno. Attendees will experience tying many common and lesser-known knots used in fishing. Moreover, they will be shown when, where and how to use each knot and various combinations thereof. Equipment: Fingernail clippers. |
| Thursday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 15 • Member Fee: $30 |
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| Friday, July 13 |
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| 73. Antique Angler: Making the Antique Hook and Tying the First English Pattern (1651) – Darrel Martin, Sandra Martin. A simple, hands-on class on making blind hooks based on antique directions, including pointing, bearding, firing and tempering. Make horsehair snoods as the instructors explicate antique tying. Tie the first English pattern with tying directions dated from 1651. Students will exit with functional terminal tackle akin to that used in 17th century angling. The Martins offer a brief introduction on historic rod and line, along with handouts, both text and artwork, and all hook and tying materials. Equipment: Basic tying tools, vise (base mount is best), scissors, whip-finisher (long reach best, but not required), 3/0 thread/bobbin and ample curiosity. |
| Friday: 9 a.m. to noon • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 8 • Member Fee: $55 |
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| 74. Do It Yourself Chile – Bill Keister, Dean Keister. The presenters have been to Coyhaique, Chile seven times. Learn about the area, the fish, recommended rivers, self-guiding, local guides, high-end lodge combinations, river access issues, language, flies, tackle, wind, transportation to and in Patagonia, and other lodging options. Their Power Point presentation is highly interactive and includes handouts so you can learn how to go on your own. |
| Friday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 20 |
| Member Fee: $25 |
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| Saturday, July 14 |
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| 91. Streamside Examination of Stoneflies – David Nelson. Visit a local stream and examine the benthic fauna (bugs under rocks!), paying special attention to the stoneflies. Then discuss their life history, the part they play in the stream’s insect community and their relevance to fly fishers. Bring waders, if you like, but all specimens will be brought to the bank for study and photography. Equipment: Waders. |
| Saturday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. • Level: Beginner |
| Class Limit: 12 • Member Fee: $35 |
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| 92. Fly Tying and Fly Casting: Line Handling for Veterans and/or Disabled – Ken Brunskill. Part one, fly tying with one hand. How to use and tie with the one-hand fly tying station (aka Evergreen Hand). Part two, fly casting and fishing skills with adaptive equipment for the veteran with disabilities (limited to the use of one upper limb). There will be a break between part one and part two. Equipment: Provided. |
| Saturday: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. • Level: All |
| Class Limit: 6 • Member Fee: $20 |
| Material Fee: $10 |
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