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Orvis Curriculum at NOLS

Orvis Curriculum
Wind River Wilderness courses learn fly-fishing skills in high alpine lakes and streams famous for their abundance of trout.
Photo: Kevin Bergstrom

Orvis Fly-Fishing Schools are world-renown for their excellent curriculum and teaching techniques. Instructors at NOLS Rocky Mountain teach using this time-tested Orvis method. Casting, fly selection, knot tying. These are a few of the fly-fishing skills you’ll learn.

Orvis Gear At NOLS

Orvis Frequent Flyer Travel Rods are put to the ultimate test at NOLS each summer, when hundreds of students bring these well-traveled rods into high mountain lakes and streams. The Frequent Flyer Rods are packed, unpacked, assembled and disassembled countless times during the summer.

According to Dave Glenn, the director of NOLS Rocky Mountain in Lander, Wyoming, the seven-piece always withstand the wear and tear. And they are easy to use, even for beginners. Students are able to learn quickly how to assemble the rods, meaning more hours left in the day to master the art of the cast.

“These rods are ideal for us. We pack them inside frame packs, inside panniers when horsepacking, or in our kayaks. They make the many miles we travel easier than four-piece rod tubes, which strap to the outside of gear and snag on brush and other obstacles.”

-Dave Glenn, NOLS Rocky Mountain Director

The Frequent Flyers also pass the most important test of all—they make for great fishing. “These rods don’t sacrifice feel for packability,” Glenn says. “And this makes it easy to enjoy the fruits of a hard days work getting to a high mountain lake or a remote site.”

The following NOLS courses feature world-famous Orvis™ fly-fishing curriculum and gear:
 
Fly fishing is a part of most NOLS Yukon expeditions—we let the big ones go.
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