Come spend a day on America's very first designated flyfishing waters. Fished by angling greats such as Zane Grey and Roderick Haig-Brown, the North Fork of the Stillaguamish, is home of the legendary wild Deer Creek summer steelhead. A wonderful bonus and a prime fishery in his own rite, is the coastal Searun Cutthroat.

Dennis has flyfished these waters since a boy. Many of the articles and stories found on this site, are based around his North Fork Stilly experiences over the past 30 years, as a biologist, guide, and flyfisher. This August flyfishing school is great primer to take advantage of both the fall returning, Deer Creek steelhead, and Searun Cutthroat.

Anglers will explore floating line presentations, both surface and subsurface, as we fish such fabled waters as the Elbow hole, Hell Creek pool, and the Deer Creek riffle. We will travel by pontoon rafts, while we wade and fish the many pools along this 8 mile float. Presentations will cover grease lining, riffle hitching, emerging nymphs, skaters and bombers and much much more. Anglers will learn the life history of both the steelhead and SRC, preferred holding waters, and how to effectively approach each of them. Surface flies are the rule for these fall returners! Dennis will teach you techniques that help you catch anadromous fish from Alaska to northern California.

Of course, anglers will be treated to a streamside lunch while Dennis demonstrate a couple of his pet summer fly patterns. Come spend a day, see what legends are made of.

Where: Food Pavillion parking lot, Arlington southwest corner. Dennis will be there with a forest green pickup and pontoon rafts on trailer.

The Day: We will caravan to our put-in in the lower North Fork. We will float and do the school thing until lunch (Provided.) We will float back to our takeout by 5pm, and school is over. E mail DDDicksons@aol.com with any questions. See you soon!

A successful student

Now Booking for 2003 - Schedule

Time: 8am Dates: July 12,13,14,15 - These are single day Flyfishing Schools
Directions: I-5 to exit 208 > Arlington > Food Pavillion on the corner at second stop sign in town.
What to bring: Waders, notebook, rod (some provided but ask), licenses, water, and enthusiasm!

Cost : $150/ angler

Reservations: Send a 50% deposit to:
Dennis Dickson, Flyfishing
PO Box 295
Arlington WA 98223

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When is the best time to reach you?  Email me at dddicksons@aol.com anytime, or, call and leave night time number (Sunday evenings are best) (425) 238-3537