Fly Fishing Film Tour- Columbus, Ohio

 

2024 Fly Fishing Film Tour
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
Doors Open 5:00pm - Show Begins 7:00pm
Studio 35 | Cinema & Drafthouse

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Overview

Ticket Price: $25 | Host: Mad River Outfitters

Mad River Outfitters is once again bringing the F3T to Columbus, Ohio. This year will be held at Studio 35 theater and the proceeds from the event will benefit the Columbus chapter of Project Healing Waters. Tickets are available exclusively at www.madriveroutfitters.com or in the shop.

The 18th annual FLY FISHING FILM TOUR (F3T) presented by Costa, Skwala and others is back in action and hitting the road with a top notch selection of short films that are sure to get you fired up for the season ahead.

The 2024 show will feature locations from Steelhead in Washington State, Marlin in Mexico, Andros Island Bonefish, Peacock Bass in the Amazon, Atlantic Salmon in Canada, Permit in the Yucatan and much more. Join us for a journey of adventure, friendship and the best fly fishing action. 

The F3T is the original and largest fly fishing film event of its kind. Come for the action and stay for the giveaways and camaraderie that will feed your fishing addiction.

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Proceeds

Majority of the proceeds go to benefit our friends at Project Healing Waters.

 

Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc. Began In 2005 Serving Wounded Military Service Members At Walter Reed Army Medical Center Returning From Combat In Iraq And Afghanistan. Since Then, PHW Has Expanded Nationwide, Establishing Its Highly Successful Program In Department Of Defense Hospitals, Warrior Transition Units, And Veterans Affairs Medical Centers And Clinics.

Our local chapter of PHW is run by our friend Jarod Klucho and he should be on hand to give a short presentation on the organization, what they do here in Columbus and how you can get involved. It is our great honor to give back to these veterans that have given so much for us!

www.projecthealingwaters.org

 

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Raffle Information

Raffle Tickets will be $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00. We accept cash, credit card or check. You will be able to place tickets into a separate container for each Grand Raffle Prize individually. General Raffle will be picked from the table as numbers are called.

Grand Raffle Prizes:

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General Raffle:

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GET TICKETS HERE!

833 Bethel Rd.

Columbus, Ohio 43214

614-451-0363

www.madriveroutfitters.com

Tim Flagler Returns!

 

Thrilled to again welcome our GREAT Friend......

Tim Flagler 

Tuesday, March 19th

Join us in the shop for a very fun night with the "Tightlines Tyer" himself, Tim Flagler.

5:30PM - Doors open

6:00PM - Tim will be doing a tying demo for an hour

Great chance to see one of today's best tyers "up-close-and-personal". Open for Q & A as well!

7:00PM - Tim will give a video presentation titled "Euro-nymphing – from the basics to advanced techniques"

Presentation will illustrate how to get started by converting a standard trout rod, say, a 9’ 5 weight into a functional Euro-Nymphing set-up and the multiple steps that can be taken after that to produce an advanced outfit. Presentation will cover not only equipment, but flies and on-stream strategies and techniques as well.

• Typically, this video-based program takes about 60 minutes depending on Q&A

8:00 - More tying demos and Q & A

Join Mad River Outfitters for this fun and informal evening and a chance to meet and learn from modern fly tying legend, Tim Flagler!

 

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833 Bethel Rd.

Columbus, Ohio 43214

614-451-0363

www.madriveroutfitters.com

Winter Clearance SALE!

 

Making Room for Spring and Summer Merch and Gear!

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833 Bethel Rd.

Columbus, Ohio 43214

614-451-0363

www.madriveroutfitters.com

Saturday Sessions: February

 

Saturday, February 10th 

9:00 a.m.- Noon

with Ryan Ratliff

Steelhead has been a major topic at MRO from the beginning.  Some of the classic patterns that are used around the world either was conjured up through our guides or close friends of the shop.  Combine the classics with the diversity in presentation options today, fly patterns vary from small eggs and nymphs to tube and shank flies.

In this class we will warm up with basic egg and nymph pattern thoughts focusing on color theories for water conditions.  Swinging flies will be the main focus of the class though.  Shank and tube platforms will be covered.  Each student will be provided with an Aqua Tube Kit and other samples.  This “Saturday Session” will jump start your journey into tying your own steelhead flies.  Ryan Ratliff will share lessons learned over his many years fishing and guiding for steelhead.  Join us for this overview of the different types of flies needed to fill a well-stocked steelhead box for your next adventure  

This class is for intermediate and advanced tyers. It will be held at the shop from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Participants will need to bring their vise and basic tools. All hooks and materials for the classes will be provided. 

Register for Ryan's Steelhead Session HERE!

Saturday, February 17th

9:00 a.m.- Noon

with Brian Flechsig

Brian Flechsig has been fly fishing in the salt since the 1980's and it is clearly a passion of his. Over the years, he has developed a few patterns that really produce! In this class, Brian will be teaching his Plantation Crab, a new and unique way of tying Enrico Style Baitfish Flies as well as several versions of his new pattern.....The Flippin' Shirmp. 

This class is for intermediate and advanced tyers. It will be held at the shop from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Participants will need to bring their vise and basic tools. All hooks and materials for the classes will be provided. 

Register for Brian's Saltwater Session HERE!

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833 Bethel Rd.

Columbus, Ohio 43214

614-451-0363

www.madriveroutfitters.com

Brian's Sculpin #1 - As Seen on YouTube!

Howdy Friends, Brian Flechsig here! As stated in the video on this fly, I have been working the past year on getting my fly boxes organized. Quite the task but it is coming along.

I was recently working on my sculpin box and came up with a few new patterns that have worked well for me, so I thought I’d share them here.

I haven’t named any of them yet... So we are just calling this Sculpin #1. It is based on the Mike Lawson Wool Head Sculpin that we sold here in the shop for many years and was a staple. It is no longer available commercially so I had to figure out a way to tie it myself. Pretty similar, although my version of the fly rides hook up, where the original did not.

I tie this fly in both olive and brown. The Olive is patterned here but easy to change up the colors.

Here's the materials you'll need to tie your own:

Hook: Any 3X long streamer hook- used in this video is the Umpqua U Series U301 - Size 4

Thread: Ultra Thread 140 denier- olive or brown

Weight: .030 Lead Wire

Tail: Magnum Rabbit Strip

Underbelly: Olive Ice Dub

Body: Cross-Cut Rabbit Strip - Olive

Overbody/Hackle: Whiting Coq De Leon - Speckled Olive

Pectoral Fins: Whiting Coq De Leon- Speckled Olive (Can use most any appropriate Speckled or Grizzly Hen Saddle if you don’t have the Whiting product) 

Head: Sculpin Wool - Olive

Finish: Loon UV Epoxy - Thin

Let's get started:

1. Place the hook in the vise and start your thread as you normally would. Laying a base of thread along the hook. Wind up with the thread back at the front of the hook behind the eye.