Barry Webster sent us some specific details on the 2nd annual Fly Tying Group Rendezvous coming up on September 27th and 28th in Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Organized by the Fly Fishers International (FFI) Fly Tying Group, this event will feature tiers from across the country and give many regional fly tiers and anglers a chance to see tiers, flies and even tying techniques they may not be familiar with.
The event will be held at the Springlake Event Center, 2280 Springlake Rd, in Farmers Branch. Admission is free, and there's multiple activities both Friday and Saturday. These include: Over 40 demonstration tiers, Featured Fly Tyers (theatre-style demonstrations), classes for beginners, workshops and seminars, a banquet and fundraising event on Friday evening, Rendezvous shirts and hats, and more.
Each tier will be doing a 45 minute demonstration of a particular fly. The tiers include: Al Ritt, Eric Austin, Fred DuPre, Chris Johnson, Matt Bennett, Patty Lueken, Mike Stewart, Dutch Baughman.
Presentations. These will be on a wide variety of topics.
Many of the top tiers from across the region and country will be tying at this event covering a wide range of patterns for "all fish, all waters".
There will also be a few vendors on hand as well.
On Friday evening, there'll be a catered banquet - tickets are $30 - followed by a Fly Tyers Fly Box exchange and a fundraising auction. The Fly Tying Group is still seeking donations (contact Rick Haness). Items can be fly tying materials, boxes of flies, fly fishing equipment, etc.. Funds raised go to the FTG program.
For further updates, go to https://www.flyfishersinternational.org/FTG-Rendezvous