Get Your Learn On

Maybe you already know this, but even if you do, I have never been one to not talk about myself...

I teach fly tying classes all over the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area! And if you are in the area and have wanted to learn how to tie flies but have been putting it off, now is the time to stop the putting it off!

Flies you will learn how to tie!

And here's the thing: Not only will you learn how to tie flies, but you'll have fun doing it. If you don't have fun, that's your fault, because I most definitely will do everything I can to make it fun. I came very close to offering a 100% Fun Guarantee, but in my 45+ years on God's Green Earth I have learned that some people don't have fun no matter how much fun there is to be had...

Don't recycle it before you have a chance to leaf through it!

Here's how it works: You leaf through your local Community Education catalog that gets mailed to your house, you find the page where it lists my Joy of Fly Tying class, you get on your local Community Ed's website, and you register for the class. That's all there is to it! I will take care of all the rest (not including picking you up at your house on the nights of class. You will have to get to the class site on your own.) I provide all the tools and materials that you will need in class, and even let you take the tools with you between classes so you can practice at home! Each class night I will teach you how to tie three distinct flies, for a total of nine (9!) flies throughout the 3-week class. While tying those 9 flies you will learn the techniques that are required to tie 75% of all the flies that have ever been invented! What could be better?!?!

Will you learn how to tie a Wooly Bugger?!?! Of course!

We will use nothing but the best brands of hooks, thread, and other materials, ensuring that our flies will be well-built, provided that you can follow my tying directions... The tool sets you will be using are filled with quality tools and an excellent beginning-level vise, made by either Griffin Enterprises or the D.H. Thompson Company.

Will you learn how to tie a Highly Adequate Parachute fly?!?! YES!

We will start out with a couple of pretty basic fly patterns, and build on those first techniques as we go through class. By the end of class you will be able to tie fish-catching flies that you will be proud to say came from your own two hands.

Me and some totally enthralled students.

I have three sessions of classes coming up this Winter/Spring: First up is my class in South Washington County which starts on Tuesday, February 4th, at 6:30PM at East Ridge High School. After that I will be teaching at Como High School in St. Paul starting on Monday, April 13th, also at 6:30PM. Finally I will be up in Forest Lake starting on Tuesday, May 5th, again at 6:30PM. There is a good chance I will also be offering it in New Brighton in March, but those dates aren't set yet. Check back here if that option interests you!

A thoroughly happy graduate of my class!

Along with all the knowledge, you will also get a biz card and either a magnet...

...or a fun sticker!

And of course, you can then go out and catch some trouts on your own flies! Woot!

Resolved

Hey, look, it's 2020! I know in my head that I only age one day for every day that goes by, but man, I feel like I am getting older much more quickly than that. I know that sentence might seem like a jumbled mess, but if you are at least 45 years old, like me, you probably know what I mean. Which is good, because I don't know how to describe it any more clearly. In fact, the more I think about it, the more confused I seem to be getting...

Size 6 Mini Skidmarks

Anyways, welcome to 2020! Like a lot of other people, I made a long list of resolutions I hope to achieve this year on a personal level. I won't bore you with any of those, but I do have a few blog-related resolutions to run past you. If you feel like, please help me stay accountable as I go through the year. If you see me not doing the things I mention, feel free to send me a friendly or even not-so-friendly email, text, or phone call reminder.

So, here are my 2020 Blog Resolutions. Oh goody...:

1. Write one post every week! My plan is to post them on Mondays. I will put a link on our Facebook page and tweet it out, as well. If you don't check those two platforms often, feel free to sign up to get an update emailed to you whenever I post something! Do it!

2. Re-do all the video tutorials on my YouTube channel and repost them here. Obviously, my teaching in all the videos is pretty much flawless, but I want to update the graphics and stuff to make them look more professional. And, the teaching probably isn't as flawless as I think, so I will try to make that better, too.

3. Do at least one new video tutorial each month. I have a ton of great flies in my arsenal, and would love to teach how to tie a bunch of them.

4. Fish more! Our kids are starting to get older and more independent, so I am hoping to fish a lot more this year, and have lots of good pics and trip reports to post here. Wish me luck!

Remember to help keep me accountable. If you want to let me know your 2020 resolutions, I can help keep you accountable as well! Happy New Year!