Leader: Justin Yoder; LGBT Outdoors Founder & Justin Bubenik; FlyCurious Founder

Trip Description: Spend a weekend with LGBT+ Outdoors and FlyCurious Fishing in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, casting for trophy trout and warmwater species. Whether you’re a fly or conventional angler, Justin Bubenik, with FlyCurious Fishing, will lead a series of workshops and demonstrations throughout the weekend with a focus on reading the water, location-specific techniques, fly and lure selection, species identification, fish handling and field care, and cooking your catch, and Justin Yoder will be on hand to lend his expertise with on-the-water conventional fishing techniques. See below for a tentative schedule of events and optional workshops (based on your individual experience and expertise), noting that specific locations and timing is subject to change based on weather, river and lake conditions.

Location: Denver, CO area

Schedule: (subject to change based on conditions)

• Friday, July 14th

  • Arrivals: 1:00pm - 6:00pm

  • Introductions: 6:00pm

  • Workshop / Dinner - Fly Fishing and Conventional - Colorado river fishing techniques and gear selection

  • Free time / fireside activities / purchase of fishing licenses

• Saturday, May 20th

  • Breakfast

  • Workshop - Reading The Water, Food Fit for a Trout & Fly Casts and Line Control: Indicator Rigs (Only Required for new fisher people.)

  • Fishing

  • Lunch

  • Fishing

  • Dinner, free time \ fireside activities

• Sunday, May 21st

  • Breakfast

  • Fishing

  • Lunch

Accommodations: We’ll be camping and have tents available to rent if you don’t have one.

Food: We will provide dinner on Friday and Saturday evening. We suggest to easy breakfast food, items for a lunch you can take with you to the river and plenty of snacks. If you are traveling from out of town and need any help or cooler space, just ask! We are happy to help out!

What to bring:

• Waders and boots, hip boots or legs invincible to cold (we can help coordinate rentals with a local shop)

• Polarized sunglasses

• Sunscreen

• Bug spray

• Hiking shoes/shoes you can get dirty

Cost: $149

Not Included:

• Transportation (carpool coordination available),

• Fishing License

• Fishing rod, reel, line (fly setup available for an additional $150; conventional spinning rod setup available for an additional $50)

• Meals “out” - Saturday dinner, Sunday lunch

• Waders, wading boots (or tall rubber boots, hip boots, rentals available)

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: July 10, 2023

Minimum/Maximum: 5/10

Refund Policy: Refundable up until July 1, 2023 at midnight CST.

Leader: Justin Yoder; LGBT Outdoors Founder

Trip Description: Join Justin Yoder as he takes you to one of his favorite National Parks! You will be camping at West Glacier KOA Resort. Located just 7 minutes outside of the park, the beautiful campground is surrounded by pine trees and mountains. The campground is great especially for people new to camping because while we will be staying in tents, the grounds also have amenities like a pool, snack bar, showers, espresso bar (for you glampers) and other amenities. We have three main activities we plan on doing which are hiking, kayaking and horseback riding.

LOCATION: Glacier National Park; Montana. We will meet in Kalispell, MT by 12:30pm on June 22nd.

Included Activities: Camping (KOA Campground), hiking, horseback riding and Kayaking. All meals at the campground are included. Any extra activities you would like to do outside of group activities, you will need to pay for.

Airports: Glacier Park International Airport* (FCA) / Spokane International Airport (GEG) / Missoula Montana Airport (MSO)

If you fly into Glacier Park International Airport, we can pick you up at the airport. We will provide ground transportation from Kalispell, during the event and back to Kalispell.

Cost: $895

Deposit: $200 (Balance due 30 days before event)

Additional Expenses (not included): Lunch on the way to and from camp, snacks, souvenirs, adult beverages.

Deadline To Signup: June 8, 2023

Minimum/Maximum: 5/10

Tentative Schedule: subject to change and flexibility

• Thursday

  • Arrive

  • Set up camp

  • Dinner

  • Evening sightseeing drive through Glacier National Park

  • Campfire and S’mores

• Friday

  • Breakfast

  • Morning Kayaking

  • Lunch

  • Hike

  • Dinner

• Saturday

  • Breakfast

  • Hike

  • Lunch

  • Willows HuckleberryLand

  • Horseback Ride and Cowboy Cookout

• Sunday

  • Breakfast

  • Pack up camp

  • Depart

Refund Policy: The deposit is nonrefundable, but any other funds paid above the deposit is refundable up until June 19, 2023 at midnight CST if you are unable to make the trip.

Notes:

• If you don’t have a tent or just don’t want to bring one, no worries, we have extras.

• Everyone will meet in Kalispell at 12:30pm for lunch. If you have a car/rental car you are welcome to drive to the campground or ride with us.

• While we have our plans and strive to make everything happen like we desire, we also have to have the realization that when making plans in the outdoors, we are in the hands of Mother Nature and things can change. However, we do believe that if everyone comes with a flexible and positive attitude, we’re sure to have a blast!

• If any activity is canceled for some reason outside of our control, we will do our best to find another activity to replace it with. You do not have to do each activity we have planned, but we do encourage it. If there are any activities you’d like to do, we’ll miss you, but please know that those activities (and transport to\from them) are not included.