Fly Fishers International (FFI) is pleased to offer FREE fly fishing instruction at the Learning Center located on the main show floor. Basic fly-casting, fly-tying, and knots, will be taught throughout the day-every day of the Fly Fishing Show.

Seminars:

Friday

Catch Room
11:30 Jason Randall - Where Trout Are; Beyond Reading the Water
1:00 Jeff Currier - Fly Fishing Warmwater - Bass, Pike, Carp and More
2:30 Gary Borger - Presentation
4:00 Ed Engle - 25 Ways to Elevate Your Trout Game

Release Room
12:00 Phil Rowley - Making Stillwater Trout Eat-The Power of Attraction
1:30 Pat Dorsey - Fly Fishing the South Platte River
3:00 Landon Mayer - Leech Lessons: How to Fish Mayer's Effective Patterns for Tough Trout
4:30 Conway Bowman - Big Game Tactics and Techniques

Strike Room
11:00 Mac Brown - Art of the Dry Fly and Fly Line Control
12:30 Frank Burr - Vertical Presentation and Sink Rates for Nymphing
2:00 Whitney Gould - Women's Fly Fishing 101
3:30 Tim Flagler - Euro-Nymphing

Saturday

Catch Room
10:00 Jeff Currier - Streamer Tricks for More and Larger Trout
11:30 Ed Engle - Fishing Small Flies
1:00 Taylor Edrington - Seasons of the Arkansas River
2:30 Gary Borger - Reading Waters
4:00 Ron Belak - Front Range Stillwaters: Some of the Best of Colorado's 800 High Lakes

Release Room
10:30 Tim Flagler - An Introduction to Trout Spey
12:00 Mac Brown - Understanding Fish Behavior
1:30 Pat Dorsey - A Closer Look at Colorado's Best Tailwaters
3:00 Phil Rowley - Inducing a Take-Stillwater Retrieves and Presentation Techniques that Catch Fish

Strike Room
11:00 Jason Randall - Dries and Droppers; Tactics and Tips
12:30 Landon Mayer - Sight Fishing Secrets for Selective South Platte River and Connecting Reservoir's
2:00 Tim Cammisa - Nymphing from A-to-Z
3:30 Frank Burr - Small Waters: Advanced Methods

Sunday

Catch Room
10:00 Pat Dorsey - The secret Season: Fly Fishing in the Winter
11:30 Gary Borger - Nymphing from Top to Bottom
1:00 Ed Engle - Offbeat Tactics That Catch Trout
2:30 Landon Mayer - Trout Tips: Learn Techniques and Tactics for catching Selective Trout

Release Room
10:30 Taylor Edrington - Seasons of the Arkansas River
12:00 Jason Randall - 10% of Anglers Catch 90% of the Trout; Reaching the Upper 10%
1:30 Tim Cammisa - Euro Nymphing: Get Your Flies in the Zone!
3:00 Mac Brown - The Wonder and Magic of Wet Fly Fishing

Strike Room
9:30 Frank Burr - Ultralight Fly Fishing
11:00 Jeff Currier - Introduction to Saltwater Fly Fishing
12:30 Philip Rowley - A Guide to Stillwater Watercraft and Their Use
2:00 Tim Flagler - What Trout Like to Eat & The Flies to Feed Them

Featured Fly Tiers:

Friday
11:30 Tim Flagler - Flies for Swinging
12:45 Gary Borger - Down and Dirty Flies
2:00 Charlie Craven - Dry Flies That Will Change Your Life
3:15 Pat Dorsey - Favorite Flies for Colorado
4:30 Landon Mayer - Mayer's Midge Mania: Signature Midges and More

Saturday
10:00 Landon Mayer - Guide Flies: Mayer's new Easy to Tie Patterns for Tough Trout
11:15 Charlie Craven - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Deer, Elk and Moose Hair; Where and How to Use Them and the Differences
12:30 Phil Rowley - Meat and Potatoes Stillwater Patterns
1:45 Ed Engle - Tying Small Dry Flies
3:00 Tim Flagler - How to Tie Better Floating Dry Flies
4:15 Tim Cammisa - Euro Nymphs: Today's Top Fish-Catching Flies

Sunday
10:00 Phil Rowley - New Age Chironomids
11:15 Tim Cammisa - Nymphs Trout Love
12:30 Pat Dorsey - Tying and Fishing Tailwater Flies
1:45 Charlie Craven - Not Your Father's Streamers
3:00 Ed Engle - Tying Small Nymphs and Emergers

Casting Demonstrations:

Friday

Pond 1
11:15 Gary Borger - Casting Strategies
1:15 Landon Mayer - Mastering the Short Game: Casting Tips for Fish at Close Range
3:15 Brian O'Keefe - Learning and Teaching the Double Haul

Pond 2
12:15 Mac Brown - Perfecting Drift and Presentation with Aerial Mends
2:15 Jeff Currier - Fly Casting 101
4:15 Whitney Gould - Single-Hand Spey

Saturday

Pond 1
10:15 Karin Miller - Tenkara Casting vs Regular Fly Casting
12:15 Jeff Currier - Improve Your Dry Fly Presentation
2:15 Capt. Michael Mauri - Simplifying Fly Casting: Overhead and Spey
4:15 Mac Brown - Back to Basics 101 For New Fly Fishers

Pond 2
11:15 Alice Owsley - Presentation Casts
1:15 Gary Borger - The Perfect Cast
3:15 Christopher Rownes - Opening up New Water with Ease - Get out of jail free casts!

Sunday

Pond 1
11:15 Mac Brown - Line Hand Duties
1:15 Gary Borger - Casting Strategies
3:15 Jeff Currier - Casting in the Wind and the Double Haul

Pond 2
10:30 Capt. Michael Mauri - Simplifying Fly Casting: Overhead and Spey
12:15 Landon Mayer - Mastering the Short Game: Casting Tips for Fish at Close Range
2:15 Christopher Rownes - Improve Your Dry Fly Presentation

Destination Theater:

Friday

ROOM A
11:00 Front Range Stillwaters: Some of the Best of Colorado's 800 High Lakes-Ron Belak
12:00 Fly Fishing Rocky Mountain National Park - Kirk Bien
1:00 Tailwaters of Central Wyoming - Ryan Anderson
2:00 Seasons of the Arkansas River-Taylor Edrington
3:00 Euro Nymphing: Go from Good to GREAT! - Cory Cuje
4:00 800 High Lakes in Colorado-Recommendations on Where to Fish - Ron Belak

ROOM B
11:00 Float Fishing the Black Canyon - Matt Bruns
12:00 Seasonal Strategies for Yellowstone-Alice Owsley
1:00 The Fabled Alagnak River of Bristol Bay Alaska - Wayne McGee
2:00 Bahama Out Islands Promotion Board - Cheryl Bastion
3:00 Southern California Mako Sharks on the Fly - Conway Bowman
4:00 Fly Fishing the Kvichak River, Alaska for Trophy Rainbow Trout - Rick Hedding

ROOM C
11:00 Icelandic Fly Fishing Adventures - Kristjan Rafnsson
12:00 Big Fish on Tenkara: How and Why It Works-Karin Miller
1:00 Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park - “X” Marks the Spot - Paul Bunker
2:00 A Trip to Patagonia Should Be on Every Fly Fishers Bucket List-Tim Flagler
3:00 Montana Fishing by the Season - Pierce Oja
4:00 Pyramid Lake - “Land of the Giants” - Nico Sunseri

ROOM D
11:00 Tarpon Town Colonial Lodge - The Yucatan Tarpon Sanctuary in a World Heritage Town - Raul Castaneda
12:00 Fishing Wild Locations in the Americas - Will Blair
1:00 Fly Fishing Turneffe Atoll, Belize - Alex Anderson
2:00 Montana's Kootenai Country - Dave Blackburn
3:00 Iceland Secrets for Trophy Brown Trout, Sea-Trout, Char & Salmon - Rob Giannino
4:00 Fly Fishing the Canadian Grand Slam - Ken Gangler

ROOM E
11:00 Patagonia Fly Fishing Expedition - Enrique Garcia
12:00 A Season in Alaska - Captain Mike Batcke & Capatain Dylan Dehning
1:00 Designing the Perfect Fly Fishing Boat - Captain Mike Batcke & Capatain Dylan Dehning
2:00 Exploring Costa Rica with a Fly Rod - A Visual Journey Across This Diverse Jungle Destination - Kevin Jackson
3:00 Florida's Best Secret Fishing Spot - Stuart, FL-Capt. Michael Mauri
4:00 Colorado Carp on the Fly-Rick Mikesell

Saturday

ROOM A
10:00 Stalking Trout in Yellowstone Country-Alice Owsley
11:00 Front Range Stillwaters: Some of the Best of Colorado's 800 High Lakes-Ron Belak
12:00 Fly Fishing Rocky Mountain National Park - Kirk Bien
1:00 Tailwaters of Central Wyoming - Ryan Anderson
2:00 Float Fishing the Black Canyon - Matt Bruns
3:00 Southern California Mako Sharks on the Fly - Conway Bowman

ROOM B
10:00 A Season in Alaska - Captain Mike Batcke & Capatain Dylan Dehning
11:00 Backcountry 2.0: Turning Survival into Thrival - Paul Vertrees
12:00 The Fabled Alagnak River of Bristol Bay Alaska - Wayne McGee
1:00 Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park - “X” Marks the Spot - Paul Bunker
2:00 Pyramid Lake - “Land of the Giants” - Nico Sunseri
3:00 Montana Fishing by the Season - Pierce Oja
4:00 Fly Fishing the Kvichak River, Alaska for Trophy Rainbow Trout - Rick Hedding

ROOM C
10:00 Tarpon Town Colonial Lodge - The Yucatan Tarpon Sanctuary in a World Heritage Town - Raul Castaneda
11:00 Euro Nymphing: Go from Good to GREAT! - Cory Cuje
12:00 A Family Affair - Living the Dream Fly Fishing in BC - Daniel Schildknecht
1:00 Fly Fishing Turneffe Atoll, Belize - Alex Anderson
2:00 BC's Trophy Trout Lakes - Phil Rowley
3:00 Bahama Out Islands Promotion Board - Cheryl Bastion
4:00 Golden Dorado in Argentina, How, Where ans Why-Dustin Carlson

ROOM D
10:00 Fly Fishing Iceland-Matthías Hákonarson
11:00 Argentina Three Ways - Ben Hoffman & Hank Ingram
12:00 Fly Fishing Destinations Around the World to Consider (On a Reel or Tenkara) - Karin Miller
1:00 Kootenai and Yaak Rivers-Tim Flagler
2:00 Exploring Costa Rica with a Fly Rod - A Visual Journey Across This Diverse Jungle Destination - Kevin Jackson
3:00 Big Fish on Tenkara: How and Why It Works-Karin Miller
4:00 Fly Fishing the Canadian Grand Slam - Ken Gangler

ROOM E
11:00 Florida's Best Secret Fishing Spot - Stuart, FL-Capt. Michael Mauri
12:00 Icelandic Fly Fishing Adventures - Kristjan Rafnsson
1:00 Fishing with a Toddler-Tim Cammisa
2:00 Montana's Kootenai Country - Dave Blackburn
3:00 Patagonia Fly Fishing Expedition - Enrique Garcia
4:00 Designing the Perfect Fly Fishing Boat - Captain Mike Batcke & Capatain Dylan Dehning

Sunday

ROOM A
10:00 Front Range Stillwaters: Some of the Best of Colorado's 800 High Lakes-Ron Belak
11:00 Fly Fishing Rocky Mountain National Park - Kirk Bien
12:00 Big Fish on Tenkara: How and Why It Works-Karin Miller
1:00 Tailwaters of Central Wyoming - Ryan Anderson
2:00 800 High Lakes in Colorado-Recommendations on Where to Fish - Ron Belak
3:00 Montana Fishing by the Season - Pierce Oja

ROOM B
10:00 Southern California Mako Sharks on the Fly - Conway Bowman
11:00 Bahama Out Islands Promotion Board - Cheryl Bastion
12:00 Colorado Carp on the Fly-Rick Mikesell
1:00 Euro Nymphing: Go from Good to GREAT! - Cory Cuje
2:00 Pyramid Lake - “Land of the Giants” - Nico Sunseri
3:00 Fly Fishing the Kvichak River, Alaska for Trophy Rainbow Trout - Rick Hedding

ROOM C
10:00 Iceland Secrets for Trophy Brown Trout, Sea-Trout, Char & Salmon - Rob Giannino
11:00 Icelandic Fly Fishing Adventures - Kristjan Rafnsson
12:00 The Fabled Alagnak River of Bristol Bay Alaska - Wayne McGee
1:00 Fly Fishing Turneffe Atoll, Belize - Alex Anderson
2:00 Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park - “X” Marks the Spot - Paul Bunker
3:00 Designing the Perfect Fly Fishing Boat - Captain Mike Batcke & Capatain Dylan Dehning

ROOM D
10:00 A Season in Alaska - Captain Mike Batcke & Capatain Dylan Dehning
11:00 Fly Fishing the Canadian Grand Slam - Ken Gangler
12:00 Fly Fishing Iceland-Matthías Hákonarson
1:00 Stalking Trout in Yellowstone Country-Alice Owsley
2:00 Fly Fishing Both Coasts of Southern Baja - Tim Hatler

ROOM E
11:00 Trophy Brook Trout in Patagonia-Tim Flagler
12:00 Florida's Best Secret Fishing Spot - Stuart, FL-Capt. Michael Mauri
1:00 Golden Dorado in Argentina, How, Where ans Why-Cheech Pierce

Adventure Theater:

Friday
11:00 When, Where & Why to Redfish in Louisiana & Texas - Jake Wells
12:00 Fly Fishing Patagonia - Argentina & Chile - Jack Porter
1:00 Fly Fishing in Greenland: Artic Char - Josh Mills
2:00 Fly Fishing the Bahamas - Ian Davis
3:00 Fly Fishing in Ireland - Andrew Ryan
4:00 Fly Fishing Iceland-Matthías Hákonarson

Saturday
10:00 Cuba - Paradón - Cristian Rodriguez
11:00 When, Where & Why to Redfish in Louisiana & Texas - Jake Wells
12:00 Fly Fishing Patagonia - Argentina & Chile - Jack Porter
1:00 Fly Fishing in Greenland: Artic Char - Josh Mills
2:00 Fly Fishing the Bahamas - Ian Davis
3:00 Fly Fishing in Ireland - Andrew Ryan
4:00 Iceland Secrets for Trophy Brown Trout, Sea-Trout, Char & Salmon - Rob Giannino

Sunday
10:00 Tarpon Town Colonial Lodge - The Yucatan Tarpon Sanctuary in a World Heritage Town - Raul Castaneda
11:00 Fly Fishing in Ireland - Andrew Ryan
12:00 BC's Trophy Trout Lakes - Phil Rowley
1:00 Fly Fishing Destinations Around the World to Consider (On a Reel or Tenkara) - Karin Miller
2:00 Patagonia Fly Fishing Expedition - Enrique Garcia
3:00 Iceland: Fly Fishing in the Land of Fire & Ice Fly-Tim Cammisa

Date: January 12-14, 2024

Time:
January 19, 2024 from 10:00am to 6:00pm
January 20, 2024 from 9:00am to 5:30pm
January 21, 2024 from 9:00am to 4:30pm

Location:
Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center,
6700 North Gaylord Rockies Boulevard,
Aurora, CO 80019.

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