Schedule
2021 Festival Schedule of Events Saturday
Specialty Instruction Lecture Area
10:-00-11:50 Pat Dorsey Fishing Tailwaters [FEE]
12:30-1:50 Riggleman/ Beverly Bourbon & Bass Bugs [FEE]
2-3:50 TBA TBA
Rapidan River Lecture Area
9:30-10:50 Jeff Purdey Custom Bamboo Rod Building 101
11-11:50 Dusty Wissmath Fishing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
12-12:50 Colby Trow Fly Fishing the Shenandoah Valley
1-1:50 Wade Truong Cooking Wild Fish and Wild Game
2-2:50 Chris Thompson Landing False Albacore on the Fly
3-3:50 Jess Westbrook Parent-Child Fly Fishing Class
James River Lecture Area
10:00-10:50 George Daniel Advance Nyphing
11-11:50 TBA TBA
12-12:50 Tim O’Neill Angling for Steelhead
1-1:50 Tuck Scott Fly Angling for Triple Tail, Cobia and Reds
2-2:50 Groundwater/Dunlap Women and the Future of Fly Fishing
3-3:50 Pat Dorsey TBA
Casting Pond
10:30-11:30 Mac Brown Casting Demo
1:30-2:30 George Daniel Casting Demo
4-5 Dusty Wissmath Casting Demo
Paid Casting Classes [FEE]
11:15-12:45 George Daniel Advanced Nymph Fishing
1-2:30 Dusty Wissmath Beginner Casting Instruction
2:45-4:15 Mac Brown Advanced Casting Instruction
Free Casting Classes
10:30-11:30 Katlin Groundwater Women-Only Casting Class
–meets at Class Rally Point then moves outside.
3-4 Katlin Groundwater Co-Ed Casting Class
–meets at Class Rally Point then moves outside.
Featured Fly Tyers
10-11 Tim O’Neil Tying Carp Flies
11-12 Jim Bensinger How to Tie Classic Wet Flies
12-1 Walt Cary Tying the World’s Best Poppers
1-2 Pat Dorsey TBA
2-3 Allen Rupp TBA
3-4 Braden Miller Creative Tying
*** Due to social distancing requirements, all casting classes will be done outside.
2021 Festival Schedule of Events Sunday
Specialty Instruction Lecture Area
10:-00-11:50 Pat Dorsey Fishing Tailwaters [FEE]
12:30-1:50 TBA TBA [FEE]
2-3:50 TBA TBA
Rapidan River Lecture Area
9:30-10:50 Jeff Purdey Custom Bamboo Rod Building 101
11-11:50 Dusty Wissmath Fishing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
12-12:50 Colby Trow Fly Fishing the Shenandoah Valley
1-1:50 TBA TBA
2-2:50 Chris Thompson Landing False Albacore on the Fly
3-3:50 Jess Westbrook Parent-Child Fly Fishing Class
James River Lecture Area
10:00-10:50 George Daniel Advance Nyphing
11-11:50 TBA TBA
12-12:50 Tim O’Neill Angling for Steelhead
1-1:50 Tuck Scott Fly Angling for Triple Tail, Cobia and Reds
2-2:50 Groundwater/Dunlap Women and the Future of Fly Fishing
3-3:50 Pat Dorsey TBA
Casting Pond
10:30-11:30 Mac Brown Casting Demo
1:30-2:30 George Daniel Casting Demo
4-5 Dusty Wissmath Casting Demo
Paid Casting Classes [FEE]
11:15-12:45 George Daniel Advanced Nymph Fishing
1-2:30 Dusty Wissmath Beginner Casting Instruction
2:45-4:15 Mac Brown Advanced Casting Instruction
Free Casting Classes
10:30-11:30 Katlin Groundwater Women-Only Casting Class
–meets at Class Rally Point then moves outside.
3-4 Katlin Groundwater Co-Ed Casting Class
–meets at Class Rally Point then moves outside.
Featured Fly Tyers
10-11 Tim O’Neil Tying Carp Flies
11-12 Jim Bensinger How to Tie Classic Wet Flies
12-1 Walt Cary Tying the World’s Best Poppers
1-2 Pat Dorsey TBA
2-3 Allen Rupp TBA
3-4 Braden Miller Creative Tying
*** Due to social distancing requirements, all casting classes will be done outside.