Schedule:
Thursday February 23, 2023
Classes with the Experts
9:00-5:00: Advanced Fly Casting Class with Gary Borger & Mac Brown: A once-in-a-lifetime experience to learn and understand practical and comprehensive techniques that will take you beyond the next level. Advanced. Premium Class Fee.

Friday February 24, 2023
Seminars:
Catch Room
11:30: Landon Mayer - Guide Flies: Learn how to Fish Simple Patterns for Tough Trout
1:00: Jeff Currier - So, You Want to be a World Traveling Flyfisher
2:30: John Sherman - Warm Water Targets of the CA Delta
4:00: Gary Borger - Fishing the Big Fish Flies—Streamers, Bucktails, and Other Long Flies

Release Room
11:00: Philip Rowley - Attractor Techniques for Stillwaters
12:30: Mac Brown - Tactics of Advanced Nymph Fishing
2:00: Rob Anderson - Pyramid Lake - World’s Largest Cutthroat Trout on a Fly 3:30: Joe Contaldi - Eastern Sierra On The Fly

Destination Theater:
Building C
11:00: Fly Fishing at Lake Almanor-Lance Gray
12:00: Jurassic Cutthroat of Pyramid Lake-Joe Contaldi
1:00: Fly Fishing the Lower Sac - California’s Best Year-Round Wild Trout Destination-Confluence Outfitters
2:00: California Heritage Trout and Passport Programs-Frank Burr
3:00: The Truckee River: A Guides Perspective-Matt Heron
4:00: Golden Trout: A California Treasure-Frank Burr

Building P
11:00: Fly Fishing the Bay Area’s Surf Zone for Striper-George Revel
12:00: Baja Epic-Gary Bulla
1:00: Montana Fly Fishing - A Seasonal Approach to the Best Waters-Pierce Oja
2:00: Large Trout of the Southern Hemisphere: Chile and New Zealand-Brian Okeefe
3:00: The Best of SW Montana-Seth McLean/Chris Knott
4:00: Fly Fishing the Central Valley-Capt. Mark Pinto

Building R
11:00: Peacock Bass - The Amazon’s Most Exclusive Fly Fishing Experience. Bucket List Fly Fishing!-Rob Anderson
12:00: Fly Fishing in Iceland-Kristján & Sindri
1:00: Fishing for Tailing Permit - Belize-Sheldon James
2:00: Alaska-Tom Melton
3:00: Fly Fishing the Yucutan-Sam Mebane
4:00: Fly Fishing New Zealand-Josh Mills

Building O/Room 1
11:00: Sometimes to Save a River You Have to Buy It-Jim Cox
12:00: Southern California Mako Shark on the Fly-Conway Bowman
1:00: Fly Fishing in Iceland-Matthias Hakonarson
2:00: Montana’s Kootenai Country-Dave Blackburn
3:00: Set Fly Fishing and the Golden Dorado Combo-Matias Claret
4:00: The Fall River - A Guide to California’s Biggest and Best Spring Creek-Confluence Outfitters

Building O/Room 2
11:00: New Zealand - Trout Fishing Nivarna-Josh Hutchins and Simon Chu
12:00: Euro-Nymphing with a Tenkara Rod-Luong Tam
1:00: Australia - The Great Angling Destination - Fresh and Salt-Josh Hutchins and Simon Chu
2:00: Sight Fishing to the West Coasts Ultimate Game Fish-Conway Bowman
3:00: Fly Fishing with a Tenkara Rod-Luong Tam
4:00: A Trip to Patagonia Should Be on Every Fly Fishers Bucket List-Tim Flagler

Classes with the Experts
2:00-4:30pm: Women Only Casting with Whitney Gould: One of our most popular classes. The $90: tuition includes admission to the show in the morning. This very special class will be limited to eight lucky women. Bring your own rod, reel, and line. Beginner to intermediate.

Learning Other Essential Casts with Simon Gawesworth: To be a successful angler, particularly a river angler, a fly fisher needs to know far more than a simple overhead cast. Learn these, plus other casts, in this fascinating class taught certified casting instructor Simon Gawesworth. All levels. 

Beyond the Basics-Taking your Stillwater Skills to the Next Level with Phil Rowley: In this detailed stillwater seminar you will learn a variety of techniques and tactics to take your stillwater skills to the next level. Here is small sample of what you will learn. All levels.

Sight Fishing Secrets for Giant Trout with Landon Mayer: Covers techniques and tactics used to successfully navigate your trout hunting. This class reveals tips, tricks and flies used by Landon. All levels.

Wet Fly Tips & Tricks with Mac Brown: The wet fly class will cover a brief history of wet fly fishing and the evolution of where it is today. It will cover how to rig droppers, line control difference, casting multiple fly rigs, and understanding the various fly line density choices available. All levels.

Casting Demonstrations:
Inside Pond
12:15: Whitney Gould - Single Hand Spey
2:15: Gary Borger - The Perfect Cast
4:15: George Revel - Fly Casting in the Surf

Outside Pond
11:15: Jeff Wagner - Adding the Distance to Your Fly Casting
1:15: Matt Heron - False Casting to Indicators: Improving Your Odds
3:15: Jeff Currier - Casting in the Wind and the Double Haul

Featured Fly Tiers:
11:00: Gary Borger - Down and Dirty Flies
12:15: Philip Rowley - Attractor Flies for Stillwaters
1:30: Ed Engle - Tying Small Nymphs
2:45: Tim Flagler - Flies for Swinging
4:00: Rob Anderson - Fly Patterns for Pyramid Lake

Author’s Booth:
12:30: Gary Borger/Rob Anderson
1:00: Landon Mayer/Scott Sabil/Simon Gawesworth
2:30: Jeff Currier/Conway Bowman
3:00: Ed Engle/Andrew Weiner
5:00: Mac Brown/Phil Rowley

Saturday February 25, 2023
Seminars:
Catch Room
10:00: Rob Anderson - Pyramid Lake - World’s Largest Cutthroat Trout on a Fly
11:30: Frank Burr - Golden Trout: A California Treasure
1:00: John Sherman - Fly Fishing for Delta Stripers
2:30: Jeff Currier - Fly Fishing for Carp - a 20lb Fish Near Home
4:00: Landon Mayer - Trout Tips: Secrets and Tactics for Fishing Dries, Nymphs, and Streamers

Release Room
10:30: Tim Flagler - Euro-Nymphing
12:00: Gary Borger - Reading Waters
1:30: Ed Engle - Fishing Small Flies
3:00: Phil Rowley - Strike Indicator Tactics for Stillwaters

Destination Theater:
Building C
10:00: Fly Fishing the Bay Area’s Surf Zone for Striper-George Revel
11:00: Fly Fishing at Lake Almanor-Lance Gray
12:00: Jurassic Cutthroat of Pyramid Lake-Joe Contaldi
1:00: The Truckee River: A Guides Perspective-Matt Heron
2:00: Fly Fishing the Lower Sac - California’s Best Year-Round Wild Trout Destination-Confluence Outfitters
3:00: The Fall River - A Guide to California’s Biggest and Best Spring Creek-Confluence Outfitters
4:00: Four Seasons of the Trinity River - An Overview of the Best Trout, Steelhead & Stillwater Fly Fishing in the Trinity Drainage-Confluence Outfitters

Building P
10:00: Eastern Sierra On The Fly-Joe Contaldi
11:00: Alaska-Tom Melton
12:00: Fly Fishing the Yucutan-Sam Mebane
1:00: Fly Fishing New Zealand-Josh Mills
2:00: Montana Fly Fishing - A Seasonal Approach to the Best Waters-Pierce Oja
3:00: Fly Fishing the Central Valley-Capt. Mark Pinto
4:00: Large Trout of the Southern Hemisphere: Chile and New Zealand-Brian Okeefe

Building R
10:00: Bringing Maps to the 21st Century Using TroutRoutes-Zachary Pope
11:00: Fishing for Tailing Permit - Belize-Sheldon James
12:00: Baja Epic-Gary Bulla
1:00: Peacock Bass - The Amazon’s Most Exclusive Fly Fishing Experience. Bucket List Fly Fishing!-Rob Anderson
2:00: Southern California Mako Shark on the Fly-Conway Bowman
3:00: Set Fly Fishing and the Golden Dorado Combo-Matias Claret
4:00: Fly Fishing in Iceland-Matthias Hakonarson

Building O/Room 1
10:00: Fly Fishing in Iceland-Kristján & Sindri
11:00: Euro-Nymphing with a Tenkara Rod-Luong Tam
12:00: The Best of SW Montana-Seth McLean/Chris Knott
1:00: Australia - The Great Angling Destination - Fresh and Salt-Josh Hutchins and Simon Chu
2:00: Sometimes to Save a River You Have to Buy It-Jim Cox
3:00: Montana’s Kootenai Country-Dave Blackburn
4:00: New Zealand - Trout Fishing Nivarna-Josh Hutchins and Simon Chu

Classes with the Experts
8:30-11:00am: The Perfect Cast with Gary Borger: Learn the difficult methods of casting and how to apply them in all angling. Intermediate. 

Increase your Distance Casting for the Wind with Mac Brown: This class is designed for intermediate anglers who want to go the next step for improving their distance fly casting. Intermediate.

Practical Nymphing with Ed Engle: Learn the foundation techniques that are crucial to success in a variety of nymphing situations. All levels. 

Hatch Guide for Lakes with Phil Rowley: In this detailed seminar you will learn about the key stillwater hatches and how to fish them. All Levels. 

Quick-Step Leech Patterns that Catch Fish with Landon Mayer: In this class Landon will teach you how to tie, rig, and fish his proven patterns like the Mini Leech Jig, and Hot Head Mini Leech. All Levels.

2:00-4:30pm: Single Hand Spey Casting with Whitney Gould: A fly casting class for those that wish to learn the spey casts for the fishing applications. Intermediate.

Change of Direction Opportunities Using Constant Tension with Mac Brown:
Constant tension family of casts empower you on the water to deal with your external surrounding in an efficient manner. All levels.

Tenkara Fishing Class with Luong Tam: The Class focuses on understanding the modern casting techniques with a tenkara rod from zero to hero, from diving deep into methods of a fly presentation, fishing, and landing a big fish. All levels.

Small Waters: Advanced Methods with Frank Burr: This class will introduce you to Advanced Methods to use when fishing Small Waters. All levels.

Casting Demonstrations:
Inside Pond
10:15: Jeff Currier - Fly Casting 101
12:15: Landon Mayer - Mastering the Short Game: Casting Tips for Fooling Trout at Close Range
2:15: Gary Borger - Casting Strategies

Outside Pond
9:30: Luong Tam - Introduction to Tenkara
11:15: Mac Brown - What Does Your Fly-Casting Loop Tell You?
1:15: Simon Gawesworth - Correcting Common Casting Mistakes
3:15: George Revel - Casting Sinking lines & Shooting Heads

Featured Fly Tiers:
11:00: Jay Murakoshi - Flies for Saltwater Predators
12:15: Phil Rowley - Chironomids from Bottom to Top
1:30: Landon Mayer - It’s Always Leech Season, 4 Flies That Catch more Trout
2:45: Ed Engle - Tying Small Dry Flies
4:00: Gary Borger - Tying Mayfly Adults

Author’s Booth:
12:30: Mac Brown/Ed Engle
1:30: Gary Borger
2:00: Phil Rowley/Andrew Weiner
2:30: Simon Gawesworth
3:00: Landon Mayer
3:30: Scott Sabil/Rób Anderson
4:00: Jeff Currier/Conway Bowman

Sunday February 26, 2023
Seminars:
Catch Room
10:00: Simon Gawesworth - Understanding Your Fly Line - the key design aspects that influence your end performance
11:30: Gary Borger - Nymphing from Top to Bottom
1:00: Phil Rowley - Float Tubes, Pontoon Boats, and Boats-A Guide to Stillwater Watercraft and their Use
2:30: Landon Mayer - Successful Season: Techniques for Catching Large Trout all Year

Release Room
10:30: Frank Burr - Small Waters: Advanced Methods
12:00: Mac Brown - Wet Flies and Consistent Magic
1:30: Ed Engle - Offbeat Tactics that Catch Trout
3:00: Jeff Currier - Introduction to Saltwater Fly Fishing

Destination Theater:
Building C
10:00: Fly Fishing the Bay Area’s Surf Zone for Striper-George Revel
11:00: Eastern Sierra On The Fly-Joe Contaldi
12:00: Jurassic Cutthroat of Pyramid Lake-Joe Contaldi
1:00: The Truckee River: A Guides Perspective-Matt Heron
2:00: Fly Fishing the Lower Sac - California’s Best Year-Round Wild Trout Destination-Confluence Outfitters
3:00: California Heritage Trout and Passport Programs-Frank Burr

Building P
10:00: The Best of SW Montana-Seth McLean/Chris Knott
11:00: Fly Fishing at Lake Almanor-Lance Gray
12:00: Fly Fishing the Yucutan-Sam Mebane
1:00: Fly Fishing New Zealand-Josh Mills
2:00: Southern California Mako Shark on the Fly-Conway Bowman
3:00: The Fall River - A Guide to California’s Biggest and Best Spring Creek-Confluence Outfitters

Building R
10:00: Baja Epic-Gary Bulla
11:00: Alaska-Tom Melton
12:00: Montana Fly Fishing - A Seasonal Approach to the Best Waters-Pierce Oja
1:00: Fishing for Tailing Permit - Belize-Sheldon James
2:00: Large Trout of the Southern Hemisphere: Chile and New Zealand-Brian Okeefe
3:00: Fly Fishing the Central Valley-Capt. Mark Pinto

Building O/Room 1
10:00: Bringing Maps to the 21st Century Using TroutRoutes-Zachary Pope
11:00: Fly Fishing in Iceland-Kristján & Sindri
12:00: Sometimes to Save a River You Have to Buy It-Jim Cox
1:00: Fly Fishing with a Tenkara Rod-Luong Tam
2:00: Euro-Nymphing with a Tenkara Rod-Luong Tam
3:00: Set Fly Fishing and the Golden Dorado Combo-Matias Claret

Building O/Room 2
10:00: Sight Fishing to the West Coasts Ultimate Game Fish-Conway Bowman
11:00: Peacock Bass - The Amazon’s Most Exclusive Fly Fishing Experience. Bucket List Fly Fishing!-Rob Anderson
12:00: New Zealand - Trout Fishing Nivarna-Josh Hutchins and Simon Chu
1:00: Australia - The Great Angling Destination - Fresh and Salt-Josh Hutchins and Simon Chu
2:00: Montana’s Kootenai Country-Dave Blackburn
3:00: B.C.’s Quality Stillwaters - Your Guide to World Class Trout Fishing-Phil Rowley

Classes with the Experts
8:30-11:00am: Casting Strategies with Gary Borger: Learn the difficult methods of casting and how to apply them in all angling situations. Intermediate.

Master Advanced Fly Line Control with Mac Brown: This class is designed to launch your. Intermediate-Advanced.

Practical Nymphing with Ed Engle: Learn the foundation techniques that are crucial to success in a variety of nymphing situations. All levels. 

Introduction to Stillwaters with Phil Rowley: This seminar will introduce you to the many charms stillwater fly fishing has to offer. All Levels.

Guide Flies with Landon Mayer: Learn to tie Landon’s Quick-Step Flies that Catch Fish. All levels.

2:00-4:30pm
Fly Casting Skills Workshop with Whitney Gould: This fly casting class is for anyone, of any age, who is ready to learn and learn more. Get ready for your next fishing adventure by learning the pick up lay down, false cast and how to shoot fly line. Bring your own rod, reel, and fly line with leader. All levels.  Click HERE for more information or to register.

Casting Demonstrations:
Inside pond
10:15: Matt Heron - Fly Casting Faults and Fixes
12:15: Jeff Currier - Improve Your Dry Fly Presentation
2:00: Gary Borger - The Perfect Cast

Outside Pond
11:15: George Revel - The Saltwater Quickcast
12:45: Brian Okeefe - Distance, Wind and Big Flies - Power Casting
2:30: Mac Brown - Increased Line Control

Featured Fly Tiers:
10:00: Tim Flagler - A Different Parachute Method from 12’s to 24’s
11:15: Phil Rowley - Dry Flies for Stillwaters
12:30: Landon Mayer - Guide Flies: Easy to Tie Patterns for Tough Trout
1:45: Rob Anderson - Fly Patterns for Pyramid Lake
3:00: Ed Engle - Tying Small Nymphs

Author’s Booth:
11:30: Simon Gawesworth/Ed Engle
12:30: Phil Rowley/Rob Anderson
1:30: Gary Borger
3:00: Landon Mayer
3:30: Conway Bowman/Andrew Weiner

Date: February 24 - 26, 2023

Time
Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday: 9am – 5:30pm
Sunday: 9am – 4:30pm

Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds - 4501 Pleasanton Avenue Pleasanton, CA, 94566

Tickets
Adult
One-Day Pass: $15
Two-Day Pass: $25
Three-Day Pass: $35

Children
5: & Under: Free
6-12: $5:

Military/Scouts
Scouts under 16 in uniform: free
Military with ID: $10

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