DENVER IFTD SHOW - The Ultimate Toy Store

The International Fly Tackle Dealer Show is coming to Denver, Colorado on Sept 9, 10, 11 at the Denver Convention Center, smack dab downtown and walking distance to great food, beverage and hotels. The show is for fly shop owners, manufactures, media, reps, outfitters, etc. The general public can not walk this show but they are welcome to attend the Drake Fly Fishing Video Awards and show on Thursday night. Quite a few Catch contributors will be at the IFTD show along with outfitters we have worked with, some from as far away as Argentina.

RACE TO THE FINISH

As of this very minute, England and France have the exact same numbers of viewers for the current issue, #12. Both countries have 1,535 readers. There are only a couple days left in this issue's 60 day cycle. Who will finish in third pace, behind Canada and the US? Just for your information Italy is in 4th and Japan is in 5th. Out of our top 10, we are represented on 5 continents. No hits, that I can find, on Antarctica, yet.

WORLD DOMINATION...or friends everywhere

The countries in green indicate where we have readers of Catch Magazine. The Sahara Desert area is not a strong region for us...but the rest of the world is. If this doesn't show what a global sport fly fishing is, nothing will. From Greenland to South Africa, from Nome, Alaska to Christchurch, New Zealand, welcome and thank you.

AFFTA SHOW STARTS SEPT 9

The AFFTA fly tackle show, for manufacturers, media, reps, distributors and of course, an international contingent of fly shop owners, managers and buyers, will start in Denver, Colorado on Sept 9. Catch Magazine will have a booth and will welcome all friends, advertisers and contributors. See you there.

JAPAN VIEWS SKYROCKET

Thanks to fantastic cover photo and photo essay by Ken Tsurusaki we have seen a real spike in new readers of Catch Magazine in Japan. The language issue doesn't seem to be slowing down the popularity of Catch Magazine. Japan has always had many very good fly fishing photographers and an appreciation of fly fishing art. We now have readers in over 200 cities with hundreds in the larger cities. That lone dot to the south is the city of Naha, population 300,000. Here is a photo from Naha.

MONTANA ROAD-TRIP

Brian wandered around Montana recently and besides finding excellent fishing he dropped in on the nice people at the Winston Rod Company. Holding the Catch Magazine banner is Leslie Clark (left) and Annette McLean. The in-house museum and a factory tour are very interesting. The fishing on the nearby Ruby River was fantastic, as was the Beaverhead.

The hoppers were just getting going, but the Yellow Sally's and PMD's were everywhere and the trout were on them. In the thick willows along the Beaverhead, some big streamers were the happening item, also. No trip to Montana would be complete without dropping in on our buddy Jay Burgin at 5 Rivers Lodge. The food was as good as the view. Of course a couple thunderstorms had to get in on the act and the rainbows were a nice touch after a good rain.


The water levels in Montana streams are ideal and should stay good all season. Hatches are strong and the hoppers should be awesome for the next two months. On lower elevation rivers in Idaho and Oregon the hoppers were so thick that as you walked along a grassy river bank, hundreds of grasshoppers would fly ahead and many would land in the river. Is this chumming??!!

Another fun thing about fishing in Montana and the trout rivers of Idaho, Wyoming and Oregon is bumping into old friends along the way. Catch Magazine contributor (Issue #11 cover) Bryan Huskey was fishing with and helping celebrate the 30th birthday of Troy Garcia (photo below), who works at Fly & Field Outfitters in Bend, Oregon. Then at 5 Rivers Lodge, Don and Joy Knickrehn of the Idaho Angler Fly Shop were hanging out. Good fun, good people, good fishing.