940 Water Street
Port Townsend, Washington 98368

(360) 379-3763

ptangler@olypen.com

 
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Classes and Workshops

The Port Townsend Angler is a full-service fly shop featuring Locally Tied Flies and top of the line equipment.

Our staff has years of experience, fishing all over the world. We teach both fly fishing and fly tying to hundreds of anglers each year offering both classroom instruction and on-the-water seminars.

Weather you are new to fly fishing or a veteran angler, we have classes that will help achieve your goals.

 
 

Ongoing Workshops: Contact us for details.


Private Fly Casting Lessons

1/2 hour -- FREE
This one half-hour private casting lesson is a great way to get introduced to the basics of fly casting, get ready for a guided trop or just brush up on your skills. 

Private Comprehensive Casting Lessons

2 hours 2 guests $50
Double haul, advanced roll casting beginning spey casting and a bunch of neat tricks to make time spent on the water more productive.


Seasonal Workshops: Contact us for details.


May


Beginning fly tying
Peninsula Favorites

Sunday, May 4 $55 per guest 5 person max.

 
Learn the basics of fly tying while tying three highly effective and versatile fly patterns. This is a hands on two-hour instruction that will teach you all you need to know to start tying flies.

Participants must supply their own vice scissors and bobbins. All other materials will be supplied by the Port Townsend Angler.


 

Beginning Salt Water Fly Fishing
On-the-water series

Sunday, May 25   $55 per guest   5 person max.

 
The objectives of the day will be to give our guests all the information and skills they need to catch trout and salmon on the fly from Puget Sound beaches.

The morning will begin with pasties coffee and fly fishing knots. Then we will move on to the basics of fly-casting. In the afternoon we will continue with presentation and fly selection for sea run cutthroat and Coho salmon.

Participants must have warm clothes, rain gear, waders and felt soled boots. We will supply rods and reels if needed.


July


Beach Fishing for Coho Salmon

Dates TBA based on 2003 salmon regulations.

 
Learn to catch more Coho from the beach This workshop will cover the real minutiae of beach fly-fishing for Coho.

The objectives of the day will be to give our guests all the information and skills they need to catch trout and salmon on the fly from Puget Sound beaches. The morning will begin with pastries coffee and a detailed discussion of productive beach fishing locations. Followed by, tides and times, fly selection, presentation, and appropriate gear choices. For the afternoon we will head out to the beach for hands on instruction.

Fly Fishing for Trout in Streams
On-the-water series

Sunday, July 27 $55 per guest   5 person max.

 
Basic fly-fishing skills with an emphasis on the techniques used to catch trout in streams. Guests will learn knots, basic casting technique and the flies and presentations that are most effective for catching both resident trout and sea-run cutthroat in peninsula streams..

Participants must have warm clothes, rain gear, waders and felt soled boots. We will supply rods and reels if needed.


For more information about any Port Townsend Angler event
- please contact us! -

 
 
 

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