2024 CLEARWATER SPEY GATHERING
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
Join the Red Shed, House of Fly and Fly Project on Saturday, September 28, 2024 for the Annual Clearwater Spey Gathering at the US-12 Lenore Rest Area on the Clearwater River, Idaho. Last year, we decided to bring back the event highlighting everything spey casting, tying, and angling. We had a great turn out and Poppy himself said it may have been the biggest spey gathering on the Clearwater so far.
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 2024?
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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WHO WILL BE AT THE 2024 GATHERING?
The 2024 Spey Gathering Lineup is to be determined. Keep checking back here for details or subscribe to our email list below for regular updates.
Simon Gawesworth- Simon, the lead flyline designer for RIO, is acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on Spey casting and has taught and demonstrated spey casting around the world.
Zack Williams- Zack is a full time fly fishing instructor & guide who specializes in teaching spey casting and the art of swinging flies for steelhead. Whether it be guiding, teaching a beginner casting class, competing at Spey O' Rama, building custom spey lines, or working as the founder & editor of Swing the Fly Magazine.
Tracy Allen- Tracy is the original designer and co-owner of the legendary driftboat manufacturer, Adipose. “Believe in your fly. One of the most important things you can do. Believe in your fly and keep it wet, that’s one of the most important things I can tell you. You won't catch one standing in the fly shop.” - Tracy
Whitney Gould- Whitney Gould is a six-time Spey-O-Rama world casting champion and longtime fishing guide. Considered one of the world’s best two-handed casters, she’s one of the most respected instructors in her field.
Al Buhr- Al is also a member of the Federation of Fly Fishers' Casting Board of Governors' and is chairman of the Two-Handed Casting Instructor program. He is a FFF-certified Master Casting Instructor and Two-Handed Casting Instructor. Al has given workshops on fly casting and steelhead fly fishing throughout the United States and at many Federation of Fly Fishers' Conclaves.
Lee Davison- Lee is the designer of Ballistic Flylines 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.
Bruce Kruk- World class distance caster, spey line designer, Columbia River trout guide.
FLY TYERS: Brittany Davenport, Matt Lebret, Dave Tucker, Grant Bridges.