Thursday
Participants arrive on Thursday afternoon, check in from 3pm
Dinner is served from 7pm
Friday
Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Assemble in T.V. room for introductory lectures
Safe Fishing
Choosing and Matching Flyfishing Tackle
The Principles of Fly Casting
11:00 a.m. Morning Coffee
11:15 a.m. Proceed to practice area, assemble fly rods
11:30 a.m. Mechanics of Fly Casting - demonstration
11:50 a.m. Practice Basic Overhead Cast
12.10 p.m. Practice False Casting
12:40 p.m. Review Overhead Cast. Practice Shooting Line using the Line Hand
1:00 p.m. Lunch in Pub
2:00 p.m. Assemble in the TV room for Knots, Leaders, etc
3:30 p.m. Tea Break
3:45 p.m. Proceed to practice area; Fly Casting Accuracy and review False Cast
4:15 p.m. Practice Backhand Cast and review Basic Principles
4:45 p.m. Practice Casting into Wind - coping with wind
5:15 p.m. Proceed to river
5:30 p.m. Basic RiverCraft - practice Casting on Water
6:30 p.m. End - day one
DINNER is served from 7:00pm
Saturday
Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Assemble in T.V. room and Review Day 1
10:30 a.m. Proceed to river
10:45 a.m. Review Overhead Cast
11:15 a.m. Practice Roll Cast
11:45 a.m. Practice Spey Cast on river
12:15 p.m. Practice Double Spey Cast on river
1:00 p.m. Lunch in Pub
2:00 p.m. Review Knots and making Leaders in T.V. Lounge
3:00 p.m. Double Handed Rod, its care and use
3:15 p.m. Practice Overhead Cast with double handed rod
4:15 p.m. Demonstrate/ practice Roll Cast and Spey Casts (single, double & snake roll)
5:00 p.m. Practical river fishing (wet fly and dry fly)
6:30 p.m. End - day two
DINNER is served from 7:00pm
Sunday
Breakfast
9:45 a.m. Assemble in T.V. room – Questions and Answers
10:00 a.m. Practical fishing session on the river
1:15 p.m. Lunch in Pub
2:00 p.m. Course ends and farewells