BELLEVUE – The newest fly rods and reels, boots, waders, personal watercraft, artwork, vacation destinations and everything in between will be on display 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.
There will be 13 Classes With the Experts 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.
Standard classes include: Beyond the Basics – Next Level Stillwater Techniques with Phil Rowley, Chasing Chrome – Steelhead Master Class with Jonathan Farmer, Reading Water and Nymphing with Gary Borger, Small Waters: Advanced Methods with Frank Burr, Knots and Rigging for Trout with Tim Flagler, Tenkara Class: The Whole Shabang! with Karin Miller, and Increase Your Distance with Mac Brown.
Nearly $100,000 in door prizes will be awarded including a Golden Dorado trip for two by Nervous Waters, value $9,500; a week at Alaska Trophy Adventures Lodge in King Salmon, Alaska, value $7,500; a week at Rio Manso Lodge in Northern Patagonia, value $7,000; Belize River Lodge, Belize for two anglers, value $6,400; a week at Chile Trout, value $6,190; and three days at Fish Partner Lodge, Iceland, value $6,375; Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures, $1,500 credit on any trip.
The show will have 18 free seminars including Master Nymph Fishing Tactics with Mac Brown, Small Waters: Advanced Methods with Frank Burr, Fly Fishing Tailwaters with Pat Dorsey, and Discover Year-Round Success on the Yakima River with Joe Rotter.
Among the 42 continuous Destination Theater presentations are Western Washington Fly Fishing, Tarpon Town Lodge: The Best Place to Catch Baby and Juvenile Tarpon in the Yucatan, Montana Fly Fishing – the Best Time, Storied Waters of Northern Patagonia, Bonefish in Paradise, Chile Fly Fishing – Martin Pescador and Rio Palena Lodges, and New Zealand Fly Fishing Cedar Lodge and Owen River Lodge.
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.
There are eight fly-casting demonstrations including those by Maxine McCormick, Gary Borger, Travis Johnson, and Mac Brown.
Fly Fishers International (FFI) hosts the free Fly Fishing Learning Center with fly tying, casting instruction and other fly fishing information.
The show offers continuous fly tying demonstrations plus featured fly tiers Landon Mayer, Phil Rowley, Tim Flagler, and Pat Dorsey.
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.
