10-DAY FLY FISHING GUIDE TRAINING PROGRAM

For 20 years, Guy Jeans has held the
title of fly fishing outfitter, business owner of Kern River Fly Shop/Guide
Service, Fly Fishers International Certified Casting Instructor and oversees
the Guy Jeans School of Fly Fishing. Being exposed to many facets of the
fly-fishing world has provided Mr. Jeans with the opportunity to experience
periods of failure, as well as success, while discovering what it takes to
continue the pursuit of a successful fly fishing guide/outfitter. 

After years of firsthand experience and
research, Mr. Jeans is pleased to offer 10-DAY FLY FISHING GUIDE
TRAINING PROGRAM. This 10-day program has been created and designed for those
who desire the role of a professional guide in the recreational business of fly
fishing or simply have an interest in upgrading thier skill set.Aside from being taught by your
Presiding Instructor, Guy Jeans, you will receive the expert knowledge of guest
instructors in various arenas of fly fishing and guiding. 

Being a great angler and loving the
outdoors is a given when becoming a fly-fishing guide. The question is: Do you
have the desire to pass along your knowledge of fly-fishing, the patience to
teach the unteachable to the willing, and the ear to compassionately listen? If
so, we look forward to providing you with the opportunity to become what many consider
an exceptional career. 



COURSE OUTLINE 

- Cost: $3500.00- Friday November 5, 2020 - Sunday November 14, 2020
- Lunches provided 

- Dinner provided 1st & last day of
instruction

- Morning Instruction: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00
p.m.

- Break/Lunch: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

- Afternoon Instruction: 1:00 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.



Day
One 

Introductions and outline for the week's activities, Knots, Fishing and Casting Evaluations


Day
Two 

Knots, Marketing, Social Media, Teaching Casting, Wading and Fishing


Day
Three 

Logistics, History, Entomology, Casting Faults and Fixes



Day
Four
First Aid and CPR Cards, Mending and Small Stream Techniques



Day
Five 

Lunch Preparation for Clients, Freestone and Spring Creek Techniques, Tenkara


Day
Six 

Rowing and Guiding Strategies and European Fishing Techniques, Czech,
Polish, French, Spanish Nymphing



Day
Seven 

Casting Certification Instructor
Preparation and Guiding Practice

Warm Water Fly Fishing Techniques and Guiding


Day
Eight 

Salt Water Casting and Fly Fishing
Techniques Guiding in the Surf



Day
Nine
 
Knot Test, Teaching and Learning Styles, Introduction to Spey Casting, Guiding Practice



Day
Ten 

Meeting and Guiding your own clients, Dinner,

Final Evaluation and Graduation



REQUIRED



- Clothing (check weather conditions) 

- Waders, Wading Boots, Protective Hat,
Polarized Sunglasses, Sunscreen

- Fly Rod & Reel 

- Various Flies

- Fly Tying Vise

- Vest or Pack for gear 

- Text: Whitlock’s Guide to Aquatic
Trout Foods



PREREQUISITES



- Basic level of fly fishing 

- Good physical condition

- Competently wade in various types of
moving water

- Accurately false cast to 40ft. 

- Tie a Clinch Knot, Surgeons Knot and
Perfection Loop in under 30 seconds each

- (Suggested, but not required) Guy
Jeans’ Intermediate Fly Fishing Class