FLY FISHING -- The annual North Idaho Fly Fishing Expo presented by the Kelly Creek Flycasters is expanding to two days this year and moving from Clarkston to Lewiston.

The event, which covers everything from beginning fly-casting instruction to advanced spey casting with two-handed rods, will be held March 25-26 at the Red Lion Hotel in Lewiston, according to a report today by Eric Barker in the Lewiston Tribune.

Read on for more details on the show and its featured presenters.

According to the Tribune:

Members of the club and invited guests will tie flies throughout the course of the expo. Visitors can mill around the tying room to watch and interact with tiers, or sit in on sessions by 11 featured tiers. The sessions will be held every hour in a room with projectors to magnify the detailed work on a big screen.

"The tier is going to go through the whole process of tying several flies an hour and very clearly identify what he is doing," said Charlene Douglas, events coordinator for the club.

The flycasters will look to recruit the next generation of fly-fishing fanatics by holding a pair of youth clinics March 26.

Fly-fishing fans can attend a number of presentations held each hour, starting at 1 p.m. March 25 and 9 a.m. March 26. Topics will focus on the essentials of fly fishing, which includes a basic instruction class, various fly-fishing destinations, fly fishing for different species such as steelhead and pike, rod building and repair, and stream entomology.

Those who want hands-on participation can sign up for one of several fly-casting workshops to be held both days on the large lawn behind the hotel. There is a $10 fee for the on-site casting instruction and a $26 fee for a spey-casting session that will be held on the Clearwater River.

Renowned angler and tier Lee Davison of Rigby, Idaho, will teach the four-hour spey-casting clinic. Davison is certified by the Federation of Fly Fishers as a two-handed casting instructor. He also will present a program on eastern Idaho’s South Fork of the Snake River.

Davison will be joined by three other fly-fishing dignitaries: Bruce Staples of Idaho Falls, Bob Jacklin of West Yellowstone, Mont., and John Shewey of Salem, Ore.

On March 26, Jacklin will talk about "The Theory of Fly Casting," which focuses on fly fishing in the Yellowstone area.

Shewey will speak about fishing for summer steelhead during hour-long sessions both days. He also will talk about fishing in eastern Idaho during the second day of the expo and will deliver the keynote address during the March 26 banquet. His talk will focus on little-known, high-quality streams in and around Yellowstone.

The banquet follows the expo’s wrap-up and features a live auction. The cost is $30 for singles and $55 for couples.

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Leading up to and during the event, the club is holding a contest called "The Hunt," in which participants have the chance to win a handmade bamboo fly rod valued at $600.