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Streamer Fishing with Alex Lafkas

Learn from one of America’s best streamer anglers, Alex Lafkas.  This is an intensive, dry-land class for anglers that really want to improve their streamer fishing.  Alex’s expertise spans the entire Michigan season, as well as the world class trout fisheries of Arkansas.

Alex says, “At one point in my life streamer fishing was grabbing my sink tip or a floating line and choosing my favorite color woolly bugger. Things have changed in the last 30 years through technical innovation and  a deeper understanding of what makes brown trout tick. The focus of this class is to take a deep dive into the whys for each season that is presented throughout the calendar year to a streamer angler. Some times of year are more known for streamer fishing such as spring and fall but there are many other windows that occur each season. Understanding how to use different types of sink tips with varying sink rates also plays a large part in your success. I will cover fly line options and how I use each one for different situations based on fly choice and season to maximize your time on the water. “

We have offered this class previously, and it was very well-received.  Includes lunch.  Limited to six people.

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Catchin’ Tigers

Every few years, a tiger trout will pop up.  Now some fisheries stock hatchery-forced tiger trout, but a wild one is a rare thing.  We most commonly see them pop up in the Holy Waters.  They are a cross between a brown trout and a brook trout.  They are sterile, and beautiful. We all fish to hopefully hook the unexpected.  Sometimes — as was the case this past Saturday — the expected was so good that it become the unexpected. 

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Ants, whiteflies, and fall isos

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