Antoine Bissieux, "the French Flyfisherman", is bringing back retired French competition angling champion Yannick Riviere to the USA again, this year to do 6 one day clinics covering French competition techniques for advanced nymph & dry fly fishing. Yannick competed in fly fishing for 15 years, with 8 years on the French team (maybe the best in the world), he has medals in 6 European championships, and 2 World Cups. There is a long tradition of trout fishing in France passed down from generation to generation, and the wild brown trout there are highly pressured and difficult to catch. Which leads to creating some of the best trout fishermen in the world. And competition breeds even more innovation in techniques, fly patterns, rigging/leaders & tackle. European Nymphing grew out of competitive fly fishing.

You will need to bring both a dry fly rod, and a Euro rod. There will be 6 consecutive one day classes. There are two different class formats, with 3 one day classess in each category. The first 3 days (July 17, 18 & 19) with be one day 12 person clinics with 3 instructors (Yannick, Antoine, and Derrick Kirkpatrick of CT Fish Guides), priced at $350 per person/day. The Next 3 days (July 20, 21 & 22) will be semi private one day sessions with a max of 4 people per class, instructors will be Yannick & Antoine, priced at $650 per person/day.  All classes run 9am-5pm, with a break for lunch (bring your lunch, or eat at a local deli). Clinic topics covered will include: equipment, dry fly leaders, nymphing leaders, the Italian Cast (for dry fly fishing), French dry fly fishing, and different nymphing approaches matched to varying conditions. This will be mostly on the water instruction, and everyone will get some time on the water, 1-on-1 time with Yannick. You will be instructed in several different "secret" dry fly & nymphing techniques. There will be a Q&A at the end to wrap things up. Contact Antoine directly at 860-759-4464 to reserve a spot.