Confluence Calendar
Outdoor Access Fair at Congress Square Park
Join us alongside outdoor community groups and entities supporting access to the outdoors
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
Float the Androscoggin with Confluence, Kindling, and Packraft Maine!
To close out our annual Maine Campout, we’re welcoming Packraft Maine to show us how to float the Androscoggin with fish in mind!
Registration and more info available soon.
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
Maine Outcast Campout
based out of the foothills of western Maine, get to know the woods and waters of native brook trout
Confluence at the Cheeky Schoolie Tournament
Continuing the #StripersInOurHands campaign collaboration with Keep Fish Wet, we’ll be advocating for science-based best practices to catch, handle, and release striped bass over the tournament weekend.
Access Outdoors Summit
The Access Outdoors Summit is hosted by community partners at the Adaptive Outdoor Education Center in Brunswick, Maine in collaboration with Teens To Trails. The summit aims to support outdoor club leaders, school administrators, PE & Health teachers, municipal land trusts, and outdoor experience organizations.
This inaugural event will offer a full day of education, information, and experiential activities. The format offers panel discussions from practitioners and outdoor enthusiasts with cognitive and physical differences - sharing stories, techniques and best practices for both hard and short skills in outdoor leadership that we will then apply in small group settings. Ample time for networking and connecting with specialty providers during lunch, and campfire socializing at the end of the event.
This event will take place both inside and out of doors.
The price is $45 per participant. Register today on the Teens To Trails website
Office Hours: Community
Join in for Confluence Office Hours in our recurring monthly virtual gathering open for anyone in the community!
Have questions about upcoming events? Want to get more involved in initiatives or programming? Just want to get to know the people behind the work? Come as you are and hang out on the last Wednesday of every month.
Confluence Rowing Camp
Program and Community Leaders will meet on the Madison River to learn the basics of rowing with particular focus on supporting anglers with mobility restrictions. This learning event is offered in collaboration with Camp Bullwheel.
Participation in this event is offered to collaborators on existing + future programming who will be facilitating scheduled events. If you are interested in becoming more involved with Confluence Collective, please be in touch!
Adaptive Boat Building Camp
Confluence Collective is building adaptive boats to support future programming and ensure every body has access to the water. Learning from Camp Bullwheel, these customized inflatable rafts will be available for Maine-based fishing for the 2022 season with plans to expand access in 2023.
Participation in this event is limited to existing Confluence Collective collaborators and adaptive fishing program leaders. If you are interested in becoming more involved with Confluence Collective, please be in touch!
LGBTQ OUTdoor Summit
Focused on cultivating connections, building community and inspiring leaders from across the outdoor industry and beyond to create more accessible and affirming ways for the LGBTQ community to get OUTside.
Horizons Fly Fishing
2021 Horizons Fly Fishers learn about entomology during a weekly session at AOEC Brunswick
Horizons Fly Fishing is offered in close collaboration with the Adaptive Outdoor Education Center, based in Brunswick and Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Weekly sessions will build your skills and knowledge base in fly fishing, working through the mechanics of casting to managing human impact in natural spaces.
This program concludes with a weekend retreat hosted at the Carrabassett Valley Lodge and fishing throughout Rangeley.
2021 Horizons Fly Fishers tie flies with Nate Wight during one of the weekly sessions in Brunswick
Registration for this 6-week beginner fly fishing program is hosted through the Adaptive Outdoor Education Center website.
2022 Dates: weekly sessions will meet from 4pm-6pm
Thursday, March 31st
Thursday, April 7th
Thursday, April 14th
Thursday, April 21st
Wednesday, April 27th
Carrabassett Valley Retreat: May 6th — 8th
2021 Horizons Fly Fisher spots a trout rising near the AOEC Carrabassett Valley lodge during the retreat.
Office Hours: Community
Join in for Confluence Office Hours in our recurring monthly virtual gathering open for anyone in the community!
Have questions about upcoming events? Want to get more involved in initiatives or programming? Just want to get to know the people behind the work? Come as you are and hang out on the last Wednesday of every month.
2022 Outcast Campout Information Session
2022 Outcast Campout: Camper Information Session
Going new places and meeting new people can be anxiety provoking. Sometimes getting questions answered, meeting folks, and “breaking the ice” over zoom is helpful. If you have already registered for one of this year’s Outcast Campouts, please consider joining us online before we meet on the water!
Check your email for details on how to join the call via Zoom
Office Hours: Community
Join in for Confluence Office Hours in our recurring monthly virtual gathering open for anyone in the community!
Have questions about upcoming events? Want to get more involved in initiatives or programming? Just want to get to know the people behind the work? Come as you are and hang out on the last Wednesday of every month.
