Saturday, March 10, 2018

Seminars –Gym

10:30 MICHAEL MAURI: How to create a fool proof situation to catch the fish of a lifetime 11:45 BLANE CHOCKLETT: Musky on the Fly *1:00 TOM ROSENBAUER: How to Take Your Trout Fishing to the Next Level *2:15 PHIL ROWLEY: How to Approach a New Lake 3:30 BLANE CHOCKLETT: Designing and fishing flies for predatory fish that trigger strikes *4:45 PHIL ROWLEY: Top 10 Stillwater Mistakes & How to Avoid Them

Fly Tying Bench

10:00 BLANE CHOCKLETT: Tying the Gamechanger & Variations 11:15 PHIL ROWLEY: Bread & Butter Stillwater Patterns

12:30 TOM BALTZ: More than you want to know about tying parachute patterns 1:45 JERRY REGAN: Classic Au Sable Patterns 3:00 TOM BALTZ: Some CDC Patterns

Casting Pond

10:15 PHIL ROWLEY: Stillwater Casting &Presentation Techniques 12:30 MICHAEL MAURI: Casting Prep 101: Practice & techniques to master before your guided trip

2:15 JOHN PINTO: Saltwater Wading: The "Snap"- Quick Cast 3:30 MICHAEL MAURI: Spey Casting Demystified *4:30 TOM ROSENBAUER: Special casting techniques for tight spaces & small waters.

Seminars – Macomb Room

*10:30 JOHN SHANER: Spiders and Soft Hackle Flies: Ancient Flies for Modern Trout. 11:45 JIM JOHNSON: Saltwater flats fishing (achieving the grand slam in flats fishing) 1:00 BRAD PETSKE: Fly Fishing in Michigan's U.P. - 4 Seasons worth Exploring 2:15 KEVIN FEENSTRA: Insects, crustaceans, & bait fish of Michigan streams & how to imitate them 3:30 CHIP CROMARTY: Sight Fishing for Northern Pike: Habitat, Equipment, Flies & Shallow Water Techniques 4:45 ERIC GRAJEWSKI: Lake Fly Fishing Musky and Bass

Seminars – Trout Room

*10:30 TOM ROSENBAUER: Fishing Small Streams *11:45 BRIAN PITSER: Fly Fishing for Carp *1:00 MIKE SCHULTZ: 10 River Smallmouth Tips & Techniques 2:15 CHUCK HAWKINS: The Magic number of flies that you always take to a Michigan trout Stream 3:30 ERIC SWIES: Big Bite on the White, Trophy Browns in Northern Arkansas 4:45 PHIL ROWLEY: Top 10 Stillwater Mistakes & how to avoid them

Seminars –Salmon Room

10:30 ERIC LUND: Fly Fishing Tactics for Northern Ontario Brook Trout and Northern Pike *11:45 GLENN WEISNER: 50 pictures - 50 Fly fishing tips 1:00 JAMIE CLOUS: Au Sable River Bread & Butter-Brook Trout 2:15 LUKE ANDREWS: The Mighty Mo: A Fly Angler’s Paradise 3:30 GLEN BLACKWOOD: Michigan's Historically Significant Events in Fly Fishing 4:45 MIKE HOGUE: What’s New in Fly Tying

* Presentation of Interest to Beginners, Expo Beginner’s Path

** Shows and Times Subject to Change without Notice