American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) sees the 2022 International Fly Tackle Dealer Show (IFTD) as a Major Success Despite multiple postponements and an ongoing global pandemic AFFTA pulled off a successful trade show at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. Below are some of the statistics collected from the three day show. […]
AFFTA (American Fly-Fishing Trade Association) was on the first of April proud to announce their Industry Award Winners and Best of Show Winners for the 2022 IFTD (International Fly Tackle Dealer) Show. In three heartfelt speeches, AFFTA’s Industry Award winners graciously accepted their well deserved achievement honors. Diane Bristol of Simms Fishing products was awarded […]
The fly fishing industry’s trade show is bringing everyone back together for the first time in over two years. In a few short weeks, the fly fishing industry will be back together at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah to celebrate the return of the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show (IFTD). […]
March 30th – April 1st, 2022, in Salt Lake City, Utah! AFFTA is excited to let you know that we have new dates for IFTD! There will be new and exciting components to this show, your show! This is our industry’s gathering, our community’s opportunity to help each other’s businesses. As part of that business […]
The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) Board of Directors announced today that the 2021 International Fly Tackle Dealer (IFTD) show, scheduled for October 20th-22nd in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been postponed until 2022. “I am beyond excited by the show AFFTA, and our Show Director Kenneth Andres, put together. There is a real […]
The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) has postponed this year’s IFTD trade show in Denver, Colorado. Its President, Ben Bulis, said in a statement issued in the last hour that in view of the completely unpredictable path of the COVID-19 virus and length of the industry’s—and nation’s—social and economic recovery, it has elected to take […]
The official attendee numbers are in for the International Fly Tackle Dealer (IFTD) show’s return to Denver this past week, and they’d be unbelievable if they weren’t tracked and verified by the show’s registration partner, Experient. IFTD 2019 saw a 97% increase over 2017’s numbers (1,141) and a 137% increase over 2018 (950), setting […]
During the Party at the Pond, at the second day of the trade show IFTD at the Convention Center in Denver, the IFTD New Product Showcase Awards were handed out in a large number of categories. Simms took something like ten awards, Scientific Anglers did well too with their fly lines, Abel – Ross in […]
AFFTA has announce that Steven Rinella, noted conservationist, sportsman and host of the popular MeatEater Netflix series, will be the keynote speaker at the 2019 IFTD Industry Breakfast in Denver, CO on October 16th. Like Steven, the fly fishing industry has long been a champion of protecting our nation’s public lands and natural resources, especially […]