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Fly Fishing Casting Classes for Idaho 2012

January 17, 2012 By DreamCast Leave a Comment

We’ve just posted our Fly Fishing Casting Classes for the year of 2012 on our Registration Page.

If you have been thinking about taking a Fly Fishing Casting class here in Idaho, now’s the time to get signed up.

Remember, classes are limited to a handful of students and can fill up quickly. If you have any questions, feel free to visit our Contact page and we’ll get back to you asap.

Time and Location Details are on our Registration Page.

The 2012 Fly Fishing Classes Schedule:

BEGINNING INTERMEDIATE SPEY

MARCH 24, 31 MARCH 25 MARCH 26 & 30

APRIL 14, 21, 28 APRIL 1, 15, 22, 29 APRIL 2 & 6 / 16 & 20

23 & 27 / 30 & MAY 4

MAY 12, 19, 26 MAY 6, 20, 27 MAY 7 & 11 / 14 & 18

21 & 25 / 28 & JUNE 1

JUNE 2, 16, 23, 30 JUNE 3, 24 JUNE 11 & 15 / 18 & 22

25 & 29

JULY 7, 21, 28 JULY 1, 8, 22, 29 JULY 2 & 6 / 16 & 20

23 & 27 / 30 & AUGUST 3

AUGUST 4, 11, 18 AUGUST 5, 12, 19 AUGUST 6 & 10 / 13 & 17

27 & 31

LOOKS LIKE 2012 IS GOING TO BE BUSY and FUN for DreamCast Idaho!

Thank you from DreamCastIdaho.

November 10, 2011 By DreamCast Leave a Comment

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for supporting DreamCastIdaho.com in 2011. We truly enjoyed meeting everyone at the events we hosted and attended.

Here are a few highlights:

In January we exhibited our booth at the Boise Valley Fly Fishers Expo, good job. Look for us again this year. We kicked off our season with our OPEN HOUSE EVENT held at Cabela’s in May. A special thank you to Cabela’s for hosting our classes and workshops. We especially enjoyed the opportunity to give featured presentations to the local fly fishing clubs in Boise and in the surrounding area. Our Outreach Programs were very successful this year for companies holding their corporate meetings and events in the community. The Henkel Corporation and The Bayer CropSicences Division enjoyed the Fly fishing Team Building events they booked with DCI. Thank you to our team of casting Instructors that enjoyed themselves as well. We couldn’t offer the quality or individual instruction without their assistance.

We were also able to share our expertise with several men’s ministry groups in the local area. The Solid Rock Outfitters are a large group of outdoor enthusiast who enjoy fly fishing and the Life Church Men’s Ministry Man Camp Event held in Cascade, Idaho were all able to enhance their casting skills.

My wife and I were blessed to be able to attend the FFF Federation of Fly Fishers Conclave in West Yellowstone in August. I am currently going through their certification program and have really enjoyed the adventure. In conjunction to the seminars and events we experienced, I was fortunate enough to co-instruct a single-hand spey casting workshop with Carl Zarelli.

We will be expanding our workshops, classes, and events this year due to the ever increasing response of fly fishing interests locally, in the valley, and outside the state. Along with our continued Beginning Fly Fishing and Casting Classes, our Intermediate Fly Fishing and Casting Classes, Advanced Single-hand and Single-hand Spey Classes, and Casting the Spey Classes, we will be introducing our Complete Angler’s School. We will be posting this on the website early this spring. We are planning many events this year and you can follow us on our website, as well as Facebook for upcoming events in 2012.

Our year will start out in January at the Western Idaho Fly Fishing Expo January 13 & 14, 2012. The Beginning Fly Tying Classes will start the first of January.

We are looking forward to 2012. Hope to see you along the way or on the river.

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FLY FISHING FOR STEELHEAD TIPS AND STREAM STRATEGIES

November 8, 2011 By DreamCast Leave a Comment

Michael Bantam of DreamCastIdaho.com will be giving a seminar hosted by Cabela’s of Boise Idaho, on November 19th at 2 pm to 3 pm. on “How to Catch Steelhead with a Fly Rod – Tips and Stream Strategies”.

Topics of discussion will be rods, reels, lines, flies, and casting techniques used for single hand fly rods. We will cover fishing strategies, i.e. swinging flies, nymphing techniques, and skating flies, along with the types of water to look for and how to fish them. We will discuss the use of sink tips, shooting heads, and weighted flies, and when to use them.

If you are interested in catching steelhead with a fly rod this will be a great opportunity to have your questions answered

Please call Cabela’s at 208-672-7900 to register for this seminar.

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ARE YOU WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SPEY CASTING AND FISHING FOR STEELHEAD?

November 8, 2011 By DreamCast Leave a Comment

Michael Bantam of DreamCastIdaho.com will be giving a seminar on how to select the right gear to get started. Topics of discussion will be selecting the right rod, matching up a reel, and how to select a line based on the style, and type of fishing you will be doing (i.e. Skagit, Scandi, or Traditional techniques). Each casting style will be discussed to help you determine the right setup that will get you started out right. Then we will be addressing what a Spey cast is, how it works, and the advantages of learning these wonderful casting techniques. We will introduce you to the basic casts (i.e. Switch Cast, Double Spey, Snap “T”, and Snake Roll) to help you get started on your own.

Cabela’s of Boise Idaho will be hosting this seminar on the 19th of November 2011 in the Sawtooth Conference Room at 3 pm until 4 pm. This will be a great opportunity to ask your questions and find out more information before you make that choice in a spey rod, reel, and line.Please call Cabela’s at 208-672-7900 to register.

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DCI Michael Bantam Open House at Cabelas

May 20, 2011 By DreamCast 1 Comment

Michael demonstrating Fly Casting

Thank you all for attending our Open House. We really enjoyed visiting with you about your interest in Fly Fishing and Casting. We had over 100 people come by to cast on the pond and ask questions. Many beginning fly fishers cast a rod for the first time and will be attending their first class very soon.

We were happy to help those who have had some fly fishing experience by correcting some problems they were having in their casting style, it always comes back to substance, and technique, which we cover in more detail in our Intermediate classes. And good luck to several of you casters in the upcoming tournament, hope we helped you figure out that curve cast and single hual. We want to thank Cabela’s for the opportunity, and supporting of our Open House.

Michael

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Women Fly Fishers of Idaho Follow Up

May 19, 2011 By DreamCast Leave a Comment

In April Michael had a fantastic time joining the Women Fly Fishers of Idaho for a workshop where he was able to demonstrate Spey Rod techniques. Here are a few photos from the day and some great feedback!

“Michael Bantam brings a highly skilled knowledge of what he loves to do, fly-fish! Michael’s professionalism with not only the know-how but the true meaning of why we love to fish. He demonstrated a genre of techniques at our WFFI general meeting with the spey rod program. Michael also gave 110% of excellence on the basic fly fishing instruction during the WFFI Annual Beginners Spring Workshop and VA Healing Waters Project. We really enjoy his true love of the sport and the people he instructs. The WFFI group looks forward to having him visit again soon!”

Judy Tallada, President of Women Fly Fishers of Idaho

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DCI Open House at the Fly Fishing Weekend at Cabela’s April 16th & 17th

April 12, 2011 By DreamCast 2 Comments

Boise Idaho’s Premier Fly Fishing & Casting School, DreamCast Idaho is having an Open house at the Cabela’s Fly Fishing weekend April 16th and 17th.

We have several events scheduled and our Spring class schedule is set so now would be a great time to see what our Classes offer to the Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, fly fishing angler, and those interested in Spey casting.

We will have a casting pond set up which gives you a true sense of the fly fishing experience. We will also have Sage, Winston, Temple fork Outfitters, and Cabela’s rods available for those wanting to try them out in a water situation.

Here is the schedule for the events:

Introduction to Fly Fishing and casting.
Learn how to select your first fly rod, and reel combo, choosing a leader and tippet, fly fishing knots, flies, and casting the fly rod.
Scheduled for Saturday 11am to 12pm / and Sunday at 1pm to 2pm.

Intermediate Fly Fishing and Castings Techniques.
Choosing the right rod for dry fly fishing, Nymphing, and Streamer techniques, knots for rigging a two fly setup, casting and line management and mending techniques.
Scheduled for Saturday at 12pm to 1pm / and Sunday at 2pm to 3pm.

Intro to Casting the Spey.
Learn what a Spey rod is and how to select your first rod, reel and line setup. Understanding what a Spey Cast is, fishing techniques, and flies used to catch Steelhead.
Scheduled on Saturday 2pm to 3pm. / And Sunday at 12pm to 1pm.

An introduction to Advanced Casting Techniques for single handed fly rods.
Applying single hand Spey casts for those difficult river situations that you thought you could never fish before by applying roll casting techniques like the double spey, snap “T” and others. We will also show line management casting techniques for you saltwater anglers, like the single haul, and double haul.
Scheduled for Saturday at 3pm to 4pm. / Sunday at 3pm to 4pm.

Don’t let Fly fishing be just a DREAM….
Dream it… Do it… at DreamCastIdaho.com
See you there!

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Switch and Spey Rod Discussion on April 21st

April 7, 2011 By DreamCast Leave a Comment

DreamCast Idaho will be joining the Fly Fishers of Idaho,
on Thursday April 21st.

Michael will be giving a discussion on Switch, and Spey rods, reels, and how to set them up with lines and sink tip suggestions for different fishing situations.

If your interested in learning more about this wonderful casting technique and how to get started then this discussion is one you will want to attend.

WFFI meetings are held in the Trophy Room of the Idaho Fish & Game Headquarters located at 600 Walnut Street in Boise, at 6:30pm. We’ll see you there!

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Casting Demonstration on April 9th

March 23, 2011 By DreamCast Leave a Comment

The Womens Fly Fishers of Idaho is sponsoring a free Beginners Fly Fishing Workshop on April 9th in Boise, Idaho. Michael will be one of the instructors giving a casting demonstration during the event so we hope to see you there!