The Big Sky Fly Fishing Festival kicks off Saturday night, Aug. 3 with a
showing of the 2013 F3T Fly Fishing Film Tour at Lone Peak Cinema in
Big Sky. This event is a series of short fly fishing films from around the
world. The show starts at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m.
On Sunday Aug. 4 in the afternoon, there will be a family
friendly outdoor event in Town Center with booths set up with
product demonstrations, casting clinics, casting competitions,
kid’s games, fly-tying and other vendors. Vendors include
Sweetgrass Rods, American Rivers, Trout Unlimited, Fish
Wildlife and Parks, Montana Outdoor Science School, Big Sky
Girl Scouts, Yellowstone Park Foundation and Yellow Dog Fly
Fishing Adventures.
The festival will conclude that evening with a dinner event at Buck’s T-
4, complete with music and silent and live auctions to raise funds for
the Blue Water Task Force programs to protect and improve water
quality and fish habitat in the Upper Gallatin. Bruce Farling, the
Executive Director of Montana Trout Unlimited will be the
keynote speaker.
Tickets are available at Gallatin River Guides, Grizzly Outfitters, East
Slope Outdoors, Lone Mountain Ranch and RO Drift Boats.
