Fly Tying 101 with Gabe Park
590 Water St, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
Sunday, February 7th, 2027 | 10am-1pm | Deadline to Register: January 23rd, 2027
$100 – all equipment and supplies provided
Level: Beginner/no experience necessary/appropriate for beginners and those with some prior experience
Ages: 12+ (students under 16 years old should be accompanied by a guardian)
Curious about fly tying but not sure where to start? Fly Tying 101 is a hands-on, beginner friendly class designed to build foundational fly tying skills and confidence at the vise. In this 3 hour class, you’ll tie three proven, fish-catching trout flies while learning the foundational techniques every fly tier needs:
• San Juan Worm – master thread control and clean whip finishes
• Griffith’s Gnat – learn dry fly hackle and working with smaller hooks
• Woolly Bugger – tailing, tapering bodies, and palmering hackle
Gabe from Musky Fool Fly Fishing Co. will cover essential tools, materials, and techniques step-by-step, 3-hour, hands on class setting, so you get plenty of personal instruction. No experience required – just show up ready to learn and have fun with some functional art.
Only 8 spots available! Sign up early.
Instructor bio:
Gabe Park is a Wisconsin-born and raised fly angler from Neenah, WI, with a lifelong obsession for chasing fish on feathers. After earning his bachelor’s degree from UW–Stevens Point, Gabe headed west to Colorado, where he managed St. Peter’s Fly Shop in Fort Collins and fully leaned into life on the water. Eventually, the pull of muskies (and home) brought him back to Wisconsin, where he guided for Wisconsin Fly Fishing Company and focused his efforts on the fish that started it all.
Today, Gabe is the shop manager and resident bucktail dye master at Musky Fool Fly Fishing Co. in Waunakee, WI. When he’s not behind the vise or talking fly design, he’s probably fishing—or thinking about fishing. Outside of fly fishing, his two greatest priorities are being a husband to his wife Lydia and a dad to his two-year-old daughter, Odalie. If you take his Fly Tying 101 class, expect plenty of practical tips, a few fish stories, and a whole lot of enthusiasm for the craft.
In the event a workshop is canceled due to low enrollment, you will be contacted immediately and refunded entirely. Please review our cancellation policy here.
