PASADENA FLY FISHING SHOW MARCH 3-4
In what has turned into an annual beginning-of-the-year ritual for Southern California fly-fishers, the Fly Fishing Show kicks off the season at the Pasadena Center, March 3-4.
Fly-casters, fly-tiers, tackle manufacturers, authors, artists and representatives from angling destinations around the world will converge on the city with a sure cure for mid-winter blues.
The 2012 edition of the Pasadena Fly Fishing Show will feature a sneak preview of new products from the fly-fishing industry. Show hours will be 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. The Pasadena Center is located at 300 East Green Street, between Marengo and Euclid. Parking is in the adjacent Sheraton Hotel or on nearby streets.
The Fly Fishing Show features every facet of the sport — fresh to saltwater, river to pond. Fishing lodges and destination waters range from Labrador to Ascension Bay in Mexico's Yucatan, Argentine Patagonia, Alaska, and Yellowstone National Park to Mexico's Baja Peninsula, with seminars, Destination and Adventure Theater presentations.
Ten Fly Fishing Show vacation/travel door prizes will be awarded, including the following trips:
- Chime Lodge, Patagonia, Argentina
- Cooper's Minipi Lodges, Labrador, Canada
- Pesca Maya Fishing Lodge, Ascension Bay, Mexico
- Restigouche River Lodge, New Brunswick, Canada
- Falcon's Ledge, Utah
- Swain's Cay Lodge, Andros Island, Bahamas
- Tuckamore Lodge, New Foundland, Canada
- Fish Iceland
- Campeche Fly Fishing, Yucatan, Mexico
- Picacho Fishing Lodge, Patagonia, Chile
About 70 commercial exhibitor booths — ranging from rod-and-reel manufacturers, retail dealers, boots and waders, clothing, lodges and fly-fishing camps from around the world — will line the Pasadena Center's halls.
Destination Theatre programs begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday and continue virtually nonstop until 3 p.m. on Sunday, with several programs from Joe Contaldi, Conway Bowman, Dave Blackburn, Bill Matthews, Rich Paini and Jake Jordan.
Seventeen scheduled seminars include “Baja Fly Fishing Adventures,” Jay Murakoshi; “Long Flies,” Gary Borger; “Offbeat Tactics that Catch Trout,” Ed Engle; “Fly Fishing for California Stripers,” John Sherman; “Crowley Lake Midge Fishing Tactics,” Ernie Gulley; “Reading Trout Streams,” Maggie Merriman; “Fly Fishing Southern California Surf,” Lee Baermann and “Streams of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains,” Richard Bean.
Additionally, there will be about 50 tying and casting demonstrations and other fly-fishing shows per day. A complete schedule of Destination and Adventure Theatre shows, casting demonstrations, featured fly-tiers and seminars is available at www.flyfishingshow.com.
John Shaner of Hardy will offer free evaluation, maintenance and a complimentary lube kit to everyone bringing a Hardy reel to the show. The Federation of Fly Fishers (FFF) will teach fly casting, knot tying and other skills to youngsters. Classes with experts will be held both days and pre-registration is required for An Introduction to Fly Casting with Borger, Practical Nymphing with Engle and Tying Deer Hair Patterns with Murakoshi.A Women Only Class with Merriman will be conducted Sun. afternoon.
Admission is $15 for one day, $25 for two-day pass. Children under 5 free, under 12 $2. Scouts under age 16 in uniform are free. Active military with ID are $10.
Registration is $75 per class and may be purchased at the Fly Fishing Show website or 800-481-2393.
