Location: Missoula, Montana

• Monday – Arrive in Missoula, MT (Need to arrive NLT Monday evening.)
• Tuesday through Friday – Full days of fly fishing & instruction
• Saturday – Say goodbye to Montana and your new friends before heading home.

WKU Trip Leader: Raymond Poff, raymond.poff@wku.edu, 270-438-0658

Level 1 Trip: No prior fly-fishing experience is required. This program is designed to meet the needs of the complete beginner
and ‘experts’ alike; whatever an expert is. All fishing will be from drift boats or rafts. Being able to cast a flyrod is certainly
helpful, but not a requirement as on-the-river instruction is readily available. WKU has successfully offered this program since
2012 to participants with a wide range of abilities (no prior experience through fly-fishing guide).

Slots: 17 (once slots filled interested participants can sign up on waiting list)

Program description introduction: Join WKU and experience fly fishing on world-renowned waters containing 5 species of
trout: rainbow, brown, cutthroat, hybrid cut bow, and brook. Guides typically take participants on one or more of the following
rivers: Blackfoot, Clark Fork, Bitterroot.

Cost: $2,425 per person

Includes:

• 4 days of fly fishing and instruction (float trips with one guide and 2 anglers per boat)
• Use of fly-fishing equipment (rod, reel, etc.)
• Montana fishing license + associated fees (conservation and aquatic invasion species)
• Terminal tackle (leader, tippet, flies)
• Guide gratuity (participants can tip additionally if desired)
• 5 nights lodging at the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula (double occupancy for Derby City participants)
• Lunch on the river Tuesday through Friday
• Missoula airport hotel shuttle

Not included:

• Transportation to/from Missoula, MT
• Breakfast and dinners
• Lunches not provided by guides