If you are trying to find out if you won the final banquet prize please check the Banquet Sponsors page (click here). The winning banquet ticket number is listed at the bottom of the page.
A big thank you goes out to all those who attended & sponsored the banquet & casting clinic and made both a huge success.
Brian O’Keefe has graciously agreed to host a casting clinic this Saturday prior to the Fly Fishers of Idaho banquet where he will be the guest speaker. The casting clinic will run from 10:00am – 12:00pm & will cost $10.00. The clinic is open to the public, but there are a limited number of spots available.
For more information or to reserve your spot please contact Duane Treat at 921-3040.
April & May are shaping up to very busy months for FFI. Below is a breakdown of what we have coming up over the next two months.
04/11 – FISH-OUT / Horseshoe Ponds for blue gills & bass
04/16 – April members meeting / Trophy Room of the Idaho Fish & Game HQ / As a reminder we will not be selling tickets to the banquet at the door / This meeting will be your be best chance to pick up banquet tickets prior to the event
04/18 – Indianhead Fly Fishers is sponsoring an Owyhee River clean-up / participants are to meet at 9:00am at the wildlife viewing area / clean-up should take about two to three hours & a BBQ lunch will be provided
04/25 – FFI Banquet with special guest presenter Brian O’Keefe / please click here for more details / tickets will not be sold at the door and must be purchased in advance
05/02 – FISH-OUT / Carp fishing on the Snake River hosted by Dave Gourley / meeting at the Loveridge Bridge (south east) launch ramp on the Snake River / 6 – 9 weight rods / 11 – 14 foot leaders, 1 – 3X tippet / suggested flies: leach patterns in olive & black; damsel nymphs; dragon fly nymphs; caddis larva; caddis sparkle pupa; hares ear nymphs; scuds; wooly worms & buggers; crawdad
05/16 – Eagle Christian Church casting clinic / 11:00am – 3:00pm / Dave Gourley will be the guest speaker & do a casting demonstration / lunch is provided as well as door prizes / cost is $5.00
05/16 – 17 – FISH-OUT / Duck Valley / this will be a weekend camping & fishing trip and we will be doing restoration work in the area
05/21 – May members meeting / Trophy Room of the Idaho Fish & Game HQ
Just a reminder, the Fly Fishers of Idaho annual banquet is April 25th. Banquet tickets are still available. For a great dinner, presentation by Brian O’Keefe, raffles, & auctions, contact Duane Treat (208.921.3040) or Jeff Wimer (208.484.2673). Make sure you get your tickets soon as tickets are only sold in advance.
Please click here for more details & ticket information.
We have a lot of events happening in the over the next few weeks! 
03/14 – Clear Lakes Fish-Out
03/18 – Fly Fishing Film Tour @ Egyptian Theater
03/19 – March FFI meeting with special guest Dave Tucker. Dave has years of experience as a professional tier, shop owner, & guide. Dave is renowned for his guide work on the Owyhee River and the Grande Rhonde. Dave will be talking steelhead and will also be the guest tier starting at 6:30pm. Make sure you check out Dave’s site, Dreams on the Fly.
03/20 – Wooly Buggers 2009 Banquet.
03/28 – Owyhee River Fish-Out
04/25 – Fly Fishers of Idaho Banquet with guest presenter Brian O’Keefe. Tickets are only sold in advance so make sure to get yours soon.
Idaho Families for Clean Water will be presenting Felt Soul Media’s documentary Red Gold on Thursday, April 2 at 7:00pm at The Flicks (646 Fulton St, Boise). The showing is a benefit for the grassroots campaign to protect the clean water of the Boise River from industrial mining pollution.
Tickets for the event are $10.00 and can be purchased at the box office and at the offices of Idaho Rivers United, Idaho Conservation League, Sierra Club and Trout Unlimited. Tickets can also be reserved by contacting Theresa at tbichsel@wildidaho.org.
About Red Gold:
The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the Kvichak & Nushagak rivers, the two most prolific sockeye salmon runs left in the world.
Two mining companies, Northern Dynasty Minerals & Anglo American, have proposed an open-pit and underground mine at the headwaters of the two rivers.
Despite promises of a clean project by mining officials, the accident-plagued history of hard rock mining has wrought one of the biggest land use issues Alaska has ever faced.
Red Gold is our attempt to give a face to the issue, and give a voice to the people of Bristol Bay who depend on this extraordinary fishery. We set out to create a different kind of environmental documentary – one that gives all sides a chance to be seen & heard. Red Gold is more about the place & its people than facts and numbers. For the first time, Bristol Bay’s subsistence, commercial, and sport-fishing communities have joined together for a common cause.
About Idaho Families for Clean Water:
Idaho Families for Clean Water is a coalition of individuals and organizations working to protect the Boise River watershed. A clean & safe Boise River is essential to the Treasure Valley’s families, health, economy, and lifestyle. Working together we can protect Idaho’s clean water and the entire Boise River for our families, for our future.
It looks like it was a very busy weekend for the crew at the Idaho Sportsman Show. Below are a couple pictures from the weekend and more pictures are located on our Flickr site (click here).
A big thank you goes out to all the club members who took the time to man the booth this weekend and share their knowledge & love of our sport with the community as well as sharing the vision of our club.
If you have any club pictures that you would to share please send them to me and I will get them loaded onto the Flickr site for everyone to enjoy.
Have you always dreamed owning a custom built Winston Boron IIx rod? Well here is your chance.
Visit the Fly Fishers of Idaho booth at the Idaho Sportsman Show and enter our raffle for a chance to win a Winston Boron IIx rod custom built by Wayne Johnson of Angler’s Habitat. You can purchase raffle tickets for $1.00 or get six tickets for $5.00.
For just a couple of bucks you might walk away with the $670.00 fly rod of your dreams. Make sure to stop by and see us!
Idaho Sportsman Show at Expo Idaho, March 5th – 8th
Show hours-
Thursday & Friday: 5:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturday: 11:00am – 10:00pm
Sunday: 11:00am – 5:00pm
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.
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