Skip Morris
Skip Morris makes personal appearances to perform fly-tying clinics, fly-tying demonstrations, and power-point presentations throughout the year.
Carol Ann Morris's scheduled talks on fly fishing photography are also included here.
Here is the schedule of their personal appearances for 2020.
Clockwise from the top: two Zonkers, the CDC Rusty Spinner,
the Gabriel's Trumpet, and the Rogue Foam Stone, all tied by Skip.
Last year’s class on advanced trout-fly tying with Skip Morris was a hit. This year's class will feature entirely different flies and tying techniques.
Skip is the author of
and several other fly-tying books (along with a couple of hundred tying articles in the magazines): he’s an icon among tiers, worldwide.
During this class he’ll teach you
(The class will choose the order, and whether or not we tie them all, you’ll pick up lots of new techniques and improve your skills.)
You’ll get a handout with the fly dressings. Skip is known as a patient and encouraging instructor. You’ll learn and learn and spend a pleasant few hours doing so.
The techniques you’ll learn in this clinic will serve you for a lifetime of tying great fly patterns. The number of attendees is limited—call the shop now to reserve your spot.
PROVIDED: A hand-out with dressings and information on fishing them, all materials except thread. Bring your own tying tools and vise.
At the end of the clinic, Skip will present you with a gift: a fly he tied.
*Lunch break at noon - bring lunch or there are local restaurants nearby.
Fly fishing author and speaker, Skip Morris.
Some of Skip's published books, and favorite writing references.
During this five-hour class (there is a break for lunch), Skip Morris (author of 19 fly-fishing books and over 300 fly-magazine articles) will teach you how to make your writing strong and clear (crisp sentences, effective paragraphing, variety, specifics instead of generalities . . .) and cover the current publishing fly-fishing scene (books, and articles in magazines and on websites, blogs). Also, the practical, essential stuff (composing a book or article proposal, figuring out editors, photos, payments, deadlines . . .).
In the last part of the class he’ll take you into the world of writing as art—sentence constructions that emphasize key words and images, eliminating unnecessary words that dilute meaning and vitality, the mechanics of punctuation that tighten and clarify your prose, prose rhythm, the use of concrete language that makes images and ideas real, and more.
You and Skip (and the rest of the small class) will write some original prose together, crafting and reworking the words and sentences from a rough draft into something lean and polished.
Skip holds a degree in English from Central Washington University, and has published books with Stackpole Books, Nick Lyons Books (now Skyhorse), and Frank Amato Publications. He has published hundreds of magazine articles in Fly Fisherman, American Angler, MidCurrent (online), Fly Tyer, Fly Fusion, Just Jazz Guitar, Cowboys & Indians, and 12 other magazines.
Five pleasant, fascinating hours that will vastly improve your writing and help you get your work published, all in the company of other aspiring writers—sign up and join us!
*Lunch break at noon - bring lunch or there are local restaurants nearby.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Bass Bug by Skip Morris
Washington State is Lake Central—we have lakes all around us—and most of them grow lots of chunky hard-fighting largemouth bass. Our lakes also grow panfishes, such as bluegills and crappies—fun, abundant, scrappy. After the trout in our lakes quiet down in summer's heat, these warm-water-loving species come alive; learn to fish for them and your fishing opportunities blossom.
After presenting a slide show on where these fishes hold and how to catch them, Skip Morris (author of The Art of Tying The Bass Fly) who'll be the instructor-at-your-side helping you tie deadly flies on these overlooked fishes. You'll learn the Dave's Eelworm Streamer, the Predator (a super-popular foam fly for panfish and bass—and trout), and you'll learn to spin deer hair and sculpt it into a bass bug.
Come tie top bass and panfish flies with a bass-and-panfish expert, and then learn how, where, and when to fish those flies for these wonderful sport-fish waiting just down the road.
You'll get a handout with the fly dressings and information on how, when, and where to fish bass and pan-fish flies. You'll also leave with a fly Skip tied.
Skip is the author of 18 fly-fishing books, seven specifically on tying flies, and over 300 articles in the fly-fishing magazines.
Number of attendees is limited—call the shop now
to reserve your spot.
At the end of the clinic, Skip will present you with a gift:
a fly he tied.
Friday, April 26, 2019
(Fishing for Bass and Panfish PowerPoint Show)
Saturday, April 27, 2019
(Hands-On Fly Tying Clinic for Bass and Panfish)
Bass Bug by Skip Morris
Washington State is Lake Central—we have lakes all around us—and most of them grow lots of chunky hard-fighting largemouth bass. Our lakes also grow panfishes, such as bluegills and crappies—fun, abundant, scrappy. After the trout in our lakes quiet down in summer's heat, these warm-water-loving species come alive; learn to fish for them and your fishing opportunities blossom.
Skip Morris (author of The Art of Tying The Bass Fly) will be the instructor-at-your-side helping you tie deadly flies on these overlooked fishes. You'll learn the Dave's Eelworm Streamer, the Predator (a super-popular foam fly for panfish and bass—and trout), and you'll learn to spin deer hair and sculpt it into a bass bug.
Come tie top bass and panfish flies with a bass-and-panfish expert, and then learn how, where, and when to fish those flies for these wonderful sport-fish waiting just down the road.
You'll get a handout with the fly dressings and information on how, when, and where to fish bass and pan-fish flies. You'll also leave with a fly Skip tied.
Skip is the author of 18 fly-fishing books, seven specifically on tying flies, and over 300 articles in the fly-fishing magazines.
Number of attendees is limited—call the shop now
to reserve your spot.
At the end of the clinic, Skip will present you with a gift:
a fly he tied.
Carol will be presenting a powerpoint show on fly fishing photography and also do a fly tying demonstration this coming Thursday at the Wenatchee Valley Fly Fishers, Wenatchee, Washington.
Over the past two decades Carol Ann Morris's photographs have not only appeared in most of her husband Skip Morris's 18 fly-fishing and -tying books but on the covers and interior pages of such magazines as Gray's Sporting Journal and Fly Fishing and Tying Journal. Carol speaks across the US at fly clubs and fly-fishing shows.
It seems fly fishers want to record their biggest and most beautiful fish, the fascinating rivers and lakes and beaches they fish and explored—the very heart of their beloved sport—with a camera. Carol teaches them how to make their photos crisp and vivid, balanced and expressive. She demonstrates and explains the Rule of Thirds, effective use of light, the Magic Hour, UFOs (Unidentified Foreign Objects), how to photograph fish, and many other straightforward concepts anyone can use to improve their photographs. Also, Carol will show various failed photos and explain what caused the problems.
From the club newsletter:
Skip will give a tying demo/seminar
on "Effective Dries and
Emergers " that will go nicely
with his talk.
The seminar is in the meeting
room at the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute Commons beginning at 1:00 pm. This class
will last about 2 to 2 1/2 hours and give everyone a
chance to go home and regroup before the main meeting.
The cost of the seminar is $20.00 payable at the
door to defray the Club's cost.
The seminar and program will be both valuable and informative.
All the aspects of fishing a dry fly or floating emerger-fly are covered—slack-line casting, leaders and tippets, entomology and flies, and much more. Skip also explores two very different dry-fly rivers to provide a sense of the range of dry-fly fishing. Also included: the wonders of the scuba-diver hatch.
Carol's up again, this time for the Fidalgo Fly Fishers. She will be presenting a powerpoint show on fly fishing photography and also do a fly tying demonstration this coming Thursday at the Fidalgo Fly Fishers in Mt. Vernon, Washington.
Over the past two decades Carol Ann Morris's photographs have not only appeared in most of her husband Skip Morris's 18 fly-fishing and -tying books but on the covers and interior pages of such magazines as Gray's Sporting Journal and Fly Fishing and Tying Journal. Carol speaks across the US at fly clubs and fly-fishing shows.
It seems fly fishers want to record their biggest and most beautiful fish, the fascinating rivers and lakes and beaches they fish and explored—the very heart of their beloved sport—with a camera. Carol teaches them how to make their photos crisp and vivid, balanced and expressive. She demonstrates and explains the Rule of Thirds, effective use of light, the Magic Hour, UFOs (Unidentified Foreign Objects), how to photograph fish, and many other straightforward concepts anyone can use to improve their photographs. Also, Carol will show various failed photos and explain what caused the problems.
This time, it's Carol's turn. She will be presenting a powerpoint show on fly fishing photography and also do a fly tying demonstration this coming Wednesday at Olympic Fly Fishers of Edmunds.
Over the past two decades Carol Ann Morris's photographs have not only appeared in most of her husband Skip Morris's 18 fly-fishing and -tying books but on the covers and interior pages of such magazines as Gray's Sporting Journal and Fly Fishing and Tying Journal. Carol speaks across the US at fly clubs and fly-fishing shows.
It seems fly fishers want to record their biggest and most beautiful fish, the fascinating rivers and lakes and beaches they fish and explored--the very heart of their beloved sport--with a camera. Carol teaches them how to make their photos crisp and vivid, balanced and expressive. She demonstrates and explains the Rule of Thirds, effective use of light, the Magic Hour, UFOs (Unidentified Foreign Objects), how to photograph fish, and many other straightforward concepts anyone can use to improve their photographs. Also, Carol will show various failed photos and explain what caused the problems.
Skip will be presenting a powerpoint show and tying demonstration this coming weekend at Olympic Fly Fishers of Edmunds..
Skip has a lot of helpful and clever tips and techniques to take your tying to the next level. He will demonstrate a number of flies for the group, then everyone will tie the last fly under his direction.
The cost is $20 for non-members. There are two sessions, one at 9 am and one at 12:30 pm with about twenty people per session.
Skip will be presenting a powerpoint show for the annual banquet for the Santa Lucia Fly Fishers this coming Saturday. Sunday will be a tying clinic, with Skip demonstrating various techniques.
Skip will be presenting a number of talks and tying clinics throughout the weekend, and will be joined by other headliners such as Joe Humphries, Ed Engle, Jeff Courier, and Jason Randall.
This expo has been running every year for the last 39 years, and is the oldest running fly fishing expo in the country. Volunteers from the Michigan Fly Fishing Club put their expert efforts every year into making this show a one-of-a-kind event...it is exceptional in having something for everyone. Kids, beginners, intermediates, experts...there are classes and information no matter what your experience. Come join us!
Skip will be giving a tying presentation at 1pm until 2:30pm, and then his talk titled "Creeks" at the annual banquet that evening. Check out the link below for contact information and details. Come join us!
Skip will be giving talks throughout the show and two hands-on fly tying clinics at The Fly Fishing Show in Pleasanton, California (one on tying nymphs, one on tying dry flies).
This is nothing like Skip's usual tying seminars in which often 40 to 80 attendees, or more, quietly watch Skip tie on a screen from their seats–in this class, you and only a few other tiers will sit down with Skip, face to face, and tie together.
Skip, the author of 10 fly-tying books (Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple, The Art of Tying the Nymph, Trout Flies for Rivers...) and hundreds of magazine articles on tying flies, will teach you how to make near-perfect wing cases on your nymphs, how to tie with Czech jig hooks and slotted beads, and much more. Bring your vise and your tools and thread and expect to learn a lot. Skip will provide the materials and hooks.
Sit across the table from a fly-tying legend and let him gently guide you to a new and higher level of fly-tying skill. You'll grow, and it'll be fun. Intermediate.
These tying classes are limited to 10 people, are two and a half hours long, and cost $80. Bring your own vice and tools, Skip will provide materials and hooks.
Skip will be the featured speaker at the New Mexico Trout Conclave on Saturday, February 6, 2016. The seminar will be held from 8:30am to 5pm at the Sandia Prep Russell Student Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Skip will also be here(Albuquerque, New Mexico) on Sunday the 7th for a fly tying seminar from 11 am to 3 pm. This special event will be limited to the first 20 paid respondents at a cost of $30.00 to include lunch. This will be a bring your own tools and materials event. We will provide a list of suggested material before the event. Come out and learn some new patterns and techniques before the big game Sunday evening.
Skip will be giving talks throughout the show and a hands-on fly tying clinic at The Fly Fishing Show in Lynnwood, Washington (this hands-on class will be on tying nymphs).
This is nothing like Skip’s usual tying seminars in which often 40 to 80 attendees, or more, quietly watch Skip tie on a screen from their seats–in this class, you and only a few other tiers will sit down with Skip, face to face, and tie together.
Skip, the author of 10 fly-tying books (Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple, The Art of Tying the Nymph, Trout Flies for Rivers…) and hundreds of magazine articles on tying flies, will teach you how to make near-perfect wing cases on your nymphs, how to tie with Czech jig hooks and slotted beads, and much more. Bring your vise and your tools and thread and expect to learn a lot. Skip will provide the materials and hooks.
Sit across the table from a fly-tying legend and let him gently guide you to a new and higher level of fly-tying skill. You’ll grow, and it’ll be fun. Intermediate.
These tying classes are limited to 10 people, are two and a half hours long, and cost $80. Bring your own vice and tools, Skip will provide materials and hooks.
Skip will be giving talks throughout the show and two hands-on fly tying clinics at The Fly Fishing Show in Denver, Colorado (one on tying nymphs, one on dry flies).
These tying classes are limited to 10 people, are two and a half hours long, and cost $80. Bring your own vice and tools, Skip will provide materials and hooks.
See you there!
Desert Fly Casters Club (DFC) and Arizona Flycasters Club (AFC) are teaming up to bring acclaimed author and fly fishing expert, Skip Morris to the valley for a special two-night event this month. Skip will be presenting to DFC on the evening of April 8th and to AFC the evening of April 9th.
Chandler Elks Lodge
1775 West Chandler Blvd
Chandler, AZ 85224
This event is open to the public.
We’ll host a beefed-up Monthly Raffle and our 2015 Membership Rod Raffle following the presentation.
Sunnyslope Community Center
802 East Vogel Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85022
This event is open to the public.
As an added bonus, Skip will make a special guest appearance at the White Mountain Lakes Foundation’s Becker Best Event on Saturday, April 11th.
This lake seminar will be held on January 31, 2015 (Saturday) from 10am to 3pm.
Skip will present a one-day seminar to benefit the management of Teal Lake in Port Ludlow, Washington. He will discuss and demonstrate proven techniques for fly fishng in lakes for trout, bass, and panfish.
Morning sessions (10 to noon) will cover: Fishing the Surface of a Trout Lake, and Fishing the Depths of a Trout Lake.
Afternoon sessions (1pm to 3pm) will cover: Fly Fishing for Bass & Panfish, and Tying Flies for Trout Lakes.
Skip will have his books and DVDs for sale.
Advance Registration:
Price includes a lunch.
Make your check out to PLFF Teal Lake Fund and mail to:
PLFFFor more information contact:
To see the Seattle Times write-up on this seminar, go to:
The Fly Shop is excited to host their annual opening day party and celebration, complete with hamburgers, hot dogs, chili, and all the trimmings prepared by the Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers. This is a wonderful way to get a jump-start on your fly fishing season!
Skip will be tying flies, answering questions, and possibly more (schedule to be determined). This is great opportunity to ask Skip your fly-tying questions or just
shake his hand and get to know him.
We hope to see you there!
The day after The Fly Shop event, Skip will put on a hands-on fly tying clinic for the Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers fly-fishing club. Learn to tie with Skip at your elbow!
The Fly Shop is thrilled to be working with acclaimed authors and anglers Skip Morris and Rick Hafele.
Skip and Rick are two of the best in the business, and they're hosting a specialized school program at Antelope Creek Lodge.
Each day's program will start with a delicious breakfast prepared by our own Antelope Creek Lodge staff, followed by a morning program that combines slide shows and classroom presentations with on-the-water, hands on observation and training. Lunch is enjoyed on the Lodge's deck overlooking slurping trout on Antelope Creek. After the midday break, specific casting and fishing techniques applicable to the morning's session (such as how to fish a specific type of insect imitation in a specific life phase) will be discussed and demonstrated, then everyone will hit the water and put their newfound expertise to use on the rainbow and brown trout of Antelope Creek Ranch.
Fish weary and overwhelmed with knowledge, guests enjoy another memorable meal before sharing stories, asking and answering questions, and picking Skip and Rick's brains until collapsing, exhausted and rewarded, to a restful slumber with the sounds of the creek bubbling just outside their window.
Daily seminar topics and techniques to be covered include entomology and fly selection for a variety of aquatic and terrestrial insects, including mayflies, caddis, stoneflies, and midges.
We'll cover both stillwater and small stream strategies, and work on improving our casting in different fishing situations encountered every day on different types of waters, such as distance casting, accuracy, short casts, roll casts, and presentation casts.
The Trout Tactics program is an exceptional learning opportunity, and a fun-filled weekend for any anglers looking to expand upon their basic knowledge and understanding of fly fishing for trout.