Went down on Friday, same spot as the golf show was. saw t.s. and his boss and talked to them for a minute....show is ok, a real heads up though, go for the talks in the "release" rooms and check out the fly tieing shows on the main level...instruction wise it is excellent, i sat through phil rowleys talk on fishing big trout on still water and it was excellent, i also sat through dave hughes tieing show and met him and got him to autograph a huge volume on fly tieing he wrote for me...some excellent tiers there....
If your going in hopes of buying some cool stuff etc. it was pretty weak on that side of things, IMHO that is, lots of displays but a few of them were displays only...i went looking for some major fly box's and found nearly zero unless i wanted the medium sized wheatleys for 55$$ which while a good deal was not what i was after, not much in the feathers etc. that you couldn't get in any decent shop either etc...casting pond and the instructors there were also very good and you can pick up some great tips....
Overall i found it a great time when you put your wallet away and opened your eyes and ears to what was being offered. best show i've seen in a long time that way...buying wise it was average to below...
p.s. also sat through O'keefe on fly fishing steelhead, it was light hearted and nice pic's but not near the depth of info. etc. that Rowley was...hope that helps
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