Featuring Flip Pallot and Brian Flechsig
Held at Flip's House in Mims, Florida and the Renzetti Company Factory in Titusville, Florida
January 24, 25 and 26, 2025
March 14, 15 and 16, 2025
You should plan on arriving in Orlando during the day on Friday (or before if you wish) and renting a car. The festivities will begin around 6:30 at Flip's house in Mims so give yourself enough time to get from Orlando (or Daytona), get situated in your hotel room and grab a quick bite to eat.
Friday night, the group will meet at Flip's house around 6:30 p.m. for check-in and meet-and-greet. Around 7:00 p.m. we'll have an official orientation and go over the plan for the weekend. We'll then have some more Frigate Reserve Rum, tell some stories and wrap things up around 9:00 p.m.
On Saturday, we'll convene at 9:00 a.m., again at Flip's house and get the ball rolling. The morning session will include discussions on Rods, Reels, Lines and Flies, as well as general techniques. We will also have a discussion and presentation on Advanced Fly Casting Techniques, that will of course be applied later in the day.
Lunch on Saturday will be from Noon- 12:30 p.m. and will be basic sandwiches and fixins. After lunch we will conduct the Knots and Leaders seminar, which is of course a highlight of the weekend......and a very important part of the school.
At approximately 2:00, we will travel to a nearby "casting location", and spend the rest of the afternoon in a hands-on, advanced fly casting clinic. Flip and Brian have promised to "blow your minds" and promise to make you much better fly casters! You'll want to have an 8-10wt rod rigged up for this.
***Please note that this will be a fairly "advanced" fly casting class. It will be assumed that all participants are good casters and fairly well versed at double hauling and the like. This class is designed to make good casters into excellent casters. If not.....don't worry.....they can handle it and will still.....make you better!
The day will wrap up there at the casting pond around 4:00 p.m. and you can head back to your hotel and enjoy some supper and the evening.
Sunday morning we will again meet at the casting pond at 9:00 a.m. and Flip will conduct a "Fly Casting Final Exam" to ensure that you come away from this weekend a much, much better fly caster and can continue to improve, based on what you have learned.
This "exam" will include a video of you casting with Flip coaching and will be sent to you after the class. A keepsake memory from your experience with a legend!
At around 10:30 or so, we will head back to Flip's house and conduct a seminar they call....."Now What". We will a touch on subjects such as starting your presentation, properly hooking, playing and landing fish and more. This will include some presentations by Flip from the bow of his East Cape Skiff, right there in the driveway!
Lunch will again be provided around Noon, and will be grilled up by Flip and Brian on Flip's famous Traeger grill and will most likely feature some game that he harvested himself. This will certainly be a celebratory meal!
After lunch, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. we will squeeze in an hour of Q & A and open discussion to make sure that you get your questions answered by these two veterans.
From 2:30- 3:00 p.m. we will close the school, take some group photos and dismiss the group. You can then head to the airport or back to your hotel, depending on your travel arrangements.
***If anyone is interested in doing some fishing while in Florida, on either end of the trip, Brian and Flip have mentioned that they would be happy to put you in touch with some good local guides. Just let us know and we'll be happy to pass along the information.
Included in this trip: Happy Hour and Orientation on Friday night, School, Lunch on Saturday, School and Lunch on Sunday. All school materials related to the Knots and Leaders Class.
Not Included in this trip: Transportation to Mims, Florida, Lodging, Rod and Reel Set-Up for the Fly Casting Clinics
