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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.
  
Last up-dated 06/09/10.

Fly Fishing Schools:
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3-day Deschutes River Fly Fishing School with Hafele & Bachmann, July 2010
Five-Hour Private Fly Fishing For Trout Schools
Four Hour Private Fly Fishing For Trout Schools
Four Hour Private Fly Fishing For Steelhead Schools
The Complete Suite of Winter/Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing Schools
“SPEY” Casting / Beginning – Intermediate
One Day Winter Steelhead Schools
PhD Summer Steelhead School With Simon Gawesworth, September 19-22.
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
Everyone wants to be hooked up...

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
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Get your Trout Fishing PhD
With fly-fishing author and instructor
Rick Hafele, and a supporting cast of: Mark Bachmann, Josh Linn & Ron Walp
June 9, 10, & 11, 2010 on the Deschutes River

The Trout Fishing PhD Program,
sponsored by The Fly Shop in Welches, Oregon, is a unique opportunity to take your fly fishing skills to another level and do it in a secluded setting on a world class trout stream with a group of world class fly fishing instructors.

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Summer Steelhead PhD
School
Simon Gawesworth on The Deschutes River, photo: Mark Bachmann

Spend 4-days & 3-nights on the Deschutes River with: 
Mark Bachmann, Josh Linn and Simon Gawesworth.
September noon 19, 20, 21, noon 22, 2010
The popular PhD School features three 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.
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 (3-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 purchased online.
Meet at Mack's Canyon Camp Ground at:
Noon 9/19 arrive back at Mack's Canyon a Noon 9/22.
Date: September noon 19, 20, 21, noon 22, 2010
8 students only !
Class full. Waiting list deposit will be refunded if no one cancels.
First come, first served.       

Price: $1295 per person.  Non-Refundable Deposit: $295 Balance Due: $1000 by 07/01/09
Item Description Deposit To Top
PHD-CLASS-091910
Class Full
4-day, 3-night PHD steelhead school with Mark Bachmann, Josh Linn and Simon Gawesworth, September noon 19, 20, 21, noon 22, 2010 - join the waiting list Deposit $295
Waiting list only in case someone cancels.

Your outdoor class room. The 5-Hour Class!
"Learn To Catch Trout The First Day" 
Make no mistake, you will catch trout during this class!  (Money back guarantee).


The Fly Fishing Shop Team is pleased to announce that we are offering a 5-hour basic fly fishing class to those who desire to experience and/or learn this timeless sport for themselves.
All necessary supplies will be furnished.

Included rod/reel set-ups, leader, tippet, flies and so on. 
Our instructors will teach you all the skills needed to 
successfully fly fish on your own. 

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 after you take this class.
You will be able to evaluate some of the world's finest fly fishing tackle
because you will be able to use it during the class.  
There will be rod/reel outfits from companies such as:
 Sage, Winston, G. Loomis, Abel, Nautilus and Ross, just to name a few.

By the end of your first day with our guidance,
 you will be able to assemble and rig your rod correctly, tie your leader and tippet, select a fly, cast and make a good presentations to the fish.  

The class will begin with a two-hour session in our state of the art classroom.  PowerPoint projections and demonstrations will proceed while you are seated
in the perfect atmosphere for learning.
 The class will then move outdoors.  We have arranged the use of a private facility beyond your wildest dreams.  It is spacious and beautiful with the sophistication and charm of an English Manor.  Our facility is complete with 13 acres of lawn and 7 small lakes full of hungry trout.  Picnic tables and restrooms are conveniently located. Parking is generous. 
You will have the opportunity to hook, play and land fish that 
you will be able to keep during this class.  
The staff will clean and package your fish.


Class sizes are limited to four students for each scheduled session.  

Classes will start at 1:00pm sharp and last 'til 6:00pm.
Cost: $150 per person.
There is a 4-student class scheduled for each of the following dates in 2010, 
 May 21, June 18 and July 16.

  Date Price To Top
CLASS521 Learn To Catch Trout The First Day Class, 5-hours, May 21 $150
per Student
CLASS618 Learn To Catch Trout The First Day Class, 5-hours, June 18 $150
per Student
CLASS716 Learn To Catch Trout The First Day Class, 5-hours, July 16 $150
per Student

We will be glad to schedule special fly fishing classes for your private group. 
Classes are designed for multiples of 4 students per instructor = $600.  
Bring outdoor gear.


Four Hour Private Fly Fishing For Trout Schools 

School will begin in our classroom with a PowerPoint presentation geared toward fly fishing for trout in small streams. Casting and fishing techniques for the local waters will be explored in detail. Learn how to set up the rod and rig it for fishing with both wet flies and dry flies.
 
After the PowerPoint presentation we move outside for hands on instruction in the art of fly casting.
 
After you have the basic casts down, we will move to one of the local streams and explore the fishing opportunities. Your instructor will demonstrate the techniques that were explored in the class room. You will learn basic stream entomology, how to match the hatch, how to read the water, and the art of presenting your fly to the fish. There is a good possibility that you will catch some fish.
 
Our fishing schools are taught by instructors that are full time guides and dedicated to teaching the art of fly fishing. Our classes a geared to teach you a lot in a short period of time.
These schools are 4 hours long.
Price: $150 per person (Please give 24-hour notice).
We can accommodate larger groups if given advanced notice (Please call: 1-800-266-3971).

What you should bring for outdoor classes.
First come, first served.
Deposits are payments in full.
Deposits are non-refundable unless water/weather conditions prohibit class. 
SEE CLASS POLICY

Trout Schools are taught from June 1 through October 31.
Please write your class date in the "Comments" section of your order form or call:
1-800-266-3971. Also include the number of students in the same order form.

Item Description Price To Top
TROUT-SCH Four Hour Private Fly Fishing For Trout School, per person $150


Private Fly Fishing For Steelhead Schools 

School will begin in our classroom with a PowerPoint presentation geared towards steelhead fishing, casting and fishing techniques for the local waters. Learn how to set up the rod and rig it for fishing for steelhead. Both single-hand and two-hand rod techniques will be explored
 
After the PowerPoint presentation we move to a local river for hands on instruction in the art of fly casting with either a single-hand or two-handed rod. Your instructor will demonstrate the theories that were explored in the classroom presentation.
 
After you have the basic casts down, you explore fly presentation techniques that are proven on local waters. Both floating line and sinking tip line techniques will be examined
 
Our fishing steelhead schools are taught by instructors that are full steelhead time guides. Our classes a geared to teach you a lot in a short period of time.
These schools are 4 hours long.
Price: $150 per person (Please give 24-hour notice).
We can accommodate larger groups if given advanced notice (Please call: 1-800-266-3971).

What you should bring for outdoor classes.
First come, first served.
Deposits are payments in full.
Deposits are non-refundable unless water/weather conditions prohibit class. 
SEE CLASS POLICY

Steelhead Schools are taught year around.
Please write your class date in the "Comments" section of your order form or call:
1-800-266-3971. Also include the number of students in the same order form.

Item Description Price To Top
STEELHEAD Four Hour Private Fly Fishing For Steelhead School per person. $150


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 

Brian & Jim
Ron Lauzon & crew.

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.
Mark Bachmann Josh Linn Simon Gawesworth George Cook
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.

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

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