SPRING AND SUMMER FLY FISHING CLASSES AND SCHOOLS
Gray Goat Fly Fishing and Kinni-Creek Outfitters have teamed up to bring additional classes and schools to help you learn the basics from casting to catching. Join us for these fun and educational outings. Sign up now for spring and summer schools and classes. Register by phone or email:guide@kinnicreek.com 1-715-425-7378. Bring your gear or reserve it at the Fly-Yak Gift & Gear Shop.
Two Hour Getting Started Class $25.00
1 hour of classroom, 1 hour of casting at Kinni-Creek on the river. Limit of 6 people.
Saturday April 10th – 9am to 11am Co-ed
Sunday April 11th- 9am to 11am Ladies only
Sunday May 16th- 9am to 11am Co-ed
Sunday July 11th- 9am to 11am Co-ed
Five Hour Fly Fishing School $75.00
Full bore on stream class. 1 guide to every 5 students.
Saturday May 15th -7am to 12pm Co-ed
Saturday June 19th – 7am to 12pm Co-ed
Sunday June 20th – 7am to 12pm Ladies Only
Saturday July 10th – 7am to 12pm Co-ed
Individual Lessons and Classes
As always, casting and tying can be taught on an individual basis. Need a tune up before the big fishing trip? Want to learn how to tie flies but the class times don’t fit your schedule? Never hesitate to set up an individual lesson. One on one learning is often the best way to cut down the learning curve and enable you to improve your skills faster. Cost:$40.00/hr
WINTER 2010 CASTING AND TYING
Fly Casting
Eden Prairie
Once again Gray Goat will teach fly casting at the Prairie Dome in Eden Prairie. This is our 9th year of teaching in this beautiful heated indoor facility. Over the years we have developed methods to work with all levels of casters at the same time under the same roof. If you are a beginner who aspires to better understand the basic dynamics of fly casting or a proficient caster looking for help improving distance and accuracy, this is the place. Speaking as a guide, casting is one aspect of fly fishing where all fly anglers can use improvement. Few who fly fish spend any time actually practicing one of the most critical skills responsible for improving over all angling success. Our schools are about YOU and your improvement, and we will never forget that! This year there will be 2 (two) sessions each containing 5 (five) one hour classes. The cost for each session is $110.00US. Don’t Miss Out!
Session #1: Friday- January 15, 22, 29, February 5,12 Time: 9pm-10pm #26650
Session #2: Friday- February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19 Time: 9pm-10pm #26651
For Registration and Payment: contact Eden Prairie Parks and Recreation Dept. at 952-949-8470 and ask for #26650 or #26651 depending upon which session you wish to attend. For more info or to sign up on line, here is the link. parksandrec.edenprairie.org/Activities
Fly Tying Classes
Eden Prairie
For an interesting twist this year I will be holding tying classes on the same night as casting classes in Eden Prairie. Tying classes will be held at the Staring Lake Nature Center and will include both Beginners and Intermediate classes. Tying class will begin at 6PM and run to 7:30PM leaving time for dinner before the casting sessions start at 9PM. Tell your spouse or a friend and join me on Friday evenings during the winter for some fly fishing fun. The fly tying will have 2 (two) sessions, one beginners and one intermediate. Each session will be 4(four) classes and cost $65.00US.
Session #1 Beginners: Friday- January 15, 22, 29, February 5 Time:6pm-7:30pm #26656
Session #2 Intermediate: Friday- February 19, 26, March 5, 12 Time:6pm-7:30pm #26657
For Registration and Payment: contact Eden Prairie Parks and Recreation Dept. at 952-949-8470 and ask for #26656 or #26657 depending upon which session you wish to attend. For more info or to sign up on line, here is the link. parksandrec.edenprairie.org/Activities
River Falls, Wisconsin
Once again we will be holding fly tying classes at Kinni Creek Lodge and Outfitters. Located at 545 N Main St. and situated right on the banks of the upper Kinni, this full service B&B, kayak rental and destination fly shop is a perfect setting to begin your fly tying journey this winter as well as explore the Kinni and all its wonders this spring, summer and fall. Check out what year round adventures await you at www.kinnicreek.com
BEGINNERS CLASS: All tools and materials provided, cost $65.00
Class I- Thursday January 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 7PM to 8:30PM
Class 2- Thursday February 4, 11, 18, 25 Time: 7PM to 8:30PM
INTERMEDIATE CLASS: All tools and materials provided, cost $65.00
Class I- Thursday March 4, 11, 18, 25 Time: 7PM to 8:30PM
Register using the contact page on this site to send me an email.
Prescott, Wisconsin
Fly tying will be held through Prescott Community Education this year. Classes will run from 6 to 7:30PM on Tuesday evenings and will be held at one of the local schools. Specific location details to come. The city of Prescott is located at the confluence of the St.Croix and Mississippi.
Learn To Tie Flies (beginners) All tools and materials provided, cost $65.00
Tuesday February 2, 9, 16, 23 Time: 6PM to 7:30PM
Intermediate Fly Tying All tools and materials provided, cost $65.00
This is the next progression in fly tying classes from beginner.
Tuesday March 2, 9, 23, 30 Time: 6PM to 7:30PM
For More info and to sign up contact:
Penny Peterson Prescott Community Education Director
1220 St. Croix St. Prescott, WI 54021
Phone: 715-262-4676
Gallery Schools
The Gallery School is a fun and educational new format to “on-stream” schools and blends a combination fishing and observing without the large number of anglers of traditional on-stream schools. This format will allow individual anglers to receive more attention and to learn observation skills. Learning new techniques and observing other anglers are vital to understanding the subtleties of fly fishing. So come alone or bring your friends and spend some time with me on the water having fun and learning at the same time.
Here’s how The Gallery School works:
The schools will take place in Western Wisconsin. Anglers must have a valid Wisconsin Licence and Trout stamp
Anglers will be rigged and ready to fish by 7:30Am at the pre-determined destination. Trico schools will generally be earlier. This will eliminate the vast majority of weekend angler traffic, if the school is on a weekend, and allow for prime water availability (I know this because anglers are generally poor at getting up early).
Gallery School sizes are limited to 3 participants plus the guide. This measure keeps the group small allowing for a quality experience for the participants.
Participants, including the guide, will fish and observe on a rotational basis. This rotating format is the basis of the Gallery School and allows participants to experience, observe, comment and ask questions as we fish our way through the prime water holding lies identified by the guide.
The HOT SEAT is the term referring to the angler who is actively fishing in the rotation. The Gallery refers to those anglers who are observing. The Gallery is allowed to ask questions, make light-hearted comments, but most importantly, observe the other angler, while the guide selectively interjects with instructions.
The angler rotation changes in one of three(3) ways:
1. The angler in the Hot Seat hooks or “touches” a fish but does not land it.
2. The angler in the Hot Seat hooks and lands a fish.
3. The angler in the Hot Seat does not touch, hook, or catch a fish. At this point the Gallery becomes restless and the guide will make the determination whether to move to a new piece of water or continue the rotation.
* The guide(me) reserves the right to control the Gallery at any time for inappropriate behavior, intentions to insight a riot and lude and lascivious gestures (the lawyers made me put that in).
The Gallery School provides an opportunity for fly anglers to see that fishing can be fun in small groups as well as a valuable learning experience. The rotational format allows for all anglers to participate equally while also learning the valuable skill of observation. By participating in a Gallery School, anglers will learn techniques that include every aspect of fly fishing from selecting your fly and identifying prime holding water to how to hook and land a fish properly.
Grab a few friends and sign up for this unique and economical opportunity to fish with me in my Gallery Schools.
