2025 CLEARWATER SPEY GATHERING
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025
OROFINO CITY PARK
Join the Red Shed, House of Fly and Fly Project on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at Orofino City Park, 155 Wisconson St in Orofino, ID. for the Annual Clearwater Spey Gathering.
Due to a huge turnout last year, we had to move it to a bigger, more accomodating location. Orofino City Park features a wide-open river bank with plenty of space for anglers to gather for the presentations.
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 2025?
We'll be teaming up with the Red Shed again to sponsor another round of professional spey casting, tying and angling demonstrations. Sit in on presentations from world renouned spey casters, learn to tie popular anadromous flies from pros, try out the industry's best gear from top brands and grab lunch while you're at it.
WHAT IS THE RED SHED?
The Red Shed Fly Shop, owned and operated by Mike "Poppy" Cummins and his family, is an icon for spey casting steelheaders fishing Idaho's famous Clearwater River. The tiny red shed, located near Peck, ID, offers a complete range of tackle and gear for fly fishermen, including rods, reels, fly line, flies, and tying material. But, what sets this shed-of-a-fly-shop apart is its focus on die-hard spey anglers.
Poppy, an avid steelhead fisherman, occasionally finds time to fish and passionately advocates for Idaho's famous B-run of steelies. Early each fall, he hosts the Clearwater Spey Gathering and Barbecue at the Lenore rest stop, a highly anticipated event for spey casting enthusiasts. And we're excited to announce that it's coming back!
If you're heading to the upper Clearwater, you've got to stop at the Red Shed Fly Shop. Poppy's got everything you need for spey casting and steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River.
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2024 CLEARWATER SPEY GATHERING PRESENTERS
Ed Ward
Mastermind behind @opskagit and a fly fisherman who has been in on the development of Skagit casting since the beginning, Ed Ward has long been associated with pioneering the technique and innovations. Skagit lines, short sinktips, sinktip tactics for steelhead, and the world famous Intruder fly are all Ed's contributions to fly fishing and two-hand casting. Ed's the highest caliber of expert on all things Skagit.
Simon Gawesworth
@simongawesworth, lead flyline designer for @rioproducts, is acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on Spey casting and has taught and demonstrated spey casting around the world. If you're on youtube searching for two-hand casting technique, there's a chance you've come across his instructional videos.
Lee Davison
@Lee.Davison.904 is the designer of @ballisticflylines and an international Spey casting competitor (Spey-O-Rama GGAC, San Francisco Senior Champion 2015 & 2017). Lee also holds Fly Fishers International (FFI) Master and Two Hand Master Casting Instructor certifications, and worked as a licensed Idaho Fishing Guide with over 28 years of experience on the North and South Forks of the Snake River. Lee holds a degree in Business Management from the University of Texas and has extensive experience as a Project Manager for the Idaho National Laboratory and several large U.S. engineering/construction firms.
Mike McCune
Mike McCune is a accomplished steelhead and Alaska guide. You might recognize him as associated with @sageflyfish or from the Rio Spey Casting DVDs (@rioproducts), where his exceptional casting skills, like Skagit casting, are showcased. As a pioneer behind modern Skagit heads and MOW tips, Mike is also an outstanding technical angler and instructor.
Bruce Kruk
Representing @gaelforce_flyfishing, Bruce (@Bkruk) is an icon in the spey casting world and has made a huge number of spey casting instructional videos in his career. He's helped countless clients improve their casting and ultimately their angling experience. Friends of Poppy Cummins of The Red Shed, Bruce is a long-time spey gathering attendee and considers the Clearwater River his home away from home.
Satoshi Yamamoto
Known as @leftyangler to many in the fly fishing world, Satoshi Yamamoto is a fly fishing outfitter, fly dresser, and owner of Lefty Anglers and Flies in Livingston, MT. Growing up in Japan and fishing the Asakawa river for carp, Satoshi found a knack for fly fishing and eventually moved to the States where he studied at Montana State University and honed his skills in fly tying. Today, Satoshi ties some of the best classic salmon flies we've seen.