Private Spey Casting Lessons - Call the Store
Winston Day will be Saturday, May 10th, 10AM 'till whenever.
This will also give you a chance to cast some of the new Rio & Sci Angler lines, as well as get your hands on Waterworks/Lamson reels.
We will be doing a weekend clinic with Davy Wotton on "Wet Flies & Soft Hackles" this April 12 &13- cost will be $200 for 2 full days - 9am to 5pm. It will be one full day of fishing and one full day of tying, and there will also be a "bonus" 2 hour evening session on the evening of the 12th for those who can make it. Other than tools & materials, the only tying stuff you need to bring is your vise, basic tools and some assorted threads. Davy is a famous fly tyer and fisherman originally from Wales, transplanted to Arkansas where he runs a guiding & lodging business on the White River (his website is davywotton.com), the land of giant & world record brown trout. He is the creator of the SLF ranges of dubbing (great stuff). In his lifetime, he has fished in 40 countries for a multitude of species, fished competitively, coached the US Youth Fly Fishing team, and is widely considered to be an expert's expert and a superb fly dresser. Some of you may have seen him on Fly Fish TV or maybe his "Wet Fly Ways" DVD, or his new "White River" or "Tying Wet Flies" DVD's. He is quite possibly the most knowledgeable wet fly fisherman alive- there is a 400 year tradition of fishing them for brown trout where he hails from, and he was taught by the old masters. The clinic, will be on wet fly, soft hackle & flymph fishing & tying- there is no better instructor on the subject, wets flies are his favorite method.
Davy Wotton Tying Flies for the Class
We had the morning session outdoors - due to a power outage.
Andre Scholz Spey Class - May 24th - Price $100 - Andre Scholz joined the Winston advisory team as a special member of the Winston Pro Staff in 2006. He resides in
Bochum,
Germany, near Düsseldorf and
Cologne. He has made a name for himself in
Germany and
Scandinavia as one of the leading Two Handed (Spey) Casters in the world. His exceptionally smooth, almost effortless casting and detailed knowledge of the sport have brought scores of students to his European casting clinics.
Andre has worked closely with
Sam Drukman, our rod designer, in developing the Boron IIx Spey models, the lightest in the world. Andre represents Winston at many domestic and international fly fishing venues and is also featured in the DVD “Introduction to Spey Casting with Andre Scholz” - an instructional DVD filmed in British Columbia.
Nymph Clinic with Aaron Nymph Clinic with Aaron on Saturday, May 3rd, 9AM-1PM.Guide Aaron Jasper (his website is TroutPredator.com) will demistify this deadly method of fishing. Master this skill, and you can catch trout almost anywhere with consistency. Aaron fishes 200+ days a year, and he will share his hard-won nymph fishing knowledge with clinic attendees. Key points such as leader construction, choosing proper weight amounts, strike detection, choosing the right flies, where fish lay under different condtitions, choosing proper tackle (rods, lines, weights, flourocarbon, indicators, etc.) and many other important details will all be covered. This is our most popular clinic, we usually fill them. You will come away with the ability to go out and successfully catch trout on nymphs all by yourself. Cost is $75, paid in advance, nonrefundable- clinic happens rain or shine. It is part indoors, part outdoors. Bring a pad of paper to take notes, there will be a lot of information that you won't want to forget, including the "secret" nymph leader formula, one of the keys to success.
We are having Sage & Winston days at the shop in April & May, when the respective reps will come in with a bunch of their rods & let you cast them, as well as be available to answer any questions you may have. Sage Day will be Saturday, April 26th, 10AM 'till whenever, Winston Day will be Saturday, May 10th, 10AM 'till whenever. This will also give you a chance to cast some of the new Rio & Sci Angler lines, as well as get your hands on Waterworks/Lamson reels. The Winston rep, Justin Sterner, will also be providing a 9' #5 BIIx rod as a raffle prize, as well as some SA fly lines and sunglasses- all money raised from this raffle will go into our nonprofit, "Friends of the Hosuatonic"- proceeds of which go toward trout stocking, funding the DEP's "No Child Left Inside" program, and toward conservation projects on the Housatonic.
View Clips from the latest tying class
We will be selling raffle tickets in the store to raise money for stocking trout in the Housy in '08. Most of our guides have generously donated their services to sell tickets- it will be $20 to purchase a chance for a guided fishing trip on the Housatonic with one of them. We are also selling tickets for a $1,000 HRO gift certificate, and another for the top-selling 9' #5 Sage Z-Axis Fly Rod. Gift certificate tickets are $20, rod tickets are $10. Proceeds will go toward stocking trout in 2008.
