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Our 2024 schedule of events will be posted late this fall. Until then you can see what last year's festival's schedule looked like.
Schedule
2023 Festival Schedule of Events Saturday
Specialty Instruction Lecture Area
9:30-10:50 Jim Bensinger Beginner Fly Tying [FEE]
11-12:30 Ian & Charity Rutter Fish Like a Predator & Catch More Fish [FEE]
1-2:30 George Daniel Fishing Streamers Effectively [FEE]
3-4:30 Tom Rosenbauer Reading the Water [FEE]
Rapidan River Lecture Area (Beyond the Cast Women’s Fly Fishing Symposium)
7:30-7:55 Registration
8-8:50 Vatalaro-Galvin Getting Your Fly Fishing Mojo On
9-9:50 Charity Rutter Mountain Trout Tactics
10-10:50 Kim Ranalla All About Waders & Wading Safely
11-11:50 Brazel/Nevel Interacting with Wildlife
12-12:50 Smith/Holt/Bastian Industry Leaders Panel Discussion and Lunch
1-1:50 Rachel Bernard Being a Savvy Shopper
Rapidan River Lecture Area
2-2:50 Kaitlin Groundwater Fly Fishing 101: Understanding the Basics
3:05-4 Alex Wise Taking on Virginia’s Smith River Browns
South River Lecture Area
10-10:50 Jerry Yates Fishing Tennessee’s South Holston River
11-11:50 Colby Trow Fly Fishing the Shenandoah Valley
12-12:50 Tim O’Neil Chasing Carp
1-1:50 Wayne McGee Discovering Alaska’s Fabled Alagnak River
2-2:50 Mike Heck Learning to Fish Spring Creeks the Easy Way
3-3:50 Matt Reilly Fly Fishing SW Virginia and NE Tennessee
James River Lecture Area
10-10:50 George Daniel Trout Tactics Top to Bottom
11-11:50 Robert Thomas Taking on Canada’s Pike, Grayling, & Arctic Char
12-12:50 Mike Williams All About Peacock Bass
1-1:50 Captain Pete Scafaru Taking on Louisiana Redfish
2-2:50 Beau Beasley Who Owns the River?
3-4 Ian & Charity Rutter Trout Fishing in the Smoky Mountain National Park
Shenandoah River Lecture Area
9:30-10:50 Tom Rosenbauer Hatch Strategies: Beyond Choosing a Fly [FEE]
11-11:50 Matt Miles Fly Fishing for Virginia Smallies
12-12:50 Captain Pete Scafaru Taking on Louisiana Redfish
1-1:50 Tom Rosenbauer Taking Your Trout Fishing to the Next Level
2-2:50 Tim Urtiaga Landing Pike on the Fly
3-3:50 George Daniel Introduction to Euro Nymphing
Paid Casting Classes [FEE; Casting Area A]
9:30-11 Wanda Taylor Beginner Casting Instruction
11:15-12:45 Mac Brown Advanced Nymph Fishing
1-2:30 Wanda Taylor Beginner Casting Instruction
2:45-4:15 Mac Brown Advanced Casting Instruction
Free Casting Classes
9:30-10:30 Kiki Galvin Women-Only Casting Class
–meets at Casting for Recovery Booth; then moves to Casting Area A
11-3 Open Casting
3-4 Kiki Galvin Co-Ed Casting Class
–meets at Casting for Recovery Booth; then moves to Casting Area A
Casting Pond 1
9:30-10:15 Ian Rutter Casting Demo
12:30-1 Kent Edmonds Casting Demo
3:30-4:15 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
Casting Pond 2
11:15-12 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
2:30-3:15 Kent Edmonds Casting Demo
Featured Fly Tyers
10-11 Kent Edmonds Stealth Bomber
11-12 Allen Rupp Whitlock’s NearNuff Crayfish
12-1 TBD
2-3 Jim Bensinger Tying Wet Flies
3-4 Tim O’Neil Carp Patterns
2023 Festival Schedule of Events Sunday
Specialty Instruction Lecture Area
8-8:45 Eric Camfield Chapel Services (vendors/instructors only)
9:30-10:50 Jim Bensinger Beginner Fly Tying 101 [FEE]
11-12:30 Tom Rosenbauer Hatch Strategies: Beyond Choosing a Fly [FEE]
1-2:30 George Daniel Fishing Streamers Effectively [FEE]
2:35-4:30 Allen Rupp Saltwater Fly Tying Techniques: Intermed-Adv [FEE]
Rapidan River Lecture Area (Beyond the Cast Women’s Fly Fishing Symposium)
8:30-8:50 Registration Kiki Galvin
9-9:50 Tom Rosenbauer Ask an Expert Anything
10-10:50 Cilla Johnson All About Fishing From a Kayak
11-11:50 John Mozingo Take Charge of Your Personal Outdoor Safety
12-12:50 Kiki Galvin Survey & Follow Up Support
Rapidan River Lecture Area
1-1:50 Captain Pete Scafaru Taking on Louisiana Redfish
2-2:50 Simone Valencia Stripers, Shad, and More on Virginia’s James River
3:05-4 Matt Reilly Fly Fishing SW Virginia and NE Tennessee
South River Lecture Area
10-10:50 Tim Urtiaga Landing Pike on the Fly
11-11:50 Kaitlin Groundwater Fly Fishing 101: Understanding the Basics
12-12:50 Robert Thomas Taking on Canada’s Pike, Grayling, & Arctic Char
1-1:50 Tim O’Neil Chasing Carp
2-2:50 Alex Wise Taking on Virginia’s Smith River Browns
3-3:50 George Daniel Introduction to Euro Nymphing
James River Lecture Area
9:30-10:50 Ian & Charity Rutter Fish Like a Predator & Catch More Fish [FEE]
11-11:50 Purdy/Morgan Custom Bamboo Rod Building101
12-12:50 Jerry Yates Fishing Tennessee’s South Holston River
1-1:50 Gary Edwards New York’s Salmon River: Salmon and Steelhead
2-2:50 Tom Rosenbauer Take Your Trout Fishing to the Next Level
3-3:50 Ian & Charity Rutter Trout Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains NP
Shenandoah River Lecture Area
10-10:50 George Daniel Trout Tactics Top to Bottom
11-11:50 Wayne McGee Discovering Alaska’s Fabled Alagnak River
12-12:50 Simone Valencia Stripers, Shad, and More on Virginia’s James River
1-1:50 Colby Trow Fly Fishing the Shenandoah Valley
2-2:50 Mike Williams All About Peacock Bass
3-3:50 Matt Miles Fly Fishing for Virginia Smallies
Paid Casting Classes [FEE; Casting Area B]
9:30-11 Wanda Taylor Beginner Casting Instruction
11:15-12:45 Mac Brown Advanced Nymph Fishing
1-2:30 Wanda Taylor Beginner Casting Instruction
2:45-4:15 Mac Brown Advanced Casting Instruction
Free Casting Classes
9:30-10:30 Kiki Galvin Women-Only Casting Class
–meets at Casting for Recovery Booth; then moves to Casting Area A
11-3 Open Casting Area
3-4 Kiki Galvin Co-Ed Casting Class
–meets at Casting for Recovery Booth; then moves to Casting Area A
Casting Pond 1
9:30-10:15 Mac Brown Casting Demo
12:30-1 Kent Edmonds Casting Demo
3:30-4:15 Mike Williams Casting Demo
Casting Pond 2
11:15-12 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
3-3:30 Kent Edmonds Casting Demo
Featured Fly Tyers
11-12 Kent Edmonds Stealth Bomber
12-1 Allen Rupp Whitlock’s NearNuff Sculpin
1-2 Tim O’Neil Tying Carp Flies
2-3 Jim Bensinger Tying with Dubbing
3-4 TBD
