Red Stick Day

Red Stick Day - Saturday, March 5, 2011

20th annual Red Stick Day Fly Fishing Festival
Saturday, March 5, 2011
8:30am - 3:30pm
LDWF Waddill Outdoors Center
4141 N. Flannery Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Special Guest: Gary Borger

Each year on the first Saturday in March, we host our annual conclave, or fly fishing festival, a celebration of our sport featuring programs, fly tying demonstrations, casting demos, casting instruction, kayak tryouts, vendor exhibits, and more.  Known as "Red Stick Day", it is annually the largest fly fishing event in southeast Louisiana.  Red Stick Day is FREE and open to the public, and we encourage families to attend. This event occasionally features some of the biggest names in fly fishing and kayak fishing. Past headliners have included Jason Borger, Nick Curcione, Ed Jaworoski, Craig Mathews, Zach Mathews, Jimbo Meador, Pete Cooper Jr., Chrystal Murray, and Bob LeMay.

Activities include:
- Fly Tying Demonstrations
- Casting Demonstrations
- Educational Seminars
- Retailers
- Kayak and Canoe demos
- Fishing on premises
- Free refreshments
- Jambalaya lunch
- Raffle with over 100 items!

Admission:
- FREE!

2011 Special Guest: Gary Borger

Gary Borger is one of the world’s foremost fly fishing educators. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Campus in Wausau. His achievements have been recognized in The Millennium Edition of Strathmore’s Who’s Who,” “Who’s Who in the Midwest,” “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,” a multiple year honoree in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers", and much more. He has been teaching classes and lecturing internationally on trout and salmon since 1972.  Gary is a freelance writer, photographer, active member of the Outdoor Writers of America, Contributing Editor for Fly Fisherman Magazine, Editor at Large for the Virtual Fly Shop, and Fly Fishing Columnist for North American Fisherman. He has written five best-selling books on fly fishing: “Nymphing,” “Naturals,” “The Borger Color System,” “Designing Trout Flies,” and “Presentation.” Gary pioneered fly fishing video instruction with his release of “Nymphing” in 1982. Since then he has appeared in four videos for the 3M Company; and in cooperation with the Federation of Fly Fishers, produced the environmental video “Where The Trout Are.” His video production company has produced an additional 17 videos in the highly-acclaimed "Skills of Fly Fishing Series".  His production work has earned him a listing in “Who’s Who in Entertainment”. Gary was also a consultant on Robert Redford’s movie “A River Runs Through It”.  With his award-winning CD/cassette tape, “My Madison,” he pioneered nature-music audios. In addition, Gary is a the designer of the Weinbrenner Ultimate Wading Shoe, the Gary Borger Fly Vest, his own signature series of rods and reels, and many other innovative angling products and unique fly designs. He is a founding board member of the River Alliance of Wisconsin, a founding member of the Board of Governors of the Federation of Fly Fishers' Fly Casting Instructor Certification program, a member of The Order of the Jungle Cock, Trout Unlimited, United Fly Tyers, the Federation of Fly Fishers, the American Museum of Fly Fishing, the Catskill Fly Fishing Center, and other conservation organizations. He is a recipient of the Ross Allen Merigold Complete Angler Memorial Award, the Charles K. Fox Rising Trout Award, the Joan and Lee Wullf Conservation award, and is internationally recognized for his conservation efforts; in recognition of this work he received the first Lew Jewett Memorial Life Membership in the Federation of Fly Fishers in 1979.

For more details on the 2011 Red Stick Day, click on these PDF documents:

2011 Speaker Bios and Programs

2011 RSD Flyer and 2011 Red Stick Day Schedule

Directions to LDWF Waddill Education Center 

Waddill Refuge Layout (Google Satellite Image) 

Red Stick Fly Fishers Annual Awards Banquet:

Friday, March 4, 2011
6:30pm to 9:30pm
St Luke Episcopal Witter Hall, 8833 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge
Cost: $15 per adult

Cocktails: 6:30pm - wine, soft drink, and catfish appetizers
Dinner: 7:30pm - specialties prepared by RSFF Bayou Chefs
Entertainment TBA
Raffle Drawing: 9:00pm
Farewell, So Long, Good Night: 9:30pm .... and may the fly fishing force be with you in 2011!

Banquet reservations are required!

2011 Banquet Reservation Form (PDF)

Location of St Luke Episcopal