Fly fishing instruction meets masculine embodiment — reconnect to your power through rivers and the wild.
Do you feel stuck?
Are you searching for meaning without a sense of direction?
If so, our Fly Fishing Academy is right for you. We can help you get your life back on track, connect with yourself, your body, the natural world, and other men with similar interests.
Plus you will learn some new skills like how to cast a fly rod, how to read a river, how to match the hatch, how to fight and land a fish, how to start a fire, how to cook fish over an open flame, and how to be a leader in your own life.
Our Fly Fishing Leadership Academy combine fly fishing instruction with embodied masculine practices to help you connect to the rivers, life within them, and yourself. Plus you will learn how to become a competent fly fishermen.
Plus you will learn some new skills like how to cast a fly rod, how to read a river, how to match the hatch, how to fight and land a fish, how to start a fire, how to cook fish over an open flame, and how to be a leader in your own life.
Our Fly Fishing Leadership Academy combine fly fishing instruction with embodied masculine practices to help you connect to the rivers, life within them, and yourself. Plus you will learn how to become a competent fly fishermen.
What Is Included?
- 4 days of guided fishing and instruction
- All your meals
- Camping in the backcountry of the Eastern Sierra
- Masculine embodiment practices
- All necessary fishing gear (though you are welcome to bring your own)
- Lifelong lessons
- Integration Assistance
Brotherhood & Community
Beyond developing a sense of purpose and learning new skills, you will form deep bonds with men who will be become brothers. You will be immersed in a supportive and encouraging community.
Be the Man You Were Born to Be
You will walk away from this Fly Fishing Leader Academy with skills that will help you be a better leader in your life. You will have more confidence, walk a little straighter, and you will have a clearer direction. This will benefit not only your relationships with your partner, but your work and the most important one - your relationship with yourself.
You Will Return Home Transformed.
From disconnected, unsure, and detached — to grounded, confident, connected to nature, and competent in fly fishing and wilderness skills.
Grounded in their masculinity, at home in nature, confident in their ability to provide, feeling the depth of life and death, and connected to themselves and the men around them.
Your relationship with leadership, life, and death will be rewired — through the lens of fly fishing.
Who Are Your Guides?

Ned Weidner Ph.D. has not only studied wildlife but guided and fished all over the world. He is a rites of passage guide trained in the acts of nature council and masculine embodiment, former professional horse trainer, coach, college professor, and founder of Wildness Within. You can read more about him here.

Scott Moore is a US Navy Wartime Veteran, skilled bushman and graduate of Tom Brown Jr. Tracker School, and owner/operator of Walker Fly Shop in Walker, California. You can read more about the many things Scott brings to the table here.
This is an exclusive offer. Spaces are limited. This will fill up. So sign up today!
Fly Fishing Academy Dates:
July 10-13, 2025
We also offer individual fishing instruction throughout the season. We can tailor the trip to your needs and desires. Both backcountry camping and in-town stays are available. Our individual season runs year round. For details on individual fishing immersions set up a call.
Our Individual Trip Price List can be found here. If you are interested in individual instruction, book a call below.
Our Individual Trip Price List can be found here. If you are interested in individual instruction, book a call below.