IFTD SHOW GUIDE
WELCOME TO IFTD 2019!
AFFTA President & CEO Ben Bulis helps his son pose with the biggest trout of his life
complain about anything. With it, we help shape the direction of our future. Being here is part of that.
conservation booth downstairs near registration to see the boat and buy your raffle tickets! Make sure you check the show and seminar schedules for details. There will be no shortage of things to make your time at IFTD more valuable than ever.
This is an exciting time for the fly fishing industry even in the face of more than our fair share of challenges. Business is growing, we’re welcoming more and more diverse new anglers to our sport every day and we’re coming together as a community—showing up for our fisheries, natural resources, businesses and each other—with a unified voice.
There are a whole lot of great elements to this year’s show—some that have been part of the show tradition for years and some new ones that are sure to be in the future. The New Product Showcase Best-of Awards, Drake Film Awards, IronFly competition, newly-minted Sure Shot casting competition, Party-on-the-Pond and industry awards will, of course, be the backbone. But we’ve committed to an entirely single-use plastic-free show, added the Industry Breakfast, will introduce another new industry award and have many new educational seminars in our daily schedule.
That is the lifeblood of fly fishing’s future. Showing up with a unified voice. Without it, we have no room to
Plus, we’re raffling off a brand-new RO drift boat to benefit the AFFTA Fisheries Fund. Stop by the AFFTA
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After ten years away and three solid years of planning, for us at AFFTA, it feels really good to be home. And from the unprecedented number of exhibitors, individual shops guides and media in attendance, it looks like we all share the same sentiment. A big thank you to our sponsors as well for their generous support.
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And if you are not an AFFTA member, I urge you to join us. Get involved. The benefits of membership extend well beyond insurance, shipping and travel discounts. It’s an investment in the sustainable growth of our industry and your livelihood. Again, welcome to Denver and IFTD 2019. We’re glad you’re here. Have a great show! Ben Bulis AFFTA president & CEO
