Saturday, March 7th - Demonstrations & Presentations

NEW LOCATION: Oakland Expo Center, 2212 Mall Drive East, Waterford 48328

NEW DAYS:  Friday, March 6 & Saturday, March 7

NEW HOURS: Friday 1:00 - 9:00      Saturday 9:00 - 6:00

Updated 2/22/26

Note: Subject to change without notice

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Casting Pond Demos

10:00 Mark Hendricks - Fly Casting Essentials

11:30 Jake Villwock - Casting Sinking Tips with Big Flies

1:00 Bill Mangan - Fundamentals of Fly Casting

2:30 Dusty Wissmath - Analyzing Basic Casting Mechanics to Make You a Better Angler

4:00 Bill Mangan - Fly Casting Presentations that Catch Fish

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Fly Tying Demos

10:00 Jake Villwok - Tying Articulated Baitfish with Natural Movement that Entice Picky Smallmouth

11:30 Pat Dorsey - Tailwater Favorites

1:00 Todd Schotts - Griz's Cousin Neddie (Ned Fly) and Griz's DSP Mr. Softie Crawfish

2:30 Eric Naguski - Caddis Patterns for Success

4:00 Jake Villwock - Tying the Raid Popper - Tips on How to Make a More Durable, But Subtle, Popper

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Seminars - Salmon Room

10:00 Pat Dorsey - Colorado's Best Trout Streams

11:30 Eric Naguski - Emergers, Cripples and Spinners - An Intro to Fly Patterns for Selective Trout

1:00 Brian Pitser - Fishing Chile's Patagonia - El Saltamontes

2:30 Jake Villwock - Observation for Success

4:00 Pat Dorsey - Fly Fishing the South Platte River

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Seminars - Trout Room

10:00 Eric Naguski - Fishing With Ghosts - A South Central PA Primer 

11:30 Dusty Wissmath - Hosted Fly Fishing Destinations Around the World

1:00 Kevin Feenstra - Predators and Prey: 12 Midwest Gamefish and Their Preferred Prey

2:30 Rick Weisberg - Making Your Own Dubbing Brushes

4:00 Eric Naguski - Dry Fly Selections for All Conditions

Z - Picture Bill Mangan Casting

Author's Booth

2:30 Kevin Feenstra and Pat Dorsey