Steve Holland

Review of Anglers All

The Anglers All Fly-Fishing 101 Class led by Doug ...

The Anglers All Fly-Fishing 101 Class led by Doug Garvey is well worth the time and investment. All of the participants (coming from varying levels of fishing backgrounds) left with so much knowledge and confidence we are ready to tackle the river now. Doug is a very engaging instructor, gets to know his students well, and provided us with instructions from fly rod and line basics, to how to tie useful knots, to how to cast using three different and very useful methods. He takes time with each student to make sure they are grasping what he is teaching. There is no such thing as a dumb question with Doug. The most fun part of the class was when Doug was pretending to be fish on a line while teaching us how to land the lunker. Additionally, Greg (the Bug Doctor) was most informative as he led us in a discussion of fish food (aka flies) during lunch. We learned from viewing photos of actual bugs as well as viewing and handling a bunch of different flies, from caddis and mayflies, nymph through adults, even stone flies and big, whopping streamers, terrestrials and some really ugly bugs. All of the participants left the all-day class filled with sufficient knowledge to get a good start on our fly-fishing adventures.

Thank you, Doug and Greg for a great day and a great education!!!