The Fly Fishing Show Coming to Atlanta.

That’s right it’s show season and this weekend The Fly Fishing Show is coming to Atlanta. Featuring vendors, seminars with celebrity speakers, fly tyers, casting instruction, a casting pool for attendees to try out new rods, and even door prizes. It runs starting today, 1/31 through Sunday 2/2. Hours are Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM, Saturday from 9 AM to 5:30 PM, and Sunday from 9 AM to 4:30 PM. It will be held at the Gas South Convention Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth Georgia 30097. Come on out, cast a rod, buy some flies or tying materials, attend a seminar, and get excited for the fishing season to come.

Friday evening they will be airing the International Fly Fishing Film Festival with tickets on sale online or at the venue.

You can buy tickets online or tickets are for sale CASH ONLY AT THE DOOR for $20/day $35 for two days, and $45 for the whole weekend.

I will be there one of the days as a private citizen, but if you happen to see me flag me down and say hi.

For more information on the show and to find other dates and locations you can check their website here.

Author Dave Karczynski to Air Free Writing Seminar on Instagram

Dave Karczynski, author of three books including his latest, Calling After Water, will be hosting a live broadcast on Instagram, in which he will be sharing his knowledge and skill to help aspiring writers with everything from choosing a subject to wrapping up a final draft. Dave is a professor at University of Michigan where he teaches creative writing, and his work has appeared in many fly fishing and lifestyle magazines such as The Drake, Fly Fish Journal, and Traverse, the Magazine.

This event will happen February 13 at 8 PM Eastern and run for 90 minutes, so mark your calendar. Look up davekarczynski on Instagram, follow, and be there for the live seminar. You won’t be sorry.

Trump Spending Freeze Causes Conservation Chaos

By now you’ve probably heard that the Trump administration’s freeze on spending shut down Medicare terminals nationwide and even had members of his own party concerned it was affecting their constituents. What you may not know is that it also potentially affects conservation organizations who often rely on matching Federal funds to run their programs. It also affected state and federal agencies who were unsure they would be able to continue to staff and operate ongoing conservation work. These are essential programs that fund wildlife management, habitat improvement, and public access. The Trump administration has since rescinded that order, but the situation is still ambiguous. There is an excellent write-up on this story at Outdoor Life. Keep your congress people on speed dial. We can’t afford to have conservation, access, and wildlife efforts undermined. Keep in mind the donations you make to organizations like Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, the National Deer Association and others are often met with matching Federal funds for specific projects. Budgets are set, and personnel hired with these matching funds in mind. They also froze Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson funds. These are taxes you pay on outdoor gear specifically to go towards conservation. Make your voice heard. Don’t let your hard earned donations go to waste.

Hookswain Asks “What is the mushin of Fly Fishing?”

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Why Fly Fishing Needs a Bold Rebrand

Expert scientists believe that the Earth we know was born in a massive cataclysm. The theory goes that 4.4 billion years ago, Earth had a sibling planet named Theia, roughly the size of Mars. After eons of orbiting around one another, they eventually collided. Theia was completely obliterated, the impact shattering her into…

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6 months ago · 29 likes · 20 comments · Jacob Sotak

I’m sharing this here because I thought it was important. Every few years someone looks up from their casting and asks “What the hell are we all doing?” It’s a good question to ask from time to time, and the author, Jacob Sotak walks us through his thought process. It’s a good article and I encourage you to read it.

The question is, what should we all do? I have some ideas I’ll share in a future article on ways to lessen our impact on the fish and rivers we love. In the meantime give it a read and think about it. I’m open to suggestions so drop me a line.

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