Friday, 6:00 PM – Tenkara fishing Dre will speak on modern tenkara tactics, tackle and gear. Dre is a trout fishing guide, fly tyer and avid tenkara evangelist based in Decorah, Iowa.  

Saturday, 8:30 AM – Brook Trout Restoration Caleb joined the Northeast Iowa Management team in 2024 as the Natural Resources Biologist for the Decorah District. He manages coldwater and warmwater streams and lakes, investigates fish kills, and works with private landowners to manage private land for public fishing in an eight-county area. Prior to this,

Sunday, 8:30 AM – Pan Fish Fly Fishing Mike Pierce is a life member of HFFA and over the span of decades has presented programs to the HFFA on tactics for smallmouth bass in rivers, Sylvania Wilderness fly fishing, brook trout in Kwagama Lake (Ontario), Wisconsin spring creek trout, Garden River Lake Huron king and

Saturday, 10:30 AM – To Be Determined Saturday, 3:30 PM – To Be Determined After mysteriously losing all of his dad’s lures in a single day, Charlie Craven was gifted a fly tying kit by his parents for his eighth birthday. He’s tied flies pretty much every day for the forty years since then and

Saturday, 9:30 AM – Seductive Streamer Strategies Saturday, 2:30 PM – Mono Rigs for Dry, Streamer, & Nymphs Saturday, 6:00 PM – PSU Fly Fishing Program George Daniel was six when he tried fly fishing on the native brook trout stream near his home village in Potter County, Pennsylvania. The stretch of stream was designated

Friday, 8:00 PM – Discover the Driftless Sunday, 9:30 AM – Fishing Small Streams of the Driftless John van Vliet is the Midwest Field Editor for Fly Fisherman magazine and author of more than a dozen popular fly-fishing books, including Trout Fishing in Southeast Minnesota, Trout Fishing in Southwest Wisconsin, Trout Fishing in Northeast Iowa

Friday, 7:00 PM – Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing Davis Horton discovered the joys of fly fishing for smallmouth bass as a teenager and he has been a warm-water fanatic ever since. While smallmouth bass are his bread and butter, Davis also delves into other unique species. Bowfin, northern pike, bighead carp, hybrid striped bass, and

Sunday, 10:30 AM – Bamboo Rod Making After 37 years as an engineer with John Deere, Dale Tayloe began making and restoring bamboo fly rods in 2017. Originally from Missouri, Dale started fishing when he was about 5 years old and fly fishing when he was given a fly rod at age 10. Dale has

Saturday, 1:30 PM – Trout Unlimited Iowa Project Update As the Iowa Driftless Outreach Coordinator for Trout Unlimited, Cameron Aker helps connect growers, landowners, anglers, volunteer groups, and government agencies to help restore the cold-water habitats of Iowa. Cameron has spent the last 17 years of his career in the Ag Industry, where he worked

Friday, 7:00 PM – Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing Caleb grew up in the mountains of Northeast Tennessee between blue ribbon trout waters and excellent smallmouth fishing. As you can probably guess, the choice was simple! He fell in love with warmwater fly fishing at the age of 13 and has not looked back. Caleb graduated