Fly Fishers of Idaho

The Fly Fishers of Idaho have numerous exciting events happening over the next few months. 

February 19:  General membership meeting with a presentation from Angler’s Habitat and a TIE-IN.  Bring your materials & equipment and let’s tie up some bugs.  Meeting will be held in the Trophy Room of the Idaho Fish & Game Headquarters located at 600 Walnut Street in Boise.

March 5 – 8:  Sportsman’s Show at Expo Idaho.  We still need volunteers for the booth! 

March 19:  General membership meeting. 

March 21:  Western Idaho Fly Fishing Expo (BVFF event), Doubletree Riverside Hotel.  Click here for more information.

April 25:  Fly Fishers of Idaho Annual Banquet with guest speaker Brian O’Keefe.  This year’s banquet will be held at the Red Lion Downtowner Hotel and will include dinner, live & silent auctions, and raffle.  Please contact Duane Treat (208.921.3040), Jeff Wimer (208.484.6273), or any other board member to purchase your tickets.  Ticket purchases include dinner & 20 raffle tickets.  

Please check back for more information about these events as we will publish details as they become available.

Fly Fishers of Idaho is excited to announce the guest speaker at this year’s annual banquet to be held on April 25th will be fly fisherman & photographer Brian O’Keefe. 

Mr. O’Keefe has traveled to some of the wildest and most remote angling destinations in the world, including: Bikini Atoll, the Seychelles, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tonga, Cuba and Kashmir. He has also traveled to more accessible locations, such as: the Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Chile, New Zealand, Christmas Island and more. In many of these locations he again chooses to venture off the beaten path, hiking, floating, sea-kayaking or taking a Zodiac into the backcountry.

Mr. O’Keefe works as an angling and outdoor photographer, having had photographs published in periodicals such as: the Los Angeles Times; the New York Times; the Miami Herald; USA Today and many others. He has had cover shots in: Field & Stream; Outdoor Life; Fly Fisherman; Fly, Rod and Reel; Fly Fishing Salt Waters; Fly and Fish Magazine; Outside Magazine and Mens Journal. In addition to photography, Brian works as a tackle rep for Scientific Anglers in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. He is also the founder & editor of Catch Magazine, Official Journal of Fly Fishing Photography & Film.  Brain was also a featured angler in the new movie Drift by Confluence Films. 

This year’s banquet will be at the Red Lion Downtowner, 1800 Fairview Avenue in Boise.  A no host bar will start at 6:00pm with dinner starting at 7:00pm.  Tickets are availalbe for $40.00 and include dinner & raffle tickets.  Please contact Duane Treat (208.921.3040) or Jeff Wimer (208.484.2673) for more information or to purchase your tickets.