Fly Tying Classes

Jimmy’s All Seasons Angler strives to teach and share as much correct and useful information to our customers about Fly Fishing and Fly Tying. In the spirit of helping people progress in the sport of fishing we offer Fly Tying classes. Our instructors are professional fisherman and fly tiers who have spent many hours perfecting and improving their personal skills on the water or behind the tying vise. They are patient and more than willing to help you learn and perfect your skills. We believe in being personal with our classes so we limit the class size to 6 people. This allows our instructors to give every student enough personal attention while at the same time offering the student a group price for the class.

Available Classes:

Beginning Fly Tying:

• Thursday February 16, 2012
  

Each class is 5 Consecutive Weeks

Course Fee: $50

Instructor: Tim Woodard

Class Description

Fly tying is a great activity, and this class is your chance to learn fly tying basics.  We schedule this  class for five consecutive evenings. The cost of the class is $50.  Materials are not included in the cost of the course. Fly tying kits for this class are available at the shop.  Contact us to sign up or for more information: 1-208-524-7160 or jimmys@ida.net.

Special Topics Classes

Special Topics classes are a one night only class. Students only need to bring tying tools. These classes are designed for tiers looking to improve upon established tying abilities. Materials are provided by the instructor. All classes start are taught at the shop and will go until everything has been covered. The average class is about 3 hours long. Come prepared to learn and receive a lot of information. All tying classes are limited to 6 students.

Streamers

Dates:

• March 28, 2012 @6:30pm

Course Fee: $40

Instructor: Tim Woodard

This class will focus on tying streamers of all types and sizes. Students will learn how to tie articulated streamers and double hook streamers that have been made famous by Kelley Gallop. We will also cover standard streamers that have proven to be effective catching big fish! This class is pumped full of great information on not only tying streamers but we get into great length on presenting and fishing techniques.

Tube Flies

Dates:

• February 28, 2012 @ 6:30pm
• March 13, 2012 @6:30pm

Course Fee $40 or $60 (if you need tube fly Vise attachment)

Instructor: Tim Woodard

Students will need a Tube Fly Vise attachment, Basic tying tools, and Black 3/0 Thread

This course is designed to teach you all about tube flies. Tube flies are patterns that are tied on a tube instead of a hook shank. Tubes allow the fisherman to fish a large pattern with a short shank hook, which results in the fisherman landing more fish. Tube flies have become extremely popular with Steelhead and Salmon patterns, as well as Streamers and Bass Flies.

*This class is NOT a steelhead tying class. We will be tying steelhead patterns but we will be also tying patterns that will be directed at other species of fish, like trout and Bass.

Mayflies & Emergers

Dates:

• March 6, 2012 @ 6:30pm

Course Fee: $35

Instructor: Tim Woodard

Mayflies & Emergers is a class designed towards teaching the student effective patterns used to imitate Mayflies through their entire life cycle. We will cover the major mayfly species that hatch in this area, Drakes, Blue Wing Olives, Pale Morning Duns, Pink Albert’s and the Mahogany Duns.  This class will also cover many different types of tying materials from Hair Wings to CDC, and Z-lon to Split Tailing Fibers. If you enjoy chasing fish eating mayflies or you want to expand your skills at the tying bench this is a class for you.

Killer Bead Heads

Date: March 27, 2012 @ 6:30pm

Course Fee: $35

Instructor: Tim Woodard

Killer Bead Heads is a class about nymphs. Ever wonder which bead head to tie on which pattern. This class is designed to teach you why you would want to use a glass bead all the way to using tungsten beads. This isn’t a generic pheasant tail/hares ear class. We cover new and innovative patterns that have been proven effective on western streams. Students will learn how to tie nymphs faster and effective ways to use different materials. 80% of a trouts diet consists of nymphs, this class will show you the effective nymphs that catch fish.

Stoneflies & Chernobyl’s

Date: March 7, 2012@6:30pm

Instructor: Tim Woodard

Course Fee: $35

Stoneflies and Chernobyl’s is all about tying the big dry flies we love to see fish eat! From tying the Improved Stimulator to the famous Chernobyl Ant. Students will learn to work with materials from Deer hair to foam. There are many rivers in this area that have epic stonefly hatches throughout the fishing season. This class is for any fly tier who fishes western streams and enjoys catching fish on bigger flies.