CFFCM Arts of the Angler Show

[flymom]

The Catskill Fishing Center and Museum proudly presents the 2012​

Arts of the Angler Show


at the Ethan Allen Inn I-84, Exit 4, Lake Avenue, Danbury, CT

Saturday November 10 Show hours: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, 5:30 PM a special price
fixed dinner 7:15 PM a live fly tackle and accessory collectible auction
Sunday, November 11, Show hours: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM, Discovery Auction at 10:30.

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You will find everything related to fly fishing at this one show with over 100 tables:

• Over 30 of the most popular fly tyers will be tying at eye level, including Brandt, Fishy, Mead, Patlen, Schechter, Hidy, Cohen, Nikocevic, Likakis, Corwin, Graves, Hartman…get the picture? And some new faces too!
• Brandin, Gallas, Aroner, Kretchman, Van Burgel, Scott, Smith, Downes, Horowitz, and other fine bamboo rodmakers
• A vast array of collectible fly fishing tackle and collectibles
• Tie your first fly with the Housatonic Fly Fishing Association
• Bring your Hardy Fly Reel and get it tuned up at the Hardy Booth
• Hooks, Feathers, Fur, Beads, Thread…everything you need to tie any fly.
• Books you never thought you would ever find will be here.
• Rod Racks, hand crafted rod tubes, contemporary tackle and more.
• Special Presentations: Furling with Kathy Scott, The Flymph Legacy of Jim Leisenring and Pete Hidy by Lance Hidy, Bruce Corwin up close with Wally Wings & Peccary Bodies, Peggy Brenner Tapping Arts Council funds for Rodmakers and Fly tyers.
• Live Auction items: Rods, Reels, Letter from John James Hardy to Roy Steenrod regarding Theodore Gordon’s death; A dozen framed salmon flies by Frances Stearns, artwork, etc. Saturday night.
• Discovery Auction - You will just have to see for yourself on Sunday.

Admission $12 per day, $20 for Both. (Students under 16, $5 per day)

All Attendees will receive a FREE copy of Paul Guernsey’s HC book Beyond Catch and Release, the future of fly fishing.

For more information call 845-439-4810 or email flyfish@catskill.net

For the latest updates and auction items visit www.catskillflyfishing.org or www.cffcm.net or www.facebook.com/cffcm

All proceeds benefit the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum.

 

[Broadheadscreek]

If you have never attended this show you have missed a great one .. If you are a vintage gear junkie and or are thinking of purchasing a fine bamboo rod this is the show for you. Not to mention great fly tying materials and books as well as all the tyers showing off their newest tyes ... Come on up and check it out if you can you won't be disappointed !

 

[Trouser Trout]

That weekend I will be hunting Pheasant with this dude.