Confluence Calendar
2025 Maine Outcast Campout
Join us in western Maine to fish for native brook trout alongside fishy community! We’re back in Bethel, adventuring around waters from Oxford to Rangeley
Confluence Collective at the AMC Fly Fishing Festival
Come hang out in Greenville, Maine with the Appalachian Mountain Club! Confluence Collective will be hosting clinics on both evenings during the festival, and taking small groups out fishing at some of the many surrounding waters. Be prepared to meet trout and black flies!
Registration is managed through the Appalachian Mountain Club website. If you are interested in fishing the area during this time without attending the event, please be in touch to discuss dispersed camping as lodge reservations are completely booked.
Outcast Campout Info Session: Maine 2025
Join us virtually to learn more about the 2025 season of Outcast Campout events! We’ll be focusing on the upcoming Maine Campout (June 12-15) primarily, though folks are welcome to join to learn more about events happening later in the season.
To attend this event, please register at the link provided [click to review]
Maine Campout Planning Meeting
This is a meeting of members from the northeast to plan out this year’s Maine Outcast Campout. Want to be a part of the conversation? Get in touch: bri@confluencecollective.org
Cast N Hang with Kindling Collective
We're so excited to host another Gay Cast and Hang with Kindling Collective! We’ll gather in Portland on the prom and practice casting, learn about bugs and fish behavior, and let the curiosity lead us further.
Participants can sign up via the Kindling Collective website.
There will be snacks, seltzers, stickers, and good vibes.
2024 Darby, Montana Outcast Campout
returning to the Bitterroot for group camping goodness and dry fly season
2024 Ennis, Montana Outcast Campout
to ensure enough space on the riverbank, we’re expanding campouts under the big sky: join us in Gallatin Canyon this August!
Introduction to Fly Fishing: Bangor-area Youth Workshop
In partnership with Maine Maritime Museum and Packraft Maine, we’re hosting an intro to fly fishing workshop on the Androscoggin River near Durham this July. This is the first of three workshops funded by the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds received from the United States Department of Education support.
Introduction to Fly Fishing: Youth Workshop with the Intercultural Community Center
In partnership with Maine Maritime Museum and Packraft Maine, we’re hosting an intro to fly fishing workshop on the Androscoggin River near Durham this July. This is the first of three workshops funded by the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds received from the United States Department of Education support.
Fishy Hour at Lucky Pigeon Brewing
Let’s fish for stripers and grab a beer at Lucky Pigeon Brewing!
Float the Androscoggin with Confluence and Packraft Maine!
We’re SO excited to extend our Maine Campout this year with a day in Packrafts on the Androscoggin! Alejandro from Packraft Maine will take a group out after programming closes to go after some fish and learn basic paddling.
2024 Maine Outcast Campout
Join us in western Maine to fish for native brook trout alongside fishy community! We’re back in Bethel, adventuring around waters from Oxford to Rangeley
Introduction to Fly Fishing: Youth Workshop Oxford Area
In partnership with Maine Maritime Museum and Packraft Maine, we’re hosting an intro to fly fishing workshop on the shore of Lake Pennesseewassee this June. This is the first of three workshops funded by the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds received from the United States Department of Education support.
Confluence Collective at Brunswick Pride!
Come say hi at this year’s Pride event in Brunswick, Maine!
Outdoor Access Fair at Congress Square Park
Join us alongside outdoor community groups and entities supporting access to the outdoors
Upta Camp: Maine Maritime Museum Gallery Opening
Check out the new exhibit at the Maine Maritime Museum entitled “Upta Camp” featuring waterways throughout the state and surrounding culture + history
Outcast goes to the Yucatán
Outcasts are headed to the Yucatán for 5 days of fishing with Ascension Bay Lodge.
Confluence at the Maine Outdoor Economy Summit
Founder Bri Dostie will be attending the Maine Outdoor Economy Summit hosted by Maine Outdoor Brands and Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation. More information on the summit can be found here.
On Thursday evening of the summit, Confluence will be hanging with Kindling Collective to host an LGBTQ+ After Hours gathering for any body who would like to connect + debrief. More information available once you’ve registered to attend the summit!
Midwest Outcast Campout
get to know the Driftless through the eyes of local anglers during ideal dry fly season in Wisconsin
Montana Gallatin Outcast Campout
to ensure enough space on the riverbank, we’re expanding campouts under the big sky: join us in Gallatin Canyon this August!
Montana Darby Outcast Campout
returning to the Bitterroot for group camping goodness and dry fly season
Gay Cast + Hang with Kindling Collective
We’re meeting up with Kindling Collective for some beginner fly casting with a view of the ocean!
Maine Outcast Campout
returning to the Bitterroot for group camping goodness and dry fly season
Confluence Collective at Brunswick Pride!
Come say hi at this year’s Pride event in Brunswick, Maine!
Zoom Reconnect: Storytelling
Join anglers from near and far as we enter cozy season and share stories from the water! This will be an initial session in an ongoing social series to stay connected off the riverbank and do some dreaming around storytelling as a community
Zoom Community Building: Guides
Join guides from near and far during the off-season to connect with one another and discuss inclusive practice as experience facilitators. This will be an initial session in an ongoing social series to stay connected off the riverbank, examine support needs, and work collectively towards cultural shift in the fly fishing community.
2022 Chesapeake Watershed Forum
Confluence Collective is collaborating with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to host a fly fishing workshop alongside restoration and protection practitioners.
More information available through the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Outdoors For All
About this event
The mission of Outdoors for All is to cultivate a space for a diversity of thought leaders, industry partners, community members, and outdoor enthusiasts to unite and explore ways we can create a shared equitable outdoor community for all people.
More information + tickets available on Eventbrite
AOEC Fishing Day
1/2 Day of small group fishing for past Horizons Fly Fishing program participants
Reach out to AOEC to register: infoaoec@gmail.com
Montana Outcast Campout
returning to the Bitterroot for group camping goodness and dry fly season