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 |