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 Leader Panel Discussion / Lunch
1-1:50 Rachel Bernard Being a Savvy Shopper
2-2:50 Jerry Yates Fishing the Tennessee’s South Holston River
3:-3:50 Alex Wise Taking on Virginia’s Smith River Browns
James River Lecture Area
10-10:50 Gary Edwards Taking on New York’s Salmon River
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 Matt Reilly Fly Fishing Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee
2-2:50 Beau Beasley Who Owns the River: What Is and Isn’t Public Water
3-3:50 Ian & Charity Rutter Trout Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Shenandoah River Lecture Area
9:30-10:50 Tom Rosenbauer Hatch Strategies: More Than Just Choosing a Fly [FEE]
11-11:50 Matt Miles Fly Fishing for Smallies in Virginia
12-12:50 Capt. Pete Scafaru Taking on Louisiana Red Fish
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
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 Mike Heck Learning to Fish Spring Creeks the Easy Way
3-3:50 Austin Conrad All About Musky on the Fly
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
10:30-11:30 Kiki Galvin Co-Ed Casting Class
–meets at Casting for Recovery Booth; then moves to Casting Area B
12-3 Open Casting
3-4 Kiki Galvin Women-Only Casting Class
–meets at Casting for Recovery Booth; then moves to Casting Area B
Casting Pond 1
9:30-10:15 Ian Rutter Casting Demo
1:30-2 Tom Sadler Tenkara Demo
3:30-4:15 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
Casting Pond 2
11:15-12 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
3-3:30 Tom Sadler Tenkara Casting Demo
Featured Fly Tyers
10-11 Tim O’Neil Carp Patterns
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: More Than Just Choosing a Fly [FEE]
1-2:30 George Daniel Fishing Streamers Effectively [FEE]
2:35-4:30 Allen Rupp Advanced Saltwater Fly Tying Techniques: Intermediate to Advanced [FEE]
Rapidan River Lecture Area: Beyond the Cast Women’s Fly Fishing Symposium
8:30-8:50 Festival Staff Registration
9-9:50 Tom Rosenbauer Ask an Expert Anything
10-10:50 Cillia Johnson All About Fishing from a Kayak
11-11:50 Jon Mozingo Taking Charge of Your Personal Safety in the Outdoors 12
12:50 Kiki Galvin Survey & Follow Up Support
1-1:50 Captain Pete Scafaru Taking on Louisiana Redfish
2-2:50 Simon Valencia Stripers, Shad, & More on Virginia’s James River
3-4 Matt Reilly Fly Fishing Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee
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 Matt Miles Fly Fishing for Smallies in Virginia
1-1:50 Gary Edwards Taking on New York’s Salmon River
2-2:50 Tom Rosenbauer Taking Your Trout Fishing to the Next Level
3-3:50 Ian & Charity Rutter Trout Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Shenandoah River Lecture Area
10-10:50 Simon Valencia Stripers, Shad, & More on Virginia’s James River
11-11:50 Wayne McGee Discovering Alaska’s Fabled Alagnak River
12-12:50 Austin Conrad All About Musky on the Fly
1-1:50 Colby Trow Fly Fishing the Shenandoah Valley
2-2:50 Mike Williams All About Peacock Bass
3-3:50 Jerry Yates Fishing the Tennessee’s South Holston River
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
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 Co-Ed Casting Class
–meets at Casting for Recovery Booth; then moves to Casting Area A
11-3 Open Casting Area
3-4 Kiki Galvin Women-Only 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 Tom Sadler Tenkara Demo
3:30-4:15 Mike Williams Casting Demo
Casting Pond 2
11:15-12 Wanda Taylor Casting Demo
3-3:30 Tom Sadler Tenkara Casting Demo
Featured Fly Tyers
12-1 Allen Rupp Whitlock’s Near Nuff Sculpin
1-2 Tim O’Neil Tying Carp Flies
2-3 Jim Bensinger Tying with Dubbing
3-4 Braden Miller Creative Tying
