One Day Saltwater School

Chico Fernandez

This class is taught by Chico Fernandez and will encompass the following topics:

• Rods, reels, and fly line selection, and how they are designed and manufactured.
• Leader formulas for the salt.
• Leader logic in applying knots.
• Customizing fly lines by cutting them a bit short up front to splicing running line behind for extra long and easy cast.
• Fighting fish, rod angles, angles to the fish, etc.
• The use of lighter rods in the salt today from big tarpon to bones and redfish.

One can land a 100 pound tarpon in a short time, often in 15 minutes or less in the flats. Lots of ladies doing it these days. And the techniques apply to any fish in shallow water and any fly rod,   even a five weight.

Then casting, of course. From basics to distance. And some tricks for accuracy to a moving fish in the flats. And line management in the front deck of a skiff and wading in the flats with the line on the water, although I may do this during my casting demonstration.

Fly selection and why, and mostly, how to fish the fly once you've made a good cast; that is, how to talk them into taking the fly. Finally we'll talk about travel. Not so much where to go, as to what to bring and why.

To sign up for this class, come by the store and talk to a member of the staff, call us on our toll free number (800)400-0359, or send us an email us at info@kiene.com

Date: April 23, 2006 (the day after the 2006 Kiene's Expo)

Time: 10:00AM to 4:00PM (or until we are finished)

Meeting Place: Kiene's Fly Shop

Cost: $100.00 (a bargain) The 2 day saltwater school that Chico helps teach for Sandy Moret in the FLorida Keys is $895.