FLY FISHING SCHOOLS

Fly Fishing Schools and Classes at The Fly Fishing Shop for your fun, enjoyment and continuing education.

These Fly Fishing Schools and Classes are Sponsored by The Fly Fishing Shop for your fun, enjoyment and continuing education. Learn the ancient art of fly fishing from experts who love to teach. Offering the Guides and Instructors Team that every other shop wish they had. Last up-dated 01/12/12.
Fly Fishing Schools: The Complete Suite of Entry Level Winter Steelhead Fly Fishing Schools
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Entry Level Spey Casting School
Spey Casting Finishing Schools
One Day Winter/Spring Steelhead Schools
Women’s Fly Fishing 101, Entry Level Fly Fishing Class
Deschutes River Trout School Featuring Mark Bachmann & Rick Hafele
Special Spey Schools Featuring: Simon Gawesworth & Al Buhr
Special Mega Summer Steelhead Spey Schools
Lodging in Welches
Our Steelhead Guides & Instructors
Steelhead Fly Fishing is a Learning Experience
Learning to Cast
An Instructor's View of Steelhead Schools
General Class Policy and Refund Policy
	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 fabled 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. 1-800-266-3971 flyfish@flyfishUSA.com
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Winter Steelhead Spey Schools 2011/2012

This season, Spey Casting and Winter Steelhead Schools can be taken in consecutive days for the convenience of out of town clients. Casting and fishing schools can be booked separately, but can also be booked consecutively for more in-depth instruction. Classes are designed to be small and intimate with lots of hands-on personal instruction. More information...

Women’s Fly Fishing 101, Entry Level Fly Fishing Class

New for 2011 Women’s classes taught by a women. Come spend a day leaning the all the essential basics of fly fishing. This class will focus on starting at square one and taking the angler through, knot tying, flies, basic entomology, learning the tackle, casting, and fishing presentation and methods. The full focus being placed on making each student an independent angler by the end of the day. The class will be taught by our own Marcy Stone. Local guide, tier, and Fly Fishing Shop employee. With Marcy’s high energy yet easy to learn style of teaching this class is the perfect class for women looking to get into the sport, or would be a great option for a couples looking to get their better half fly fishing. We will offer 1 class a month. With a class size of only 3 the amount of 1 on 1 time is maximized. All gear will be supplied by The Fly Fishing Shop, for those who need it or even some of it. We will also be providing drinks and lunch for the full day learning experience. A great package for $175.00. These classes will take place the thrid Saturday of each month starting in: To Be Up-Dated. Call the Shop to set your class up. Space is limited.


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	Women’s Entry Level Fly Fishing Class, To Be Up-Dated	Per Student $175

Summer Steelhead PhD Schools Featuring The Best Of The Best !!!
Deschutes River Summer Steelhead Spey Schools
Your next step toward excellence!

Simon Gawesworth on The Deschutes River, photo: Mark Bachmann

Simon Gawesworth has collaborated on our popular Summer Steelhead PhD Schools since 2002. PhD always sells out early. Simon's next Deschutes Summer Steelhead School is scheduled for:
September 13-16, 2012. Also instructing in this school are Mark Bachmann, Josh Linn & Ron Walp. Luxury river camp with two big jet boats. Six sessions on the water.
Details as follows....

The popular PhD School has been further refined and super-sized. Take four or seven days.
Don't wait to sign up. There is already a waiting list.
Each part of this school features four guides, two big jet boats, and the best camp on the river.
Mid-September is prime time for Deschutes River steelhead fishing. This school intends that you will graduate with extensive proprietary knowledge of steelhead fly fishing and spey rod casting.

We will camp on prime water and we will have boat access to miles
of steelhead runs that will present a diverse array of angling opportunities and challenges.
Classes will be held mid-day. You will fish with a guide each morning and evening.
Brunch and dinner will be served at times to give you the best fishing periods.
This will give you the best advantage for hooking as many steelhead
as possible during your stay with us.
Nothing teaches you more about fishing than being where
fish are being hooked and landed.

You will learn all aspects of spey rod fishing with both floating and sinking-tip lines.
Learn how to locate steelhead water and how to approach it.
Watch an expert guide as he fishes and discloses the secrets
and proven methods that put fish on the beach.
Get a lot of hands on help (4-guides for 8-students) so that you too can be productive.
Save yourself years of experimenting on your own.

You will be pampered!
You will stay in a very comfortable tent camp on the water.
A Camp Person will be available at all times to make your stay as comfortable as possible.
All cooking and eating will be done in a spacious screen-house.
Comfortable sleeping cots and pads are supplied in double occupancy tents.
All food & non-alcoholic beverages are included.

Bring your own sleeping bag, clothing, toiletries,
waders, rain gear, rods, reels, flies & tackle.

Price includes your Deschutes Boaters Pass.
Price does not include your Oregon Fishing License, which may be at our store, or purchased online.

Price: $1,895 per person.

Non-Refundable Deposit: $1,000

Balance Due: $895 by July 1, 2012

Meet at Mack's Canyon Camp Ground at: Noon, September 13, 14, 15, 16 noon, back at Mack's Canyon First come, first served. Do to the logistical nature and the demand on these schools, deposits are transferable, but not refundable. Click for a report from 2011 Summer Steelhead Spey Schools.
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SPEY-SCH-091316-12	4-day Deschutes steelhead school with Mark Bachmann, Josh Linn, Ron Walp and Simon Gawesworth, September 13 noon-16 noon, 2012	Deposit $1,000 Non-Refundable, transaction will be processed after 01/02/12

More Excellence !!!

FFF Certified Master Instructor, Al Buhr is always one of the most popular presenters at the Sandy River Spey Clave. His casting & fishing talents are truly legendary. Al joins our team for a Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing School on the Deschutes River 9/16 - 9/19. Also instructing in this school are Mark Bachmann, Josh Linn & Ron Walp. Luxury river camp with two big jet boats. Six sessions on the water. Details same as above except for the dates.
This school dovetails into the school with Simon and you can sign up for it separately or take seven days of non-stop steelheading with the best guides and instructors you ever fished with.

Price: $1,895 per person. Non-Refundable Deposit: $1,000 Balance Due: $895 by July 1, 2012 Meet at Mack's Canyon Camp Ground at: September 16 noon -19 noon First come, first served.
Do to the logistical nature and the demand on these schools, deposits are transferable to other students, but not refundable. Click for a report from 2011 Summer Steelhead Spey Schools.
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SPEY-SCH-091619-12	4-day Deschutes steelhead school with Mark Bachmann, Josh Linn, Ron Walp and Al Buhr,	Deposit $1,000 Non-Refundable, transaction will be processed after 01/02/12

Deschutes Summer Steelhead Spey Mega School

This is the most complete Deschutes Summer Steelhead Spey School offered for 2012. It features 7-days on the water during the peak of the steelhead season, with the most sophisticated camp and the most experienced set of instructors available. Mark Bachmann, Simon Gawesworth, Al Buhr, Josh Linn and Ron Walp are your hosts with a combined steelhead fly fishing experience foundation of over 120 years. Two big, powerful, jet boats give you easy access to many, many miles of prime water. Arrive September 13 and stay until September 19. Basically both of the schools above combined. Click for a report from 2011 Summer Steelhead Spey Schools. Price: $3,595 per person. Non-Refundable Deposit: $2,000 Balance Due: $1,595 by July 1, 2012 Meet at Mack's Canyon Camp Ground at: September 13 noon -19 noon First come, first served.
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DE-MEGA-12	Deschutes Summer Steelhead Spey Mega School	Deposit $2,000 Non-Refundable, transaction will be processed after 01/02/12

An Instructor's View of Steelhead Schools

Brian Silvey helps Jim Walker land a steelhead.

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

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 bite at

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

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.

Pete Spooner & Jim Walker hooked up on oposite sides of the river.

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

Steelhead Fly Fishing: Is A Learning Experience
	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.

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.

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.

Rain Coat (earth-tones for fishing schools).
Polarized glasses.
You should bring waders for all fly fishing schools.
Rod, reel & flies will be provided.

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