Exciting Fly Fishing and Culinary Arts
Getaway Weekends for 2010



January 22 – 24
Winter Steelhead Clinic
With Chef Dan Chudik’s Tribute to French MasterChef Jacques Pepin

• Guided Winter Steelhead fly fishing

• Book signing by author Karl Weixlemann of his new
release “Great Lakes Steelhead, Salmon and Trout”

• Presentation by “Steelhead Dreams” author Matt
Supinski on Understanding Steelhead
Behavior and Tactics

• The winter comfort cuisine and wines of French Chef
Jacques Pepin by Chef Daniel Chudik



February 5 – 7
The Magnificent Emerging Muskegon Trout

Fishery & the Cuisine of Italy’s Tuscany by Chef Dan Chudik

• Understanding the complex dry fly fishery of the
Muskegon River with its incredible mayfly, caddis and
stonefly hatches

• The Orvis Guide Book authors- Dick Pobst and Matt
Supinski- will do presentations on the hatches, tactics
and techniques

• Book signing by Dick Pobst on his Orvis Pocket
Guides to Mayflies and Caddis

• Guided Winter Steelhead or Trout fishing
trip on the Muskegon River

• The remarkable Tuscan cuisine & wines presented by
Chef Dan Chudik
Gray Drake Lodge



February 12 – 14

Traditional French Northwoods Valentine’s day Weekend Getaway
• A Classic culinary treat!- Chateaubriand/Champagne
French Valentines

• Can be combined with guided winter Steelhead or
Trout fly fishing

• Champagne tasting


February 26 – 28

Upland Bird Hunting Clinic and Preparing a Wild
Game Culinary Feast!

• A day of bird hunting at the nearby “Shooting The
Breeze” wing shooting preserve – Pheasant, Quail
and Grouse

• Wing shooting clinic by bird shooting and dog
training expert, Tim Fox

• A wild game culinary feast by chef Daniel Chudik

• Micro brewery beer of Michigan


March 5 – 7

Trout Nymphing Clinic Along With  the Exciting Cuisine of Spain


• Book signing seminar with Colorado’s Landon Mayer, author of “Catch the
Biggest Trout of Your Lifetime” and “Sight Fishing for Trout”

• Trout nymphing fly fishing on stream instruction with famed Muskegon Trout
guide Bob Mansel along with Landon and Gray Drake guides

• Chef Dan Chudik to present the Exciting tapas and
paellas of Spanish cuisine along with it’s wines
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