From The Fly Fishing Show:
Thirteen classes with the sport’s experts, free seminars, films, demonstrations, and hands-on experiences together with wall-to-wall displays of everything new in the sport will be at the 2025 Fly Fishing Show in Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St., Feb. 15-16.
Hours are 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sat; and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Sun. Fly Fishing Show® admission is $20 for one day and $35 for both days. Children under age 5 are free as are Boy and Girl Scouts under age 16 in uniform. Children 6-12 are $5. Active military with an ID are $10.
Nearly $100,000 in door prizes will be awarded including a Golden Dorado trip for two to South America; a week on the waters of King Salmon, Alaska; a week at Rio Manso Lodge in Northern Patagonia; a week at Chile Trout; fishing in Iceland, along with rods, reels, and other tackle.
Classes reflect every aspect of fly fishing including a day-long Advanced Fly Casting Class with Mac Brown and Dr. Gary Borger on Feb. 14 – the day before the show opens – teaching practical and comprehensive techniques. Registration for the 8-hour class is premium priced at $625. All of the other classes with experts are 2-1/2 hours at $95 which includes admission to the show that day.
The show will have 18 free seminars and 42 Destination Theater presentations.
Attendees can cast their votes for the 2025 Consumer Choice Awards. There are 41 categories of new fly fishing products in the competition with awards to be made jointly by the Fly Fishing Show, Fly Fusion Magazine, and Fly Fishing Journeys.
Fly Fishers International (FFI) hosts the free Fly Fishing Learning Center with fly tying, casting instruction and other fly fishing information.
The Pacific Northwest premiere of the two hour 2025 International Fly Fishing Film Festival is Sat. (2/15) at 6:30. Tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door.
Among the festival films are Native Range – Native cutthroat trout in Utah; Fishing Diaries – Giant Trevally in the Seychelles; Silent Spotter – A deaf and mute guide in Xcalak, Mexico; Time Will Tell – Paul Puckett’s impact on the fly fishing world; Above the Clouds – Five friends on a journey into Colorado’s alpine; New Beginnings – Casa Mar and the legends Chico Fernandez and Dan Blanton; and Legacy – The life and story of Cathy and Barry Beck.
All classes, programs, seminars, and door prizes are listed on the Fly Fishing Show website, https://flyfishingshow.com/bellevue-wa/ or phone (814) 443-3638.
