Events

Fly fishing show season is about to get underway! Attending one of these events is a great way to get out and involved in fly fishing, even in the dead of winter, when many of us just can't be on the water. We've put together a list of consumer-focused fly fishing shows starting in January, which you can browse below. (If we missed any, let us know in the...

Back in 2011, writer Monte Burke declared Florida saltwater legend Steve Huff The Best Fishing Guide Alive, and the folks who gathered last week to honor Steve as the recipient of the Izaak Walton Award didn't disagree. The event, hosted by the American Museum of Fly Fishing, was held at the Key Largo Anglers’ Club, and the attendee list itself was...

The Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary on January 9 and 10, 2026, at the Meadow Event Park on the state fairgrounds in Doswell, just a few miles north of Richmond. The 2026 festival features an impressive roster of renowned speakers and authors, including Tom Rosenbauer, Bruce Chard, Josh Miller, Beau Beasley, Wanda...

If you put a hole in your waders last season and haven't gotten around to fixing it yet, you might be able to get it professionally repaired. The folks at Patagonia's wader team are hitting the road this spring for their Wader Repair Tour, where they'll inspect, diagnose, and repair waders for free. And they don't have to be Patagonia waders, either. Any...

The Edison, New Jersey, edition of the Fly Fishing Show opens on Jan. 24, and features a record $100,000 in door prizes. The event takes place at the New Jersey Convention & Conference Center, and starts at 9 a.m. from the 24-26. Admission is $20 for one day, $35 for two days, and $45 for three days. Attending the show gives you a chance to be among the...

Bajio, the makers of fly fishing-centric sunglasses, just announced a fishing scholarship in which they'll pay for one winner to attend a 2025 Fish for Change summer program. The winner will choose to attend a program in Honduras, Mexico, the Bahamas, or Costa Rica. Fish for Change "empowers young people to become global citizens through experiential...

The 2025 World Youth and Ladies Fly Fishing Championship will be held in Idaho Falls from July 12 to July 19. The competition will occur on the Snake River, Henry's Fork, Hebgen Lake, Warm River, Sheridan Lake, and the Grey's River. This will give visiting anglers a true taste of the fishing available in the Idaho Falls area, and disperse fishing pressure...

The late Bob Popovics, legendary saltwater fly tier, will be honored at the Fly Fishing Show when it comes to Edison, New Jersey on Jan. 24 - 26. The American Museum of Fly Fishing will honor Popovics with the 2025 Izaak Walton Award posthumously on Saturday, Jan. 25. The event is scheduled to start at 5 p.m., and will also feature a tribute film and a few...

Bob Clouser will be the headlining guest at the 33rd International Fly Tying Symposium in Somerset, New Jersey, November 16-17. The symposium will highly roughly 100 other creative fly tiers. Clouser’s artificial fishing fly, designed originally for Susquehanna River smallmouth bass, is credited with catching more varieties of fish than any other in sport...

The Jackson Hole One Fly might be the most well-known fishing competition in America. Its premise is simple: you get one fly to use for an entire day, to catch as many trout as you can. If you lose that fly, you're done. The One Fly started 38 years ago, and it's still going strong. Strong enough, in fact, that Dac Collins went out to fish it this year, and...