Our first fishing trip of 2009 is Argentina in January or join us for the Baja Extravaganza in in Mexico in April. Alaska Fishing begins with the Spring Float Tubing for Rainbows adventure in May and continues on through September with something for everyone!

We look forward to fishing with you! Pudge

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October

VARIOUS DATES Fly Tying and Fly Fishing/Fly Casting Classes -- Women's Flyfishing® will once again offer a salmon fly tying class in January and fly fishing classes in April, May, & June 2009. Come and learn to flyfish or to tie our favorite Alaskan patterns. We provide all the equipment. Contact us for registration and information. In 2009, fly fishing classes will also be offered in Soldotna, and Kodiak.. Single day drive-to or fly-out float tubing -- We get out on the lakes in our float tubes every chance we get, so join us for a day of relaxing fishing. Either go tubing on the specific dates listed below, or contact us to schedule a custom day just for you or your group.

January, 2009

• Fly Fish Argentina! Join us for our inaugural trip to South America and fabulous, fish-filled Argentina. Dates are January 10-17, 2009 and the trip includes seven nights and all meals (including local wines)  at the wonderful, new Chime Lodge, and six ½ days of guided fishing     for rainbow, brook, and  brown trout as well as land-locked Atlantic salmon with Martin   Carranza’s Andes Outfitters.    Cost is just $2,950 per person!! See www.andesoutfitters.com  and www.domain7.fisheyesoupsites.com/ . Read our 2009 Trip Report
  
  
• -Tying Salmon Flies – Anchorage- $100 January 23-24, 2009. Contact us for registration.

FEBRUARY, 2009

FLY FISHING SHOWS

• The Fly Fishing Show, Washington – Stop by and see me in Bellevue, WA  at the show at    the Meydenbauer Center February 6-7-8,2009. I’ll be tying flies, signing books, and doing   slide presentations on Alaska. www.flyfishingshowwest.com/Seattle.html
  
  
• The Fly Fishing Show, Pasadena, California-Come see me at the beautiful Pasadena Center  February 21-22, www.flyfishingshowwest.com/Pasadena.html  I’ll be tying flies, signing books, and doing slide presentations on Alaska.
  
  
• The Fly fishing Show, Pleasanton, California Stop by and see me at the show at the   Alameda County Fairgrounds February 27-28 & March 1, 2009.  I’ll be tying flies, doing slide presentations on Alaska, and signing books. Details are online at www.flyfishingshowwest.com/Pleasanton.html
  
  
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MARCH, 2009

• The Mat-Su Outdoor Show, Wasilla, Alaska -Stop by and see me at the show at the Wasilla Multi-use Sports Center March 28-29, 2009.  I’ll be tying flies and doing casting clinics and     slide presentations on our Alaska trips. For details go to www.chinookshows.com/index.htm
  
  
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APRIL

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• The Great Alaska Sportsman Show will take place in Anchorage, April 2-5, 2009. It’s the social event of the spring season in Alaska. There’ll be speakers, new gear, fly ting and much more. I’ll be doing casting clinics for women and girls, tying flies, doing slide shows, and     signing books at the show.  See www.auroraproductions.net/sportman.html for details of the   2009 show.
  
  
• Our 13th annual Baja Extravaganza for saltwater fly fishing in Mexico will take place  April  7-13, 2009 at the lovely, ocean-side Buena Vista Beach Resort www.hotelbuenavista.com/index.html  near East Cape on the azure Sea of Cortez. For all the details see www.bajafly.com/pudge2009.htm . It’s an all-out flyfishing frenzy for marlin, tuna, dorado, jack cravalle, and many, many more species. Fabulous hotel, all the meals, 3 days on the boats, a half-day guided beach fishing, evening casting clinics, a welcome cocktail party, round trip airport transfers and more. Cost is $2,295 per person (double occupancy.) If you  want the perfect retreat from winter, make your plans and join us, but hurry! We’ll be waiting to hear from you. For a report of the 2008 trip, read www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#Mexico . You’ll see just what you’ll be missing if you don’t go along! 2009 Trip Report Now Online
  
  
• The Alaska Women’s Show will take place April 17-19, 2009. Come join the casting classes, watch the slide shows, visit the booth I’ll be sharing with The Sports Shop, and buy my books.
  
  
• 9 Hour Beginning Fly Fishing Classes – Anchorage - $100  Contact us for dates. 

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                                    MAY

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• Beginning Fly fishing classes - Anchorage $100 Contact us  for dates.
  
  
• Beginning Fly fishing class will take place in Kodiak, May 8-9-10. Contact us for more details.  See Cy's Sporting Goods for information on our host
  
  
• Chicks With Sticks- a beginning fly fishing class in Soldotna, Alaska will take place at the     Blue Moose Lodge (www.blue-moose.com) May 16-17-18, 2009 (e-mail us for more information)
  
  
• Spring Float Tubing for Rainbows- May 22-23-24, 2009
  
  Come along with us in May to see what float tubing the lakes is all about, while we pursue   hungry rainbows just out from under the ice. Single days will be $185, and two days and one night will be $400. All of the gear, equipment and flies are included as is a cabin for the over-nights. Want to know more? Read about 2008,  www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#float08 and call us to book your day(s).
  
  Float tubing with us was featured in Fish Alaska Magazine in July 2004. See all Pudge's articles in Fish Magazine at www.women'sflyfishing.net/fishingArticles.html.
  
  
• Ladies Outdoor Night, sponsored by Women’s Flyfishing®, Mountain View Sports, and Fish Alaska Magazine , will take place at Mountain View Sports Center in Anchorage in May. Date TBA. Plan to join us to take advantage of the fabulous sales on outdoor gear and clothes, and help us benefit the AWAIC shelter for victims of domestic violence. (if you would like to donate to the event, e-mail us at pudge@womensflyfishing.net)
  
  
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JUNE

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• 9-hour beginning Flyfishing classes. Anchorage - $100  Contact us for dates.
  
  
• June 7-10, 2009-- 2nd International Gathering of Fly Fishing Women in Wales, UK. See complete information in News & Events Section
  
  
• Brooks River- June 19-22 or June 22-25, 2009
  
  Fish for sockeye salmon, rainbow trout, and Arctic grayling and watch the bears in a world-renowned setting in Katmai National Park. Trip cost is $2,380 (or stay all 7 days for $4,200) That includes three nights shared cabin at Brooks Lodge www.katmailand.com/lodging/brooks.html , (meals not included but available at the lodge), three days guided fishing, Park Service day use fees, round trip airfare from Anchorage to   Brooks Lodge, and all the gear, equipment  and flies. The trip report from 2008 is at www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#brooks08 . You’ll never experience any other place like Brooks in the whole world!
  
  Our Brooks River trip was featured in Fish Alaska Magazine in June, 2003. See all Pudge's articles in Fish Magazine at www.women'sflyfishing.net/fishingArticles.html.

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JULY

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• Chena River Grayling-Try your hand at guided sdry fly and nymph fishing for Arctic grayling    on the lovely Chena or Chatanika Rivers near Fairbanks. July 1, 2 or 3, 2009.  Cost is $185    per day. We’ll provide instruction, gear, equipment, and flies for the day. Camping available.
  
  
• (New for 2009!) Nenana Grayling & Float Tubing for Rainbows July 6-8 or 6-9, 2009
  
  This trip will take you to a remote cabin with a wonderful Arctic grayling spring creek right out in front. You can also add a day of float tubing for rainbows so you can fish both creek and lake and catch two different species of fish on the same trip. Cabin is fully equipped with bunks, sleeping bags & pads, cooking facilities, woodstove, utensils, and propane lights.
  
  We’ll start out from the town of Nenana on the Parks Highway on the evening of July 6th where we’ll meet our boat transport to the cabin. Then, we can fish for lots and lots of feisty Arctic grayling that evening and all day July 7 & 8th before we’re picked up for the return trip to Nenana early evening of the 8th.Trip includes two nights cabin, one night dinner, guided fishing, equipment, flies, & transport. If you want to also fish a lake, continue on with us on July 9th for some fun float tubing for rainbow trout nearby. We’ll provide all the gear, equipment & flies for the tubing as well. It’s a great way to combine two unique and exciting ways to fish with a fly rod and different kinds of flies. Cost: $730 (with tubing $915) Contact us for more information.
  
  
  
• Lake Clark Sojourn July 11-15, 2009  Fish for Arctic grayling, Dolly Varden char, lake trout,   and sockeye salmon in one of Alaska's most spectacularly scenic areas. Trip cost is $2,850     per person ($2,800 prior to 1/1/09, so book now!)  Trip includes round trip airfare from Anchorage, four nights lodging (double occupancy) at water-front Farm Lodge at Lake Clark, www.lakeclarkair.com/  all the delectable meals, four 1/2 days guided fishing, including one      day fly-out fishing for sockeye salmon, and one day boat-assisted fishing to tributaries around   the lake, instruction, and all the gear, equipment and flies!  Check out the pictures on the      lodge web site for a taste of the Lake Clark area. It's gorgeous!!! Couples are welcome. A     report of the fantastic 2008 trip is at www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#lakeclark08
  
  
• Annual Fly Fishing School at Orca Adventure Lodge in Cordova- July 16-20, 2009 Just starting out in fly fishing? We'll have you casting both light and heavy-weight fly rods, hooking, playing, landing, and releasing fish, tying knots and constructing leaders, wading safely, and much, much more at our renowned school. We'll fish for pink and chum salmon as well as      Dolly Varden char and cutthroat trout to get you used to different sizes of fish. Trip cost is   $2,250. Price includes the complete school, all the gear, equipment and flies, four nights    lodging (double occupancy), all the fantastic meals, and four days guided fishing including one fly-out fishing day into glacier-studded Prince William Sound. Orca Lodge is at www.orcaadventurelodge.com/ and our 2008 Fly Fishing School report is online for more information. (www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#orcalodge08
  
  
• There's No Place Like Nome!- Dates are July 20-24, 2009
  
  Fly fish for trophy Arctic grayling on a wilderness river so clear and so un-spoiled you can't believe it! If you love dry fly & nymph fishing this is the trip to keep your 5-wt rod bent all the    time. The fish are as beautiful as they are cooperative. Trip Cost is $2,880 per person.  Alaska Northwest Adventure Lodge http://www.akadventure.com/ will be our headquarters. Trip    includes 4 nights lodging, (double occupancy), all meals, transportation from White Mountain      to the Lodge & on the river each day, and five days guided fishing, plus instruction, gear, equipment & flies. This is un-crowded fishing at its best! Couples are welcome. Enjoy reading  our 2008 trip report online at www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#nome08
  
  No Place Like Nome was featured in Fish Alaska Magazine in April, 2005. See all Pudge's articles in Fish Magazine at www.women'sflyfishing.net/fishingArticles.html.

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AUGUST

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• Denali Highway Grayling Safari – August 2-5, 2009
  
  One of my favorite trips! We'll fish the remote and lovely Tangle Lakes area and wander the picturesque road to other choice spots for non-stop Arctic grayling fishing with dry flies and nymphs. Trip cost is $850 and includes four days guided fly fishing, instruction, all the gear, equipment and flies, and camping fees where necessary. (Lodging is available if you prefer      not to camp. We'll refer you.) Couples welcome. Read our 2008 trip reports online at www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#denalihwy08
  
  The Denali Highway/Tangle Lakes trip was featured in Fish Alaska Magazine in April, 2003. See all Pudge's articles in Fish Magazine at www.women'sflyfishing.net/fishingArticles.html.

• Canoe, & Creek Fish on the Kenai Peninsula- August 10-13, 2009
  Combine canoeing and creek fishing on Kenai Peninsula lakes and streams. Put your light-weight fly rod to work on rainbow trout and Dolly Varden char as you paddle the still      water or wade the creek. Trip cost is $1,150 and includes three nights lodging at the Blue  Moose Lodge in Soldotna, all meals, three days guided fishing, instruction, and all the gear,       equipment and flies. Visit the Blue Moose at www.bluemooselodge.com and see our 2008 trip report at www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#canoe .
  
  
• Reel Wilderness Adventures in Wood Tikchick State Park  August 15-18, 2009 NEW REDUCED PRICE!!! JUST $2,650!!
  
  This super camp lies within the largest State Park in the U.S. with scenery, adventure, and  fishing to match. See www.reelwild.com/. It’s a great setup, including the cozy weather-ports   for sleeping and the large, amazing yurt for the scrumptious meals, including wine with dinner, visiting in front of the fire, or some fly tying while you relax. You’ll love it! Trip cost $2,650. That includes three nights lodging, three ½  days guided fly fishing for trophy trout, char, pike, and sockeye salmon, scrumptious meals, all the gear, equipment and flies, and round trip float plane flights to/from the camp to Dillingham, Alaska. Or stay the whole week at the reduced price of $3,600 Couples are welcome. 2008 trip report is at /www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#reel08
  
  
• (New for 2009!) Rocky River Salmon Fishing August 26-31, 2009
  
  The Rocky River is tucked away in the Kenai Peninsula wilderness across the bay from Homer, AK. Our hosts, the Rocky River Sportsmen’s Lodge http://alaska-kenai-peninsula-fishing.com/fishing.html is a small lodge (just 12 guests at a time) that specializes in Alaska’s late summer pink, chum, and silver salmon fishing, along with some great fishing for Dolly Varden char. The lodge holds a licensing agreement for miles of river access, so guests have the fishing virtually to themselves. Remote though not rustic, the main lodge and double cabins provide a relaxed atmosphere with great food and a hot shower, as well as easy access to the river. Trip includes five days guided fishing, five nights lodging, all meals instruction, equipment and flies as well as transportation from Port Graham and on the river each day. (Transportation to Port Graham not included.) We’ll leave from Homer to Pt. Graham early in the morning on the 26th and then return early in the morning of the 31st. Come along. This is the kind of fishing that Alaska is all about. (Couples Welcome) Cost: $2,995

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SEPTEMBER

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• Our Annual September Silver Salmon Spectacular  Sept 7-11 -OR- Sept 11-15, 2009
  
  Orca Adventure Lodge in Cordova is the site of our super-duper annual coho (silver) salmon   trips again in 2009. The fishing here can't be beat, and neither can the lodge's hospitality. Trip cost is $2,245 (the best value around!) That includes four nights lodging (double occupancy),     all the delicious meals, four days of fly-out or boat-out guided fly fishing, instruction, fish    packing, and all the gear, equipment and flies. Couples are welcome. See how great Orca is      at www.orcaadventurelodge.com/ and read about our 2008  adventure at www.womensflyfishing.net/08trips.htm#cordovacoho  You haven't lived until you've played a coho on a fly rod. Do it with us in 2009!

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