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On behalf of the Northern California Council Fly Fishers International, we provide these guides and speakers as recommended people for your club presentations. All of these people have been observed and evaluated for their information and presentations and meet the high level of quality we in NCCFFI demand. We highly recommend any of them. 


Not all of them do on-line Zoom level webinar presentations, so please call and talk with them to ensure they can meet your needs. 


If you need to talk to someone who knows most of these presenters, we recommend you call & talk with our Board Member Larry Lack. Larry is very experienced and will tell you what he knows.


Larry can be reached at: 415-307-5363 or larry.lack17@att.net.



2024 SPEAKERS LIST


CAPT. MARK PINTO

Fly Fishing the Central Valley is a program I have done at the Sacramento I.S.E show, the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show as well as numerous clubs throughout Ca. The Stanislaus River, The Calaveras River, The Mokelumne River, The American River, The Yuba River, The Feather River as well as Putah Creek and the Ca. Delta. I will talk about the access points, seasons, techniques as well as answer questions with tips and other useful advice as requested. "The better you learn your local fisheries and more often you fish, the more you will enjoy success on far away waters and special destinations." This has been my motto since the beginning of my career, 1984...

pintoshomewaters.com

pintoshomewaters@aol.com

209-581-3474 (FISH)


 

TODD POND

Lower Yuba River , and East Walker River - Focus on how to fish different stretches of the river, flies for each time of the year, and understanding various regions of the river.  

510-520-4485

toddpond@ymail.com

Youtube: Flow Fly Fishing.

 


DON MUELRATH

Flats of Belize.

888-347-4896

flyfish@napanet.net

 


CRAIG NIELSEN

Mt. Shasta. Success on McCloud, Upper Sac, Klamath

530-926-5763  

Craig@shastatrout.com



JEFF CURRIER

Fishing CO, WY,

208-534-8362

jeffcurrier65@gmail.com

 


JOE CONTALDI

Eastern Sierra , and Pyramid Lake Performance Anglers

760-965-6527

matukajoe@yahoo.com  

 


DOUG BRUTACAO

North Coast Steelhead

707-217-4320

 


CARLO BONGIO

Putah Creek or Russian River

707-532-0638

 


LANCE GRAY

Northern CA rivers, stillwaters, Feather R Steelhead

530-517-2204

lancegrayandcompany@yahoo.com

 


DEVIN OLSEN

UT Guide, USA FF Team; Euro Nymphing

801-870-7091

info@tacticalflyfisher.com

 


LANDON MAYER

Colorado Guide; Catching Big Trout, Sight Fishing

719-210-0619

 landonmayerflyfishing.com



GRIFF MARSHALL

Fishing Deschutes River. in Oregon

866-800-2812

info@flyandfield.com

 


JIM COX

Western River's Conservancy

503-241-0151

jcox@westernrivers.org

 


SAM BISHOP

Santa Cruz FF - Arapaima in Guyana, Surf Perch on Coast

831-476-6451

flyfishtotlcom.com

 


MARK WON

Surf Perch guru

408-386-5470

surfperch@comcast.net

 


JOHN SHERMAN

Fly Fishing the Delta

530-412-2528

johngsherman@me.com

 


GARY BARD

Grizzly Peak FF, knots , and rigging (Knots 'Guru')

510-301-2005

ncaflyfisher@gmail.com

 

 

ED ENGLE

Colorado - Tying and fishing tiny flies

edengleflyfishing.com

 


ERIC ETTLINGER

MMWD Biologist; status of Coho , and Steelhead in Marin streams

415-945-1193

eettlinger@marinwater.org



GEORGE REVEL

Lost Coast Outfitters (SF) Best places to fish in different seasons

415-483-2278

George@lostcoastoutfitters.com

  


GREG VINCI

Author, Best Streams in NorCal

916-719-6253

vinci.greg@gmail.com

 


MATT HERON

Truckee, CA area and Cuba. 

518-225-6587

mattheronflyfishing@gmail.com

 


SAM SEDILLO

TU of California, Restoration of Putah Crk

408-718-9897

 


STEVE KERR

Work of Putah Creek Trout

putahcreektrout@gmail.com

 

 

PHILIP ROWLEY

Canada, fishing stillwaters. 

flycraft@shaw.ca

 

HOGAN BROWN

Entomology , and fly design, Largemouth Bass (in depth)

hgbflyfishing.com

 


JORDAN ROMNEY

Putah Creek hot spots, next level nymphing

driftonthefly@gmail.com

 


DAX MESSETT

Confluence Outfitters - Does Zoom Webinars.

Has several presentations. Good speaker , and "The Nomad Angler" was very good

530-320-7947

daxmessett@aol.com

www.daxfly.com

 


CLAY HASH

Entomology of Yuba River

530-913-1334

clayhash.fft@gmail.com

 


DOUG OULLETTE

Pyramid Lake - land of the Giants

775-722-2267

dougo@calvadaflyfishing.com

 



CAPTAIN MAURY HATCH

Stripers and Bass in Delta

916-716-3474

firsthatchguideservice.com

 


MIKE COSTELLO

Delta for Stripers, Bass

209-327-6153

mike@captainmikecostello.com

 


MIKEY WIER

World famous FF videographer/Guide, Gold Country, Silver Fork of American R., Upper Truckee.

mwier@caltrout.org

 


MATT GILLIGAN KOLES

Lower Truckee, CA , and NV

775-351-6665 

gilligansguideservice@gmail.com

 


MICHAEL MALEKOS

Does Zoom presentations

Speaking topics: Burney Area Fisheries; Destinations Within Our Reach, Small Stream Tactics. 

Specific waters: Pit River, Burney Creek, McCloud River, Pyramid Lake, Stanislaus River, Baum Lake, Fall River, Hat Creek, Manzanita Lake, Medicine Lake.  

415.407.0543

memalekos@gmail.com

http://www.castingarise.com

 


DAN BLANTON

Stripers on Delta, and San Luis Reservoir

danblanton@danblanton.com

 


DYLAN ROSE

Flywater Travel saltwater destinations manager for 9 years. 

His presentation covers a 12-month look at saltwater fly fishing the world's best saltwater locations at the best time of the year.

dylan@flywatertravel.com



APRIL VOKEY

Steelhead, trout and some saltwater fish. 

She has years of guiding experience with steelhead in B.C. and other places. 

Has a great website and many learning tools.  

She is very helpful and good with questions and the nuance of fly casting and fishing. 

https://www.facebook.com/AprilVokey

https://www.aprilvokey.com

 


SAM VASILY

Eastern Sierra Stillwater fishing

(760) 709-6574

https://www.sierratroutdoorsman.com/



Darren Ward, Professor of Ecology , and Fisheries, Humboldt State University. MS in Fisheries, PhD in Conservation Ecology

darren.ward@humboldt.edu

Will give an overview of the Fisheries Biology program at Humboldt State, and their classes related to ecology of freshwater fish and their habitats, focused on the conservation and ecology of Pacific salmon, and what they need to successfully move from freshwater into the marine environment.  


 

PLAN B POSSIBILITIES:

LARRY LACK

(MTFF, GGTU) fishing pocket water, NE Nevada streams and lakes, Euro Nymphing, entomology.

415-307-5363

larry.lack17@att.net

 PAUL WILSON

(MTFF) Euro Nymphing

831-331-5798

pgw4031@yahoo.com

 


 PHILIP SWETT

(MTFF) Fishing for Stripers in SF Bay

415-265-2802

philipswett@gmail.com

 


MARY TEALDI

(GGTU) Fishing Exotic locales around the world

510-390-1316

marytealdi21@gmail.com



DON FORBES

(MTFF) Steelhead on Klamath

415-717-2312

don.forbes@yahoo.com



JEREMY NOLAN

Owner/Guide at Heads Up Fly Fishing. Fishing the San Juan River below Navajo Dam in New Mexico. 

Thorough , and Reasonable.

970-946-9313

jeremy@headsupflyfishing.com 



MARK ROCKWELL

The Klamath River Dam Removal - his 20 years of work to free the klamath. What it took, and where we are today.

530-559-5759, mrockwell1945@gmail.com


 



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