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Win A T&T Fly Rod
Trey Combs with T&T
The Fleet
Stonefly Nymphs
Steelhead Schools

April 24, 2004 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Thomas & Thomas Day at The Fly Fishing Shop
Win The Thomas & Thomas Dream Rod Of Your Choice!!!!

113 Rod Models for 2004		Helix Rod Series
		Vector Rod Series
		Horizon Rod Series
		Lt. Presentation Series
		Spey Rod Series
	Mark Bachmann & Marty Sheppard with a John Day Steelhead. The rod of choice: a DH1307 T&T.

Try out some Thomas & Thomas fly rods in our back lot. Then register for the drawing where a Thomas & Thomas will be given away. If your name is drawn, you get to take your pick of any graphite rod in their line. You will want to cast many of the T&T rods brought to our store just for this celebration. That way you will know how to choose your new rod. There will be many other prizes. We know you are going by our store on you way to/ from Central Oregon. Plan on eating lunch with us at our free barbeque. All you can eat - come back for seconds Noon to 4:00pm.

How we view Thomas & Thomas Fly Rods:
The first thing you will notice about T&T Rods are the striking cosmetics and meticulous craftsmanship. These rods are incredibly straight. The cork is pure. The finish is flawless. T&T Rods are built one at a time and have a true "custom rod" appearance. We have the most experience with their two-hand steelhead and salmon rods. Casting actions are very crisp. Swing weights are light. Our knowledgeable customers like them. T&T two-hand, "spey rods" quickly became number-one in sales in their category. Our Thomas & Thomas rod selection is expanding to fill customer demand. Its good to see that there is still a market for craftsmanship.
Craftsmanship like a blue Tibor Reel on a blue T&T rod.

Trey Combs

April 24, 2004 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
T&T Day at The Fly Fishing Shop
Free Program Featuring: Trey Combs & Greg Snider
Trey is one of the most accomplished angling authors of the modern era. His books Steelhead Fly Fishing and Bluewater Fly

Fishing are the definitive references for those facets of our sport. Trey's fine prose makes reading highly technical information easy and enjoyable. When you finish one of his books you know he did his research. He has been where giant fish tear tackle apart and wear anglers out. Every one of his books is an adventure lived vicariously by the reader through the magic of Trey's pen. Trey has used Thomas & Thomas fly rods on steelhead & salmon rivers all over North America and Europe. He has used T&T fly rods while battling blue water game fish off shores of three continents. This experience gives him a unique perspective on fly fishing and fly fishing gear; especially fly rods. You can bet this huge reservoir of experience is fed into the Thomas & Thomas design mix. He is easily approachable in person and being around Trey is a unique experience. He has so much information to share and he shares it so easily. Trey is a brilliant photographer/show narrator and will put on one of his very entertaining and informative slide shows. Don't miss it.

Try out some Thomas & Thomas Fly Rods in the back lot. Thomas & Thomas delivers immaculate craftsmanship and some of the finest casting and fishing tools in the world. T&T is a company that is just the right size to produce perfect rods. It is large enough to acquire the best cork for handles, the best mandrels, the best graphite pre-preg and small enough to have enough highly skilled, experienced craftsmen at every part of production.   They produce flawless rods. You will want to cast some of them. Don't hesitate to ask for some pointers.
Cast a T&T and resister for a chance to win some valuable prizes such as the T&T Fly Rod of your choice.

Enjoy A Free Barbeque -
All you can eat - come back for seconds Noon to 4:00pm.

The Fleet
We offer fly fishing trips with both float boats and a motorized boat. These trips are on the Sandy, Clackamas and Deschutes Rivers. I fish all three rivers over a wide variety of conditions. Each section of each river has its own personality. Each may be fished with a variety of water craft, but each fishes best with a particular boat during a certain water level. That is why we have such a diversified fleet, to cover all of the bases. My guide boats are as follows:

Duckworth Jet boat
Specifications: 19' with 215hp Ford Redline in-board engine. Fully heated and enclosed cabin with convertible top and windows. Full electronics.
Capacity: 900 lb. = 1 guide and 2-3 anglers for 3&4 day camp trips.
Use: Lower Deschutes

Clackacraft Drift Boat
Specifications: 17' with padded seats, built in compartments.
Capacity: 1 guide and 2-3 anglers on day trips, schools and camping trips
Use: Deschutes, Sandy River, Clackamas River

Custom Pontoon Boat
Specifications: 18' with padded seats, built in compartments.
Capacity: 1 guide and 2 anglers on day trips.
Use: Sandy River, Clackamas River rough water areas.

Nymphing trout can be close to the bank.

Cash In On The Giant Stone Fly Nymph Migration
Nymphs of the giant stone flies called "Salmon Flies" live in our rivers for up to three years before they hatch into winged adults. They are available to trout in several sizes, nearly year round. Behavioral drift

cycles happen during the low light conditions of early morning and late evening daily nearly year round. These drifts occur to redistribute population densities. The largest behavioral drift cycles occur mid-September through May. During these drifts many nymphs are exposed to feeding

The FFS Stone Fly Nymph is tied "in the round".

trout. You should carry patterns in several different weights to cover different water depths and speeds. You will also find it productive to carry several different styles, colors and sizes of flies. Even though there might be three generations of stone fly nymphs in the river at the same time, one size of nymph might be more active than the others at any given

moment. Several weeks before the hatch, nymphs of both salmon flies and golden stones will start to migrate to staging areas along the banks. No other occurrence in our rivers produces a feeding frenzy like a migration of big stone fly nymphs. Even the largest trout find it hard to

The Kaufmann Stone Fly Nymph series features cut wing cases.

The Bead Head Stone Fly Nymph features rubber legs.

refuse a big stone fly nymph fished deep along the bottom. The peak of this activity is the last two weeks before the hatch starts and the first week after the hatch begins. Remember that as these nymphs reach maturity, they

lighten up in color. This is because the outer layer of each nymph, or exoskeleton is stretched and thinned. The colors of the adult insect start to show through. Just before the hatch Salmon Fly Nymphs turn from nearly black to brown or orangish-brown and Golden Stone Nymphs turn from muddy-brown to yellow-brown.
Click here for a complete selection of Stone Fly Nymphs

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 Guides & Instructors
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

Hawkeye Hawkins

Marty Sheppard

Ron Lauzon

Leroy Teeple

Simon Gawesworth

Andy Murray

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.

SPEY CASTING CLASSES
This class is taught by Ron Lauzon and Leroy Teeple, who are both Oregon Licensed Guides and FFF Certified Fly Casting Instructors. Ron and Leroy have a combined total 20 years of fly casting experience. Both men are students of the art of fly casting and the art of teaching fly casting in the most understandable and efficient manner. Here is a spey casting school that comes in manageable classes. You can take any or all of the classes. We suggest that you take them all.

All classes are a minimum of 4 and maximum of 6 students. This gives an instructors to student of 2-3 per instructor. You will receive nearly constant hands-on help.
Each class starts in our state-of-the-art class room with your instructor presenting a multi-media orientation program. This will help to mentally prepare you for your on-the-water experience. Your instructors will then drive you to the river for the rest of your class.
Students should make arrangements at time of registering for equipment to be used in the class.
Good time to test drive a new rod.

INTRODUCTORY SPEY CASTING CLASS: This is the beginning. This class is about spey casting at its most rudimentary level and will provide a solid foundation to build upon. It is for those wanting to try spey casting for the first time or those who are struggling. We will learn the basics of the, roll, switch, single spey, and the double spey casts with single and double handed rods.
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SPEY-CL5	Introductory Spey Casting Class - Sunday, June 6, 2004, 1pm-5pm	$75
SPEY-CL6	Introductory Spey Casting Class - Saturday, June 12, 2004, 8am-12pm	$75

INTERMEDIATE SPEY CASTING CLASS:
This class is for all students that have completed the Introductory Spey Casting Class above. Also welcomed are those anglers who have had some spey casting experience. We will refine the basic casts and demonstrate the Perry Poke, Snap T/C cast and how to fish with a double-handed rod.

Date: April 3, 2004 8am – Noon. Cost $75

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SPEY-CL7

Intermediate Spey Casting Class - Saturday, June 19, 2004, 8am-12pm

$75

ADVANCED SPEY CASTING CLASS: This class is for those wanting to add distance and power to all their casts with accelerated D-loops and learn advanced casts: such as; The snake roll, underhand, square cut.

Date: To be announced, 2004 8am – Noon. Cost $75

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SPEY-CL8

Advanced Spey Casting Class - To be announced.

$75

THE NEXT STEP:
One-Day Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing School
Take a drift boat ride down the Clackamas River with:
Mark Bachmann, Brian Silvey and Ron Lauzon.

Summer Steelhead fly fishing is very practical if you know how. Being able to find fish and being able to present the fly properly are key factors.
We will show you how.
This is a school that will cover a lot of water and fishing knowledge in one day.
Length of the class is 8-hours on the water. Three student per instructor format. Emphasis will be on giving you a solid foundation of skills to build on, with a high priority given to hooking fish during the class.

We want to give you maximum advantage by having as many fish hooked during this class as possible. Nothing teaches you more about fishing than being where fish are being hooked and landed. Emphasis will be on spey rod casting and sinking-tip line fishing, but will also cover single handed rod techniques. 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 so that you too can be productive.

Bring your own waders, rain gear. Bring your own rod/reel set up if you want to.
A variety of premium quality 2-hand and single-handed rod/reel set-ups will be available for you to use at no extra charge. Flies are supplied.
A hot lunch will be served on the river.
There will be a very short rest period after lunch.
Meet at The Fly Fishing Shop at 6:30am for orientation.  Coffee and donuts will be served.

Arrive back at The Fly Fishing Shop at 6-7:00pm.
What our customers say. A report on a past Steelhead School.
9 students per class only!
First come, first served.

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SST-CLASS-8	Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing School - Clackamas River, July 23, 2004	$175

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Fish long & prosper,
Mark & Patty