TODAY
Outdoor skills. Bass Pro Shops series, 11 a.m. How to use a fish-finder, 1 p.m. Bass fishing clinic, 2 p.m. Choosing the proper optics, 7970 Northfield Blvd., Denver, 720-385-3600
Fly-fishing. Trout Day at Orvis Englewood, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Peter Berntsen presentation on cutthroats in Rocky Mountain National Park; 2-3 p.m., Jonathan Keisling presentation on European nymphing; 3:30-4:30 p.m., Gary Okizaki presentation on timing the hatch, 11 a.m.-noon 9615-A E. County Line Road, 303-768-9600.
• All-day casting instruction, both distance and spey, with Dan Wright and Dave Lovell, including 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Orvis Cherry Creek, 2701 E. First Ave., 303-355-4554.
TUESDAY
Fly-fishing. Carol Neville presentation on streams and high lakes in the Arkansas River Valley from Leadville to Salida, 7:30 p.m. Colorado Women Flyfishers, Piccolo’s Restaurant, 3563 S. Monaco Parkway, 720-982-6560.
• John Gierach signing of his latest book, “Fool’s Paradise,” 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave.
