Question: 2020 Fly fishing film festival

[tjm]

If you figure in gas and lodging there wouldn't be much savings. I have a theory about companies that come out with "new" products every year and that is either their old product was crap so the new product won't be much better or the old product was wonderful so they made a new package for it and changed the name. Either case those companies are suspect. If you have a top product R&D to improve on it will take years not weeks, and getting a celebrity to endorse it won't make it a better product. 

Having been fly fishing a few years, there's not much that I need that I don't already have three of...  or more. I should upgrade my lines, they were new when 444 sold for 24.95, (just saw one of the boxes the other day) but they still work fine and why fix stuff that ain't broke. There are a few rods out there that I'd love to cast, but in the end I'm kinda liking  the stuff made 50 years ago and I'm either not good enough or not smart enough to appreciate the latest improvements or packaging. All the "last years package" stuff can be found on eBay as rule and  delivered to my driveway.

Still if the vendors do a show in NWA, I'd be there as that falls within my 5 county area. Saw Kreh (nice guy) do a performance in Springdale Ar. many years ago  at a fishing tackle show, but if there have been any recently I missed them. BSSP seems an out of the way place to draw many vendors or market much product.

Enjoy the camping and catch lots of nasty trout.

[fishinwrench]

5 hours ago, tjm said:

Having been fly fishing a few years, there's not much that I need that I don't already have three of...  or more. I should upgrade my lines, they were new when 444 sold for 24.95, (just saw one of the boxes the other day) but they still work fine and why fix stuff that ain't broke.

Well you just aren't fishing as much. 😉 

I'm lucky to get 2 years out of a line. Waders and boots last about 3, but only because I wet wade whenever possible. Waist packs about the same.   Creek shoes.....2-3 pair per year.    I'm a consumer. You're a collector. 😅 

Since the conclave and Sowbug didn't happen in AR this year they are expecting a decent turnout....but we'll see.  

[tjm]

3 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Well you just aren't fishing as much.

True, I only fish about 50-60 days a year anymore and rarely more than 3-4 hours at a time.  Don't have the stamina that I used to. But other than the first line that I wore out beating rocks and trees with and one that went bad really fast from fishing a polluted river, and/or using line conditioner,  I've never had lines go bad in less than several years. I think that is because I don't cast as much as I fish.

[fishinwrench]

It isn't the casting that kills my line, it's the sun mostly. Add in the rocks, the boat deck, and my feet.

[tjm]

Sun?? even sheep shade up when the sun gets hot.

[crazybaldarcher]

If you didn't make it then you missed out.

Got a good deal on some waders from Charlie and the films were amazing.

My brother won a new Redington Vice combo (he didn't need it) and several got prizes as well.

The park was ridiculous, so much so that I didn't bother, but I realized it's the last weekend before catch and release season.

Tight lines y'all and hope to see you next year

[tjm]

In 70 years I 'have never ever seen a film that was amazing, gosh, now I wish I had gone.

[crazybaldarcher]

2 hours ago, tjm said:

In 70 years I 'have never ever seen a film that was amazing, gosh, now I wish I had gone.

Then you should have seen these films about fly fishing. One was about chasing 20"+ brook trout

[tjm]

 But it was just a movie?

[Gavin]

Rio is an SA company I think. Used to get some interesting lines experimental and free fly lines from Bruce Richards. He was their line designer 20 years ago.