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Chapter Meeting: Upping your game in fly fishing

Guest Speaker: PJ Smith
insert_invitation Mon, Apr 22, 2024 6:50 PM (CDT)
location_on Wild Boar Bar & Grill, Oakdale, Minnesota
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Oakdale, Minnesota 55128
Guide PJ Smith will talk about how to build your skills and knowledge to get to that next level. Tips that will help you start to maximize your time on the water, whether you fish trout, smallies and even musky. He will go into the physical and mental part  of getting better at fly fishing. 
 
PJ is an Orvis Endorsed fly fishing guide in Southwest Wisconsin's Driftless region. PJ started guiding part time and in 2018 Ieft his job of 26 years to guide full-time. He's spent many hours and put thousands of miles on his truck exploring the streams & rivers of Wisconsin. PJ's wife, Donna, is a Certified Casting Instructor. Along with guiding, PJ and Donna offer casting lessons and fly fishing schools for anglers of all skill levels. PJ's website can be found at www.pjguideservice.com.

If you are attending in-person, please join us for an Education "Happy Hour" from 5:30 onward.  Amber Taylor, Evan Griggs and Jim Emery from the MNTU Education team will be on hand to show what has been going on with Trout in the Classroom and talk about upcoming student Trout Releases in Farmington and Stillwater.  They'll also have information on volunteering for summer fishing skills programs in metro-area lakes, and for  our new "Meet a Stream" program where we will take kids and their parents to nearby trout streams.  
 
The Chapter meeting will start at 7 pm, with 10 minutes of "virtual lobby time" to give online participants time to log on. In-person participants are invited to join us for social time and food/drink (on your own dime) from 5 pm onward.

TU Chapter meetings are open to anybody, but if you are not a TU member, we'd be delighted if you would join!  For a special introductory offer to join TU, click here

Chapter meetings are free of charge.  However, a donation to TCTU would be highly appreciated!  To donate, click here.
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Wild Boar Bar & Grill
950 Helena Ave N
Oakdale, Minnesota 55128