May 2025 Update

To my loyal & valued customers,

Waters are stocked. Rivers are teeming with fish. Water temps are great and the fish are hungry. Sounds like you need to come get ’em! Check your waders and boots for readiness. Look at your fly line to see if it needs to be replaced. Check your reel for its operation. The shop has never been fuller of items to help you succeed. There are over 20,000 flies for your perusal. Come support your local fly shop and allow us to support your needs. We are here to help you and provide outstanding service to you, your family and your friends.

Pat Perkins — In addition to building a superb bamboo rod is now doing restorations on all types of bamboo rods. If you have a bamboo rod and it is in need of repair, please contact the shop for details.

The shop will be closed for July 19th – July 26th as I will be on a trip to Silver Creek, The Big Wood River and W. Fork of Boise River in Idaho. Stories to follow!!

Regards & See you on the water,

Charlie Shadan

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May Storewide Sale

All fly rods and fly reels are 10% off — Come in to see the vast array and take advantage of this store special for May only.

NOTE: Not to be used with the yearly rewards storewide program.

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New Classes for 2025

1) Sunday, May 4th – Beginners Fly Fish School 7:45 am – 5:00 pm SOLD OUT

2) Sunday, May 18th – Aquatic Bugology Class – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Class has only 4 spots left. It is “hands down” our best class of the year and heralded by all who have taken the class in the past. Cost is $125 per person. 4 SPOTS LEFT

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If you have excess fly-tying materials — hooks, feather, beads, please bring them into the shop. We are going to begin a monthly donation to Project Healing Waters Fly Tying program. Myself and Jon Sweatman will coordinate getting these materials to the program each month.

Thank you for your kindness to these veterans.

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So You Think You Know Everything?

The ESFS will be running every month interesting factoids…

May’s full Moon, called the Flower Moon, appears on Monday, May 12, reaching peak illumination at 12:56 P.M. (EDT). It will be below the horizon at this time, so for the best view of this full Moon, step outside on the night of the 12th or the 13th and look for that big, bright, shining lunar disk.