
Set up a minimal, versatile fly fishing kit with a four-piece five-weight rod, reliable reel, and essential lines, leaders, and flies for the top-down method. Choose quality over cheap gear.
Master essential knots for fly fishing, including the Arber knot and Allbright knot for backing and fly line. Nail knot, double surgeon's knot, and half-blood knot for leader and tippet.
Master the standard fly cast and its variations for water conditions, then learn casts like reach, roll cast, belly cast, and tower cast, focusing on pace and ten and two.
Identify rainbow, cutthroat, and whitefish using color patterns, body shape, and features like the red stripe, orange chin slashes, and small mouths; distinguish trout species for accurate fly-fishing identification.
Master five basic fly-fishing skills—looking, lifting, mending, stripping, and stepping—to achieve a drug-free drift and precise, taught line in current.
Explore river geography to find slow water, seams, and foam where trout feed. Learn casting and fly presentation across cascades, confluences, and rocky pockets.
Learn the care and release of fish by keeping them in water, removing hooks with forceps, reviving them by flaring their gills, and returning them upstream.
Turn over rocks to identify mayflies, stoneflies, and caddis, read water depth and cover, and use long lining with a buddy, trying purple haze or caddis for rainbow trout.
Master the top-down approach to a deep fishing hole, starting with small dry flies, then larger dries, nymphs, and streamers with a strike indicator.
Learn safety-focused fly fishing tricks, from boot screws and river safety to quick rod setup, loop-threading lines, rod length marking, and glow-in-the-dark flies for night fishing.
Learn how to flyfish today! Total beginners welcome - Veteran Instructors Jeremy and Shawn teach you all you need to know to get started on the adventure of a lifetime!
We took our crew to 3 states to film specialized instruction for you! In this course, you'll learn:
How to get the right gear and only what you need - including where you can save money at the outset.
How to tie knots and connect all the gear - we have 7 knots for you!
How to read the water and find the fish
The kinds of geography fish like - understanding fish behavior
How to build a great flycast - from basics to multiple types of intermediate casts to deal with wind and various river conditions.
How to select the right fly for the region, type of water, time of day, matching the insect hatch
How and where to present the fly to give yourself the best chance of a catch
What to do when you've caught one!
How to identify various kinds of fish
Stream etiquette as relates to other Flyfishers
Understanding fish needs and how that relates to where fish live in a river
How to approach a larger fishing hole or pool.
Intermediate-advanced fishing systems using multiple flies
Blooper reel - fishing trips can get funny!
TONS of fish catching - get the excitement of that lightning strike as you get a bite