Schedule
2022 Festival Schedule of Events Saturday
Specialty Instruction Lecture Area
9:30-10:50 Jim Bensinger Beginner Fly Tying [FEE]
11-12:50 Pat Dorsey Master’s Class: Fly Fishing Tailwaters[FEE]
1:00-2:50 Captain Simon Valencia Bourbon & Bass Bugs [FEE]
3:05-4:00 Captain Chris Karwacki Fishing Tangier Sound and the Chesapeake Bay
Rapidan River Lecture Area
11-12:30 Jen Ripple Becoming An Independent Woman Angler [FEE]
12:35-2:00 Captain Gary Dubiel How To Locate and Land Monster Redfish [FEE]
2:05-3:00 Mike Williams All About Peacock Bass
3:05-4:00 Chris Thompson Landing False Albacore on the Fly
James River Lecture Area
10:00-10:50 Captain Craig Bailey Freshwater Sight Fishing
11-11:50 Kiki Galvin Tips & Tricks for Better Fly Fishing
12-12:50 John Mauser Taking on Shad and Stripers on the Roanoke River
1-1:50 Matt Reilly Fly Fishing Virginia’s South Holston River
2-2:50 Ripple/Risch/Dunlap/ Ask An Expert Female Angler
3-4:00 Jen Ripple Women and History of Fly Fishing
Shenandoah River Lecture Area
10-10:50 Mac Brown Fly Line Control, Strategies & Techniques
11-11:50 Purdy/Morgan Custom Bamboo Rod Building101
12-12:50 Captain Mike Tayloe Medical Considerations for the Traveling Angler
1-1:50 Matt Miles Fly Fishing for Smallies in Virginia
2-2:50 Tim Urtiaga Landing Pike on the Fly
3-3:50 Pat Dorsey Fishing Colorado’s South Platte
South River Lecture Area
10-10:50 Kaitlin Groundwater Fly Fishing 101-Understanding the Basics
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 John McKinnie Fishing Western Montana’s Rivers & Streams
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
11:00-3:00 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 Gary Dubiel Casting Demo
1:30-2:00 Karin Miller Tenkara Demo
3:30-4:15 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
Casting Pond 2
11:15-12 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
3:00-3:30 Karin Miller Tenkara Casting Demo
Featured Fly Tyers
10-11 Pat Dorsey Tailwater Favorites
11-12 Allen Rupp Whitlock’s NearNuff Crayfish
12-1 Braden Miller Creative Tying
2-3 Andrij Horodysky Effective Down & Dirty Flies
3-4 Tim O’Neil Carp Patterns
2020 Festival Schedule of Events Sunday
Specialty Instruction Lecture Area
8:00-8:45 Eric Camfield Chapel Services (vendors/instructors only)
9:30-10:50 Jim Bensinger Beginner Fly Tying 101 [FEE]
11-12:20 Jim Bensinger Tying Wet Flies-Intermediate to Advanced [FEE]
12:30-2:25 Pat Dorsey Masters Class: Fly Fishing Tailwaters [FEE]
Rapidan River Lecture Area
11-12:30 Jen Ripple Becoming An Independent Woman Angler [FEE]
12:35-2:00 Captain Gary Dubiel How to Locate & Land Monster Redfish [FEE]
2:05-3:00 Captain Chris Karwacki Fishing Tangier Sound and the Chesapeake Bay
James River Lecture Area
10:00-10:50 Chris Thompson Landing False Albacore on the Fly
11-11:50 Jerry Yates Fly Fishing the Smoky Mountains
12-12:50 John Mauser Taking on Shad and Stripers on the Roanoke River
1-1:50 Purdy/Morgan Custom Bamboo Rod Building101
2-2:50 Ripple/Risch/Dunlap/ Ask An Expert Female Angler
3-3:50 Captain Mike Tayloe Medical Considerations for the Traveling Angler
Shenandoah River Lecture Area
9:30-10:30 Wayne McGee Discovering Alaska’s Fabled Alagnak River
11-11:50 Gary Dubiel Fly Fishing Poland
12-12:50 Matt Reilly Fly Fishing Virginia’s South Holston 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 Smallies in Virginia
South River Lecture Area
10:00-10:50 Tim Ur tiaga Landing Pike on the Fly
11-11:50 Kaitlin Groundwater Fly Fishing 101-Understanding the Basics
12-12:50 Captain Craig Bailey Freshwater Sight Fishing
1-1:50 Tim O’Neil Chasing Carp
2-2:50 John McKinnie Fishing Western Montana’s Rivers & Streams
3-3:50 Pat Dorsey Fishing Colorado’s South Platte
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
1:30-2:00 Karin Miller Tenkara Demo
3:30-4:15 Gary Dubiel Casting Demo
Casting Pond 2
11:15-12 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
3:00-3:30 Karin Miller Tenkara Casting Demo
Featured Fly Tyers
10-11 Pat Dorsey Tailwater Favorites
11-12 Allen Rupp Whitlock’s Near Nuff Sculpin
12-1 Braden Miller Creative Tying
1-2 Tim O’Neil Tying Carp Flies
2-3 Andrij Horodysky Effective Down & Dirty Flies
3-4 Allen Rupp Whitlock’s Near Nuff Sculpin
