Hurry and come join us for a 2-day experience that will improve your skills in the art of fly fishing!!

Join Beryl Rea and Pat Jaeger for a 2-day educational experience to improve your success in nymph, dry fly, steamer and wet fly fishing. You will be introduced to entomology, reading the water, casting applications, short and long line dry fly presentation, indicator and indicator-less nymphing, fly selection, planning and basic knots.

These classes will take place on various waters from Bishop to Bridgeport, depending on the time of year, weather and weather flows.

For the classroom portion, Pat Jaeger, pictured above will be your instructor. He is a premier educator in this art, his goal is to teach the fundamentals which you will need to go out on your own. This two day crash course will set you on your way to enjoy the lifetime journey of tricking trout with chicken feathers tied to hooks.

On the water, Beryl Rea, Photo #1 has spent much of her life fishing the waters of the Eastern Sierra; since she was a very young girl with her Grandfather. She prides herself as being an instructional fly fishing guide, "It's exciting to bring someone into a new world, to share the passion, helping them improve their skills and have the confidence to 'do it' on their own".

Both Pat and Beryl are premier Instructors and Guides, together they bring with them over 50 years of fly fishing, guiding and exploring experience on their favorite Eastern Sierras home waters.

Class Dates for 2013

Saturday, July 27th- Sunday, July 28th
Saturday, August 24th- Sunday, August 25th
Saturday, September 14th - Sunday, September 15th

2-Day clinic is $325 per person (unless otherwise noted)

Class size is limited to 8 students, with a minimum of 4 to guarantee class.
Clinic includes an 8 hour class per day, lunch, and non-alcoholic beverages.
Clinic does not include lodging, tackle, other meals, license*, and transportation to and from fishing locations.

*Fishing licenses can be purchased in advance here at the shop.

Customer Reviews:

David Watson (Monday, 08 October 2012) Rating: 5

Having just returned from the 2 day fly fishing experience with Pat Jaeger, I thought I would give you some feed back regarding the weekend at Mammoth/Bishop. First of all, let me say that Pat Jaeger is aptly named... I think it's the Dutch word for Hunter, and Pat is truly a hunter of fish.

He was able to communicate techniques to me that I could translate into action. I never had so many strikes and actual successes while fishing in my life.

I now feel comfortable in using techniques with dry flies, dry flies and droppers, nymphing with and without indicators and weights, and casting streamers down current.

Pat showed us how to actually find the fish and hunt them down. He was successful in teaching me the importance of slowing down, breaking each strategy into parts, and implementing them smoothly and with purpose.

The other thing I learned was that in tying my knots, to be precise and neat. I noticed that I got no strikes whatsoever if even my clinch knot was off, or, if there was an extra knot in the tippet.

For the first time, I know that I took up the right sport in fly fishing as up until now I had many doubts.

He gave us many other tips and simplified everything to the point of enjoying the sport without becoming too cerebral.

Pat's teaching ability is second to none and I can't say enough good things about the weekend.

My only disappointment was that around 3 PM on Sunday, while standing chest deep in the Owens River (wet wading) I finally landed a nice fish when thunder and lightning moved in. Pat made me realize that I was standing in water with a 9 foot lightning rod in my hand. It was time to call it a day.

This was one of the best fishing weekends ever and it has converted me from spin cast fishing to "HUNTING" with a fly rod.

Best regards,
David Watson