February 2020
Restaurant Open
Friday Dinner 5 pm - 7:30 pm Saturday breakfast 8 am - 11 am Saturday Dinner 5 pm - 7:30 pm Sunday breakfast 8 am - 11 am We will be publishing a separate winter menu along with specials for every weekend we're open. Stay tuned! We start taking reservations for winter dinners on January 2nd, 2020.
Find out more »Free Fly Tying Saturday
We’ve taught dozens of people how to tie flies at these free sessions, and many are now very proficient fly makers. We have a wide selection of materials, vises and lamps. Don’t have any fly tying stuff? Just come. Have everything under the sun? Bring it. We’re back in the Board Room this year, so you can grab breakfast in the restaurant before we start tying! We have no agenda at these sessions. If you want to work on comparaduns,…
Find out more »Hexed! Tying hex flies with Gates Lodge
Tying big dry flies is tough, and the hex is the biggest mayfly there is! These size 6 flies provide some of the most exciting fishing on the river, but they are surprisingly difficult to tie well. We're here to help. We'll focus on working with deer hair, hen wings, and overall proportions. By the end of the class you'll have some of our favorite hex patterns and a lot of know-how so you can fill your own boxes. Josh…
Find out more »March 2020
Free Fly Tying Saturday
We’ve taught dozens of people how to tie flies at these free sessions, and many are now very proficient fly makers. We have a wide selection of materials, vises and lamps. Don’t have any fly tying stuff? Just come. Have everything under the sun? Bring it. We’re back in the Board Room this year, so you can grab breakfast in the restaurant before we start tying! We have no agenda at these sessions. If you want to work on comparaduns,…
Find out more »Au Sable Terrestrials, with John Sheets and Josh Greenberg
The Au Sable is not known as a great terrestrial river, but it is. It's just not a great hopper river. Deer flies, beetles, crickets and ants are where it's at for an Au Sable trout. This is some of the most underrated fishing of the year. Picking apart a shaded bank with a small cinnamon ant on fine tippet is an afternoon well spent. We will teach you our favorite summertime terrestrial patterns and get you prepped for what we…
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