Here’s Your 2020 Consumer Fly-Fishing Show Schedule!

One of the best ways to overcome cabin fever during the long winter months is to attend a fly-fishing consumer show . . . or perhaps several of them. This year, show season kicks off a month early, as the Great Lakes Fly Fishing Show is this weekend in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Then things really get rolling right after the new year in Denver, with The Fly Fishing Show and the International Sportsmen’s Expo on consecutive weekends. Over the next four months, there’s a wide variety of events from Washington to Massachusetts, and from Texas to St. Paul.

Every year, the list changes. Here are the shows on last year’s list about which I could find no information for 2020:

• Western Michigan Fly Show
• Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association Meeting & Show
• The Fly Fishing & Wingshooting Expo
• Cheyenne Fly Fishing Expo
• Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo

If you’ve got a link or other info on any of these, I’ll put them back on the list.

So find the show nearest you (or the big one you’re willing to travel to) and mark your calendar. Spending two or three days checking out new products, fondling tying materials, or watching one of your heroes on the casting pond is a great way to beat the winter blues. These shows are also great places to check out the new Orvis stuff!

Orvis will have the full booth at the Fly Fishing Show events in Denver, Pleasanton (CA), Edison (NJ), and Atlanta.

December

7  Great Lakes Fly Fishing Show—Grand Rapids, MI

January

3-5  The Fly-Fishing Show—Denver, CO

9-12  International Sportsmen’s Exhibition—Denver, CO

10-11  Western Idaho Fly-Fishing Expo—Boise, ID

11-12  Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival—Doswell, VA

16-19  International Sportsmen’s Exhibition—Sacramento, CA

17-19  The Fly-Fishing Show—Marlborough, MA

18-19  Heartland Fly Fishing Festival—Lebanon, IN

18  Cabin Fever Day—Appleton, WI

24-26  The Fly-Fishing Show—Edison, NJ

25  Kentuckiana Fly Fishing Show—Shepherdsville, KY

31-2/1  The Fly-Fishing Show—Atlanta, GA

February

1  Greater Cincinnati Fly Fishing Show—Loveland, OH

14-23  Indianapolis Boat, Sport & Travel Show—Indianapolis, IN

15  Fort Wayne Fly Show—Fort Wayne, IN

15-16  The Fly-Fishing Show—Lynwood, WA

22  Bear’s Den Fly Fishing Show—Taunton, MA

21-23  Troutfest Texas—New Braunfels, TX

21-23  The Fly-Fishing Show—Pleasanton, CA

22  18th Annual Fly Fish New Hampshire Show—Manchester, NH

22-23  Lefty Kreh’s Tie Fest —Linthicum Heights, MD

March

7-8  The Fly-Fishing Show—Lancaster, PA

13-14  Northwest Fly Tyer & Fly Fishing Expo—Albany, OR

13-15  International Sportsmen’s Exhibition—Scottsdale, AZ

14  Maryland Fly Fishing Show—Towson, MD

14-15  Midwest Fly Fishing Expo—Warren, MI

19-22  International Sportsmen’s Exhibition—Salt Lake City, UT

20-21  North Idaho Fly Fishing Expo—Lewiston, ID

20-22  Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo—St. Paul, MN

21  Fly Fishing Expo of Long Island —Hauppauge, NYE

21-22  Texas Fly Fishing & Beer Festival—Plano, TX

April

3-4  East Idaho Fly Tying/Fly Fishing Expo—Idaho Falls, ID

17-18  Wasatch Intermountain Fly Tying & Fly Fishing Expo—Sandy, UT

June

27  Spey Nation—Pineville, NY

July

21-25  FFI 2019 Fly Fishing Expo—Bozeman, MT

27-28  Branson Fly Fishing Expo—Branson, MO

Editor’s Note: If I’ve left out any shows, please include the details in the comments below, and I’ll add them to the post. Thanks!