3 Day, 2 Night Ladies     Fly Fishing Instructional School Cost: TBD Includes: Lodging and meals at a Ranch located on the Manistee River. The weekend instruction will be by a lady who has been fly fishing all her life. Dates:  Late June 2010 with hatch  Get hooked on the wild and wonderful world of fly fishing with this action-packed getaway. This unique learning experience takes you step-by-step from the classroom to an actual outing on one of northern Michigan’s most famous blue ribbon trout streams.

You’ll go beyond the fundamentals of casting and line delivery and into the art, science, and the fun that is the wildly popular sport of fly fishing.  By learning fish habitat, basic stream-side entomology, you’ll come away with not only an understanding of what it takes to land a fish on a fly but also the enriching insight into the natural world of a Blue Ribbon trout stream.

~ Fundamentals of fly casting including loop control and line delivery techniques ~ Essential knots ~ Basic Entomology ~ Proper fly selection (matching the hatch) ~  How to find fish by properly reading the water ~ How to choose proper gear and tackle