FLY FISHING SCHOOLS |
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Fly Fishing Schools and Classes at The Fly Fishing Shop for your fun, enjoyment and continuing education. |
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These Fly Fishing Schools and
Classes are Sponsored by The Fly Fishing Shop for your fun, enjoyment and continuing
education.
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| Elementary Fly Fishing: | |
| Basic Fly Fishing / Beginning – Intermediate | |
| Learn to Catch Trout the First Day | |
| Learn to Fly Fish a River for Trout | |
| “SPEY” Casting / Beginning – Intermediate | |
| 4 hr. Float: Spey Casting for Trout / Steelhead | |
| Steelhead Schools | |
| Our Steelhead Guides & Instructors | |
| Steelhead Fly Fishing is a Learning Experience | |
| Learning to Cast | |
| An Instructor's View of Steelhead Schools | |
| Half-Day Steelhead Fly Fishing Schools (4 hr. Float) | |
| Two Day Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing Schools for October 2008 | |
| General Class Policy and Refund Policy | |
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Because of its unique location, The Fly Fishing Shop is able to offer high quality fly fishing schools.
Our shop boasts the most complete indoor fly fishing classroom on the west
coast of North America. Our instructors are second to
none in their dedication and understanding of the sport of fly fishing. Our
community boasts a number of unique man-made amenities that are well suited to beginning anglers.
The Mount Hood area has a myriad of small trout streams and lakes that are well
suited to both entry level and intermediate anglers. Within easy reach are many
fables steelhead/salmon rivers such as the Sandy, Deschutes, John Day and
Clackamas. Each has a different personality and is suited to different
experience levels.
Take our classes and you will learn a lot in a short period of time.
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Basic Fly Fishing / Beginning – Intermediate: |
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Dates: 2008: Time: Two – 3 ¼ hr. classes:
2 – 5:15 p.m., one – two hour river outing: 2 – 4 p.m.
Location: Classes: The Fly
Fishing Shop Class Room & outside, River outing: TBA.
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| BASIC-FF-0907-20 | Basic Fly Fishing School - classes - September 7, 14, outing September 20 | $75 | |
| BASIC-FF-0928-1011 | Basic Fly Fishing School - classes - September 28, October 5, outing October 11 | $75 | |
| BASIC-FF-1109-1122 | Basic Fly Fishing School - classes - November 9, 16, outing November 22 | $75 | |
| Learn To Catch Trout The First Day | |
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The 7-Hour Class! Make no mistake, you will catch a trout during this class! (Money back guarantee). The Fly Fishing Shop Team is pleased to announce that we are offering all-day basic fly fishing classes to those who desire to experience and/or learn this timeless sport for themselves. Any and all necessary supplies will be furnished for the day of your class. This will include fly rod and reel, leader, tippet, flies and so on. Our instructor will teach you all the skills needed to successfully fly fish on your own. |
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If you do not presently own fly fishing equipment, you will be able to make
informed decisions on the type of gear that will best suit your needs and style
of fishing. The class
will begin with a two-hour session in our new state of the art classroom.
Videos, slide projections, diagrams and demonstrations will proceed while you are
provided with snacks and soft drinks. |
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| FIRST-0531 | Learn To Catch Trout The First Day, May 31, 2008 | $150 | |
| FIRST-0621 | Learn To Catch Trout The First Day, June 21, 2008 | $150 | |
| FIRST-0713 | Learn To Catch Trout The First Day, July 13, 2008 | $150 | |
| FIRST-0816 | Learn To Catch Trout The First Day, August 16, 2008 | $150 | |
| FIRST-0913 | Learn To Catch Trout The First Day, September 13, 2008 | $150 |
| LEARN TO FLY FISH A RIVER FOR TROUT | |
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This class is for those Fly-fishers who have a basic
knowledge of casting, rigging, and fly selection with a desire to further
acquire the skills needed to fish for, and catch trout in moving water.
Newcomers are also welcome. Dates: 2008: June 22; Aug. 17. [Note:
These dates are set up so a person can take the “Learn to Catch Trout the
First Day / Lake”, and the “Learn to Fly Fish a River for Trout”, BOTH ON
THE SAME WEEKEND.
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| LTRT-062208 | Learn to Fly Fish A River For Trout Class, Sunday, June 22, 2008 | $125 | |
| LTRT-081708 | Learn to Fly Fish A River For Trout Class, Sunday, August 17, 2008 | $125 |
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Fly Fishing:
“SPEY” Casting /
Beginning – Intermediate Time: 8 a.m. – 2:40 p.m. (Bring your own lunch, or purchase at Barton Store deli). Location: Barton Park / Clackamas River *Cost (6 hrs.): $125. * [See Special Rate, if you pay for this class and the 4 hr. Float, at the Same Time]. {Min. 3, Max. 4, Students; SEE CLASS POLICY}. Equipment: Waders and boots; 9’ 5/6 wt. fly rod outfit, and spey rod outfit of your choice. (If equipment is needed, students should make arrangements at time of registering, to contact the instructor - for the equipment to be used in the class, before the scheduled class). |
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| SPEY-CL-051608 | Spey Casting Class, May 16, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-051908 | Spey Casting Class, May 19, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-062808 | Spey Casting Class, June 28, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-071208 | Spey Casting Class, July 12, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-080908 | Spey Casting Class, August 9, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-082308 | Spey Casting Class, August 23, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-090608 | Spey Casting Class, September 6, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-092708 | Spey Casting Class, September 27, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-110808 | Spey Casting Class, November 8, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-CL-121408 | Spey Casting Class, December 14, 2008 | $125 | |
| Four-Hour Floating Spey Fishing School, may be for steelhead or trout | |
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This school is for those who have completed the “SPEY” Casting Class above; also welcomed are those anglers who have had some spey casting experience. Emphasis will be on fly fishing skills and styles (using spey casting), applying the casts you have been taught to actual fishing conditions, reading of the water, selecting and effectively presenting your fly to the fish. THIS IS A FISHING SCHOOL, NOT A CASTING CLASS! Spey rods are versatile tools that may be used for steelhead or trout. |
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A boat is used for transportation. Fishing
will be conducted while wading. Cost: $125 per person (Minimum $375 per boat).
Some boats carry four people. Equipment: Chest-high waders and wading shoes, fly
fishing outfit of choice, flies. |
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| SPEY-FL-062908 | Four-Hour Floating Spey Fishing School, June 29, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-FL-081008 | Four-Hour Floating Spey Fishing School, August 10, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-FL-082408 | Four-Hour Floating Spey Fishing School, August 24, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-FL-090708 | Four-Hour Floating Spey Fishing School, September 7, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-FL-092808 | Four-Hour Floating Spey Fishing School, September 28, 2008 | $125 | |
| SPEY-FL-110908 | Four-Hour Floating Spey Fishing School, November 9, 2008 | $125 | |
| An Instructor's View of Steelhead Schools | |
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You can never know too much about any subject. Going to a school and obtaining the guidance of skill instructors is accepted as the quickest, most efficient way to learn. Learning comes in measured stages for most people. Rarely is complete knowledge of any technical subject obtainable in only one day. This progression from lower to upper grade status is obtainable only if the knowledge of the lower grade is well |
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learned. For instance catching a steelhead with a fly rod is only "achievable" if the angler has learned how to cast with a fly rod. An student who has taken the time to learn how to cast "well" with a fly rod can reach more steelhead than one who hasn't. This fact was brought home during our 02/13/04 Winter Steelhead School which included (6) students. The three students who brought steelhead to their flies during this school had attended previous schools with us. Jim Stone got a good bight at |
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our first stop. He had attended a Deschutes Steelhead School with us two years ago. Jim Walker hooked (4) steelhead during the school and Peter Spooner hooked one. Spooner landed his steelhead and Walker landed two. Both of these fine anglers had taken our Spey Casting School in January. During the late afternoon Instructors Mark Bachmann and Brian Silvey had their boats parked across the river from each other. Jim Walker who was riding with Brian hooked an nice bright steelhead and |
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everyone was watching and cheering him on. Then Pete, who was riding with Mark hooked one that was just as bright. Both fish were released with help from the guides. It was a fitting graduation ceremony for both angling students. We provide the instruction. The steelhead issue the diplomas. |
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During this day we didn't get one piece of water that hadn't already been bait fished shortly before we got to it. There were about eight other boats on the water ahead of us including two very talented gear guides. We got strikes fishing behind them. It was February, Friday the thirteenth. Who knows whether the strikes were do to luck or skill. We instructors will take victory any way it comes. We had a very dedicated group of students. Also there were good numbers of fresh fish in our stretch of river. However, there was hard wind the early part of the day. We fished through it and were a stronger team because of it. Most of the fish were hooked during the wind. It was a fun day. I would do it again in a minute. I have a feeling that Brian & Ron feel the same. MB |
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Steelhead Fly Fishing: Is A Learning Experience |
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It can be called, "Steelhead Fly Fishing" or "Fly Fishing For Steelhead". This sport leads to a deeper understanding of the natural world that we and steelhead live in. Steelhead are magical creatures; unique among fishes. They have much to teach us. For that reason alone, fly fishing for steelhead is worth the pursuit. You know they are beautiful. You've seen all of those fresh steelhead pictures on our web site. There are pictures from all times of the year and from many different rivers. All those beautiful |
| steelhead were caught with flies. You know that. And now you want to catch some steelhead with flies yourself. But, you've heard from other anglers that catching steelhead with flies is very difficult. You've heard right. A very small percentage of the fly-angling public catches steelhead with flies. Yet, some of those anglers catch lots of steelhead per season. They do it with the right tackle and the right acquired skills. Our steelhead schools are designed to give you those skills in the quickest, most efficient, most fun, most cost effective manner possible. It's easy: First learn to cast. Then learn to present the fly. Then learn to hunt. Then learn to land steelhead. | |
| Our Steelhead Class Instructors & Guides An instructor is the person who teaches a school to prepare you for a certain task. A guide is a person who takes you to a certain place. Our guides are also instructors. However, any guided fly fishing trip will be more productive if you have already acquired the skills to deliver the fly to the fish. Attending a series of steelhead fly fishing schools before going on a guided trip can pay real dividends. |
Mark Bachmann |
Brian Silvey |
Simon Gawesworth |
George Cook |
Hawkeye Hawkins |
Marty Sheppard |
Ron Lauzon |
Josh Linn |
| LEARNING TO CAST Learning to cast well is the most essential part of learning to catch steelhead. We use both shingle-hand and two-hand fly rods. The two-hand fly rod, also spey rod, has recently become the most popular instrument for presenting flies to steelhead and salmon. This is especially true when larger rivers are being fished. Spey rods allow any angler to cover more water, more efficiently. A spey rod enables an angler to present his or her flies at longer ranges, even where there is little room for a back-cast . This is because the back cast is not aerolized. Rather a change-of-direction roll cast is performed. This is called a spey cast. There are many types of spey casts. Some are hundreds of years old. Others have recently evolved. You can learn all of them from us. We offer the best instruction in a comprehensive, yet affordable package. |
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Two Day Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing Schools for October 2008 |
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Take a jet boat ride on the Deschutes
River with: |
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| ST-BACH-1011-12 | 2-day steelhead class with Mark Bachmann, October 11, Stay overnight and fish October 12, cost $695 per student, non-refundable deposit $200, $495 will be rang up on the same card August 1, 2008 | One space open $200 deposit per student |
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| ST-BACH-1025-26 | 2-day steelhead class with Mark Bachmann, October 25, Stay overnight and fish October 26, cost $695 per student, non-refundable deposit $200, $495 will be rang up on the same card August 1, 2008 | Two spaces open $200 deposit |
| General
Class Policy and Refund Policy We take our schools
seriously. They are the best of their kind you can attend. In order
to coordinate students, equipment and instructors with a minimum of
problems, we stick to an exacting schedule and curriculum. In order
to maintain an atmosphere where teaching and learning can be done
efficiently, disruption has to be kept to a minimum. In group
classes no alteration in starting time or place will be made for any
individual. Show up on-time, organized and ready to be part of a team
effort. Scheduling a class involves scheduling instructors time and
in some cases scheduling support people. Once your deposit is
received those people are reserved for you. When we accept your
deposit we have formed a contract to serve you. You have signed a
contract to attend.
Classes not booked with the minimum number of students to hold a class, (or float), seven days before the classes starting date- students will be notified, and the class may be subject to change - and may be rescheduled to the next session. If less than the minimum number of students needed to hold a “group” class are registered, the class can still be taught, but the cost will be according to the “number of individual” students per instructor. Students who don't show up for a class will not be rescheduled without a new fee. |
What you should bring for outdoor classes.
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The Fly Fishing Shop, Welches, OR
1 (800) 266-3971