Fellow FNN Board Members,

The Southwest Council Fly Fishing Faire will take place Oct. 16-18 at the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop, CA. The Southwest Council extends this invitation to all anglers as an opportunity to learn more about fly fishing. An exciting array of 80 seminars, events, and classes for beginner and experienced anglers alike is already confirmed for all three days of the Faire. Speaker events will run on-site throughout the weekend offering detailed insight on fishing destinations, certification programs, rod building, and more. In addition, the Faire’s location offers a convenient opportunity to get a first-hand look at local hot spots with some of the area’s top guides, including clinics on techniques such as European Style Nymphing and Tenkara. As always, a number master certified instructors will offer casting classes, and world-renowned tiers will once again hold a series of fly tying programs. For those family members in attendance who do not fish, a variety of classes will be offered on gardening for drought-tolerant plants, dog training for rattlesnake avoidance, quilting, and much more. Also available are deals at local hotels and the Bishop RV Park.

- Online registration + schedule at: http://bit.ly/2015fairesched
- Lodging deals: http://bit.ly/swcfairelodging
- Dinner+movie events: http://bit.ly/swcfairedinnermovies

See you there!
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Thank you to the FNN admins for letting us share this event!

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Current list of programs:

Artists
Jill Field-Duerr – Artist/Painter
Damian Ross – Ceramic Artist

Special Programs
Ed Pounds and the Boy Scout Merit Badge Program

For the Beginner
Santa Lucia Fly Fishers Beginning Fly Fishing class
Deep Creek Fly Fishers Beginning Fly Fishing class
Fly Fishing Simplified with Santa Clarita Casting Club
Beginning Fly Tying with Phil Therrien
Reading the Water for beginners with Maria Rivas
Beginning Fly Tying w/Carl Webbed

Tying Classes
Earl Arnold – Mayfly Life cycle
Steven Fernandez – Trout flies from finesse to bulk and back again
Steven Fernandez – The Muddler Minnow
Wayne Luallen – Intro to Thread Control and Materials handling
Naomi Okamoto – Extended body flies
Rob & Ryan Buhler – Improving: Taking Tying to the next level

Casting
Dok Arvanites – Distance
Eric Callow – Mastering the Double Haul
Mike McClay – The 50’ plus Roll Cast
Tim Lawson – Fix your Back Cast
Dennis Otsuka – Casting Tune up
John VanDerhoof – Learn to Spey Cast
John VanDerhoof – Unraveling Spey and Switch rods, lines & equipment
Mark Allen – Casts that Catch fish
Jim Solomon – Leonardo and the Fly Rod
Marshall Bissett – I’d Give my Right Arm to be Ambidextrous
Aquatic Entomology with Dr. John Linder
On The Water Outings
Eric Hein – Refresher Course
Eric Hein – Hot Creek Weeds
Jarett Coons – Owens Valley Warmer water carp, bass and bluegill on the fly
Gary Gunsolley – European Style Nymphing
Chris Leonard – High Stick Indicatorless Nymph Fishing
Alex Cady – Warm Water Fishing in the Lower Owens
David D’Beaupre – Streamer Fishing
Freddie Ramirez – Tenkara fly fishing
Dave Harvey – Fishing Silverlake
Conservation – Golden Trout and Wilderness Reception

Women’s Classes
LeighAnn Swanson - Beginning Casting Class for women
Beryl Rae & Teresa Adams – All day event covering all aspects of fly fishing for women
Christina Carlos – Women’s beginning fly tying
Do’s and Don’ts of Fly Fishing with Kesley

Seminars
Ken Lindsay – Fly Fishing Southeast Alaska
Gary Bulla – Baja-Kayak and fly fishing
Ed Berg – Fishing Slovania
Kent Riand – The Latest Still Water Nymphing Techniques for Crowley Lake
Peter Pumphrey – Hidden Fly Fishing Opportunities in the Eastern Sierra
Kevin Peterson – Fly Fishing Mammoth, Bishop to Bridgeport
Ed Swanson’s Petroglyphs Class and Tour
Bill Hammons and the California Heritage Trout Challenge
Jason Koop’s class on IFFF Fly Tying Skills Bronze Award Program
Chiaki Harami’s all day rod building for beginners
Freddie Ramirez on Fishing Tenkara
Dok Arvanites and Tim Lawson – Introduction to the IFFF Certification Program
IFFF Certified Casting Instructors Workshop
IFFF Certified Casting Performance Test
IFFF Master Certified Performance Test
Manzanar Fly Fishing Film

Techniques
Tenkara Fishing with Freddie Ramirez
Rod Building with Chiaki Harami
Rigging for all Nymphing Situations with Rick Mazaira

Non Fly Fishing
Law’s Railroad Museum
Art/Pastel Painting class
Gardening Class on drought tolerant plants
Bishop Mural Society Walking tour around town
Rattlesnake Avoidance Training for Dogs Clinic

Kids Only
Aquabonita’s free casting and demonstrations of ‘Kasting for Kids’
Fly Tying for kids 16 and under w/Mark Fulkerson
Balloon Dog making for kids 10 and older w/Dennis Otsuka
Fly Tying

Questions? faireinfo@southwestcouoncilfff.org
Press and other resources: http://bit.ly/swcfaireresources