Specialty Classes and Workshops

FLYFISHING ABCs: Intro to Insects for the Fly Fisherman

Front Range Entomology

In collaboration with the Butterfly Pavilion, Insect Specialist Patrick Tennyson will explore the science of fly fishing.  Discover aquatic entomology and its importance to your success on the river.

This is a beginning to intermediate level course designed to help make fly fishing and insect identification as easy as the ABC's.  If you want to take your fishing to the next level this is the class that will take you there.

Next Class Date:  April 24th, 2010.
Instructor: Patrick Tennyson
Part I: 9:30- 12:30 - Classroom Session at Front Range Anglers
Part II: 1:30-3:30 - Live Discovery at Boulder Creek
Cost: $95
Minimum of 3 students necessary to hold the class.

Sign up for the class, here.

WOMEN'S INTRODUCTION TO FLY FISHING

COST: $79
DATE: TBA
Instructor: FRA Guide, Anne Reid

This women only class is a beginners introduction to the world of fly fishing. This 4 hour class begins with 2.5 hours of classroom instruction covering knots, basic rigging and the basics of dry fly fishing and nymphing. The second part of the class is conducted at a nearby lake and students are taught the fundamentals of casting.
Equipment is provided if needed and the introductory book Curtis Creek Manifesto is provided and included in the cost of the class.

Graduates of this class will be equipped to set up their rod and reels with the correct combination of line, leader, tippet and flies for fishing most conditions along with the fundamentals of casting.

Sing up for the class, here.