2023 Expo Schedule – Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo

EXPO HALL HOURS

Friday, March 17th, 2023 1pm-7pm

Saturday, March 18th, 2023 9am-6pm

Sunday, March 19th, 2023 10am-4pm

Saturday Film Showcase

6pm – 10pm (More Information)

Listed below is the 2022 Expo schedule. Look for the 2023 schedule to be finalized in early 2023.

	Room A	Room B	Hutton Arena	Casting Area	Casting Pool
1:30 PM			Smallmouth Bass: Tactics for Challenging Fish Kip Vieth 1:30 PM 2:30 PM	Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction 1:30 PM 6:15 PM	Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor 1:30 PM 4:00 PM
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
2:45 PM	Tying Top Water Foam Flies for Panfish! Scott Nordby 2:45 PM 3:45 PM Quick and fun flies to tie for top water panfish!	Fly Fishing for Beginners Evan Griggs 2:45 PM 3:45 PM	Fly Fishing Northern Minnesota Carl Haensel 2:45 PM 3:45 PM
3:00 PM
3:15 PM
3:30 PM
3:45 PM
4:00 PM	Euro Style Nymphing Rob Kimm 4:00 PM 5:00 PM	Tube and Cotter Pin Pike Flies Bob Wagner 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Plus tips on targeting larger pike!	35 Seasons of Fly Fishing Alaska Bob White 4:00 PM 5:00 PM		Spey Casting on the Water Paul Sandstrom 4:00 PM 5:00 PM
4:15 PM
4:30 PM
4:45 PM
5:00 PM					Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor 5:00 PM 6:15 PM
5:15 PM	Tying Flies to Fish in New Zealand Mike Corrigan 5:15 PM 6:15 PM	Fly Fishing the Vermillion River Matthew Doth 5:15 PM 6:15 PM	Fly Fishing & Writing John Gierach 5:15 PM 6:15 PM
5:30 PM
5:45 PM
6:00 PM

Room A

Tying Top Water Foam Flies for Panfish! Scott Nordby
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Euro Style Nymphing Rob Kimm
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tying Flies to Fish in New Zealand Mike Corrigan
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Room B

Fly Fishing for Beginners Evan Griggs
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Tube and Cotter Pin Pike Flies Bob Wagner
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fly Fishing the Vermillion River Matthew Doth
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Hutton Arena

Smallmouth Bass: Tactics for Challenging Fish Kip Vieth
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Fly Fishing Northern Minnesota Carl Haensel
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
35 Seasons of Fly Fishing Alaska Bob White
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fly Fishing & Writing John Gierach
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Casting Area

Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction
1:30 PM - 6:15 PM

Casting Pool

Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Spey Casting on the Water Paul Sandstrom
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

	Room A	Room B	Hutton Arena	Casting Area	Casting Pool
9:30 AM	Tying Wet Flies for Panfish Scott Nordby 9:30 AM 10:30 AM Scott's best sunfish and crappie flies and how to fish them.	Fly Fishing for Beginners Evan Griggs 9:30 AM 10:30 AM	Night Fishing and Mousing the Driftless Ger Moua 9:30 AM 10:30 AM	Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction 9:30 AM 12:00 PM	Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor 9:30 AM 10:30 AM
9:45 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
10:45 AM	Youth Fly Fishing Program Monta Hayner 10:45 AM 11:45 AM	Fly Fishing the BWCA & Quetico Brent Notbohm 10:45 AM 11:45 AM	The Stories Behind the Images - The Art of Bob White Bob White 10:45 AM 11:45 AM		Learn to Roll Cast Evan Griggs 10:45 AM 11:45 AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
11:45 AM
12:00 PM	Fly Tying Demo: Holly's Favorite Trout Flies for Spring Paul Johnson 12:00 PM 1:00 PM	Fishing and Understanding Driftless Trout Habitat Improvement John Lenczewski 12:00 PM 1:00 PM	Fishing Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Grant Anderson 12:00 PM 1:00 PM	Fly Casting Program Mike Fischer 12:00 PM 1:00 PM	Spey Casting on the Water Paul Sandstrom 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
12:45 PM
1:00 PM				Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction 1:00 PM 4:45 PM	Open for Casting 1:00 PM 2:30 PM
1:15 PM	Muskie Flies: Using Synthetics for Large Profiles Without the Bulk Brian Smolinski 1:15 PM 2:15 PM	The Kalsta Ranch on the Big Hole River: Fly Fishing & Conservation in SW Montana Mike Dvorak & Dan Frasier 1:15 PM 2:15 PM	Lake Superior Steelhead on the North and South Shore Carl Haensel 1:15 PM 2:15 PM
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
2:15 PM
2:30 PM	Restoring the Kinnickinnic River Duke Welter 2:30 PM 3:30 PM	Muskies: Tactics for Challenging Fish Kip Vieth 2:30 PM 3:30 PM	Fly Fishing & Writing John Gierach 2:30 PM 3:30 PM		Spey Casting Demonstration Tim Pantzlaff 2:30 PM 3:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
3:15 PM
3:30 PM					Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor 3:30 PM 4:45 PM
3:45 PM	Fly Tying Competition Bob Mitchell's Fly Shop 3:45 PM 4:45 PM Register In Advance 651-770-5854	Midwest Carp: How to Catch Them on the Fly Dan Frasier 3:45 PM 4:45 PM	What's New in Driftless Trout Stream Management Brian Nerbonne 3:45 PM 4:45 PM MN DNR Regional Fisheries Manager
4:00 PM
4:15 PM
4:30 PM

Room A

Tying Wet Flies for Panfish Scott Nordby
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Youth Fly Fishing Program Monta Hayner
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Fly Tying Demo: Holly's Favorite Trout Flies for Spring Paul Johnson
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Muskie Flies: Using Synthetics for Large Profiles Without the Bulk Brian Smolinski
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Restoring the Kinnickinnic River Duke Welter
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Fly Tying Competition Bob Mitchell's Fly Shop
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Room B

Fly Fishing for Beginners Evan Griggs
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Fly Fishing the BWCA & Quetico Brent Notbohm
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Fishing and Understanding Driftless Trout Habitat Improvement John Lenczewski
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Kalsta Ranch on the Big Hole River: Fly Fishing & Conservation in SW Montana Mike Dvorak & Dan Frasier
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Muskies: Tactics for Challenging Fish Kip Vieth
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Midwest Carp: How to Catch Them on the Fly Dan Frasier
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Hutton Arena

Night Fishing and Mousing the Driftless Ger Moua
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
The Stories Behind the Images - The Art of Bob White Bob White
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Fishing Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Grant Anderson
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lake Superior Steelhead on the North and South Shore Carl Haensel
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Fly Fishing & Writing John Gierach
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
What's New in Driftless Trout Stream Management Brian Nerbonne
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Casting Area

Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Fly Casting Program Mike Fischer
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction
1:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Casting Pool

Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Learn to Roll Cast Evan Griggs
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Spey Casting on the Water Paul Sandstrom
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Open for Casting
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Spey Casting Demonstration Tim Pantzlaff
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

	Room A	Room B	Hutton Arena	Casting Area	Casting Pool
10:30 AM	Fly Tying Demo: Paul's Favorite Trout Flies For Summer Paul Johnson 10:30 AM 11:30 AM	Introduction to Fly Fishing Evan Griggs 10:30 AM 11:30 AM	Finding and Mapping Trout Streams in the Midwest and Beyond Zach Pope 10:30 AM 11:30 AM	Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction 10:30 AM 11:45 AM	Spey Casting on the Water Tim Pantzlaff 10:30 AM 11:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
11:30 AM					Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor 11:30 AM 3:15 PM
11:45 AM	Catching and Cooking Northern Pike Val Wagner 11:45 AM 12:45 PM Be ready to taste amazing northern pike!	Saltwater Fly Fishing 101: Traveling and Catching Fish on the Fly Kip Vieth 11:45 AM 12:45 PM	The North Woods Musky Experience Bob White 11:45 AM 12:45 PM	Fly Casting Demonstration Adam Aikens 11:45 AM 12:45 PM
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
12:45 PM				Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction 12:45 PM 3:15 PM
1:00 PM	Buying, Collecting & Fishing Fiberglass Rods Scott Hanson 1:00 PM 2:00 PM	Kayak Fishing the MN and IA Driftless Mel Hayner 1:00 PM 2:00 PM	Fly Fishing and Writing John Gierach 1:00 PM 2:00 PM
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
2:15 PM	Program TBD 2:15 PM 3:15 PM		Urban Fly Fishing the Twin Cities Evan Griggs 2:15 PM 3:15 PM
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM

Room A

Fly Tying Demo: Paul's Favorite Trout Flies For Summer Paul Johnson
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Catching and Cooking Northern Pike Val Wagner
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Buying, Collecting & Fishing Fiberglass Rods Scott Hanson
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Program TBD
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Room B

Introduction to Fly Fishing Evan Griggs
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Saltwater Fly Fishing 101: Traveling and Catching Fish on the Fly Kip Vieth
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Kayak Fishing the MN and IA Driftless Mel Hayner
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Hutton Arena

Finding and Mapping Trout Streams in the Midwest and Beyond Zach Pope
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The North Woods Musky Experience Bob White
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Fly Fishing and Writing John Gierach
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Urban Fly Fishing the Twin Cities Evan Griggs
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Casting Area

Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Fly Casting Demonstration Adam Aikens
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Open Casting Open for Demo and Instruction
12:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Casting Pool

Spey Casting on the Water Tim Pantzlaff
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Open for Casting when accompanied by an instructor or exhibitor
11:30 AM - 3:15 PM

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Event Location

Expo:

Hamline University Walker Fieldhouse

1550 Hewitt Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104

Film Showcase and Friday Night Social:

Hamline University Anne Simley Theatre

1530 W Taylor Ave, St Paul, MN 55104

Click here for a map of the Hamline Area and free parking options.

Interested in volunteering and lending a hand? More information here.

Friday, March 18th, 2022 6:30-10:00pm

You are invited to attend the Friday Night Social & Happy Hour event, hosted by Fly Fishing Women of MN! All are welcome, as we safely gather and celebrate collaboration & inclusivity in fly fishing across the Midwest. There will be opportunities for socializing, raffles, fun games, and giveaways throughout the evening. Come and share your fish tales with us! Appetizers and a cash bar will be available.Tickets are $5 and can be purchased both online in advance and at the door. Any tickets for this event purchased online in advance will be eligible for a special drawing

Stay for the 2022 Fly Fishing Film and Video Showcase

The 2022 Film Screening will occur on Saturday, March 20th at the Hamline University Theater at 6pm. We will feature screenings of regional submitted films, catered spread of appetizers, and local beer on tap. Top prizes for videos previous included a new Sage fly rod and gear package, top Redington Sonic Pro Waders, and Fishpond Westwater Fly Fishing Duffel, 2022 prizes TBA. The submission period for 2022 films is now open.

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EXPO HALL HOURS

Friday, March 17th, 2023 1pm-7pm

Saturday, March 18th, 2023 9am-6pm

Sunday, March 19th, 2023 10am-4pm

Saturday Film Showcase

6pm – 10pm (More Information)

2022 Expo Schedule

Room A

Room B

Hutton Arena

Casting Area

Casting Pool

Room A

Room B

Hutton Arena

Casting Area

Casting Pool

Room A

Room B

Hutton Arena

Casting Area

Casting Pool

Event Location

Friday, March 18th, 2022 6:30-10:00pm

Stay for the 2022 Fly Fishing Film and Video Showcase

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