Fly Casting Instruction
and Fly Fishing Guide Services

Dan WrightI am Dan Wright; welcome to the Colorado Academy of Fly Casting & Fly Fishing web site. For guide service or casting instruction, please call us at (720) 312-2523.

Both our guide services and casting instruction are based on years of experience in the outdoors and teaching and guiding in fly shops from Colorado to the Great Lakes to saltwater flats skiff and captain's operations. We have used those experiences to develop clear teaching methods in many fly fishing techniques.

"Our instruction and guiding is based on enjoyment and learning. When we have fun while we learn, we catch fish."

Our goals include holding and performing to the highest fly fishing ethic possible. As with river etiquette, the core of this ethic is a comprehensive knowledge of fly fishing methods tempered through simple values of politeness and good manners in our personal interaction.

Video, Media: Thoughts
 In this web site, you'll find media of all types—images, text, movies, and audio— illustrating our fly fishing techniques and insight. Please pass along any comments.

River Right–Usable News

Video, Audio Action How-to

The 10-Second Video Series
The current chapter uses slow motion video to demonstrate a cast that could be used more by Rocky Mountain trout fly fishers: Double Spey on a Single Hand Rod.

River Snapshots—
Snake River, Tetons: Early Fishing Snapshots

Federation of Fly Fishers
We are strongly affiliated with the Federation of Fly Fishers. The Federation of Fly Fishers Dan is a Master Certified Casting Instructor, a Certified Two Hand (Spey) Casting Instructor, and a member of the FFF Guides Association. He is also a Board of Governor for the Casting Instructor Certification Program.

Writing, Illustration by Dan
Dan has years of experience as a writer and illustrator. He has been a field editor for Fly Fisherman magazine, and has rendered illustrations for books and articles by other fly fishers. He currently is Senior Editor for The Fly Fishing Insider.