The day will start at 12pm with casting clinics led by local legend Cory Routh and other expert casters. Its a wonderful opportunity to not only learn about our local waters, but a chance to meet other people interested in this incredible sport as well. This is your chance to learn - or improve - the essential skills of fly fishing. Whether you’ve never fly fished a day in your life, or you’re a seasoned veteran, Legends of the Fly 2017 is an event you’ll not want to miss. Noon – 9pm at MOCA located at 2200 Parks Ave., Virginia Beach Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the Legend. For his heroics, Andy was awarded the Olympic Skiing Award. Few figures in fly fishing loom larger than Andy Mill. from 1974-1981) and competed in the 1976 Olympics - where he placed 6th skiing on a severely injured ankle. Prior to his remarkable career as a tournament angler, Mill was an elite alpine downhill ski racer (ranked number one in the U.S. Andy has served on the Board of the National Atlantic Salmon Fishing Federation, and is also an honorary Trustee of the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust In conjunction with his award winning book, A Passion for Tarpon, he has found himself as one of our sports’ leading authorities. What’s more, Mill is the only angler to have won a tarpon, bonefish and permit tournament on fly. (The Gold Cup Tarpon Tournament is essentially, the Super Bowl of fly fishing.) And he holds title to the triple crown of tarpon fishing - winning The Gold Cup, The Don Hawley Invitational, and The Golden Fly, all in the same year. He’s only the second angler to win five Gold Cup tournaments. He’s won more Tarpon tournaments than any angler in history. No one has achieved in the world of fly fishing what Andy Mill has. And enjoy an evening brimming with beer, BBQ and the winning entries from the Fly Fishing Film Tour! April 1, noon – 9pm at MOCA. Legends of the Fly 2017 is a day long, immersive experience filled with fly fishing, fun and film.
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