Yeah, the central PA jam is our signature event. It is not instructional, it's simply a bunch of people getting together over a weekend in the prime of the season. It is open to all skill levels, and all levels are encouraged to attend. Plenty of fishing goes on, groups going out to a number of different streams. Then there's drinking and socializing, stories being told, people sharing their arts (we have musicians, painters, and lots of fly tiers). It is a social event.
We have other "jams" as well, spread around the state, that are usually on a smaller, more local level, but still with the same basic idea as the main jam. Most of them follow some sort of theme. There's a steelhead jam, a SE PA stocky jam, and a few which target a particular hatch.
This particular one is a considerably different in form than all of them. It's meant to be a teaching event for the benefit of beginners, put on by more experienced members. Sort of a collection of seminars, completely free of charge. The goal is to shorten the learning curve as much as possible. It's of course all about fishing, but it's much less of a fishing event, and more about teaching people to fish.
