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? What Is & Isn’t Public Water
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 Braden Miller Creative Tying
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 Braden Miller Creative Tying
