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Summerfest 2024 - The Catskills Fly Fishing Festival & The Hardy Cup Casting Competition


  • Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum 1031 Old Route 17 Livingston Manor, NY, 12758 United States (map)

Program Schedule

Saturday

  • Angling & Vendor Market, CFFCM Gift Shop 10-5

  • Museum & Gallery 10-5

  • Hardy Cup Competition

  • Guest Tyer, John Apgar, in Museum 11-3

  • Kids Activities, ongoing - practice casting, Lawn Trout, scavenger hunts

  • Author Series with Peter Kaminsky on his new book The Catch of a Lifetime 2pm

  • Music - Sara Milonovich with Greg Anderson 1-4pm

  • Catskill Brewery Beer & Food Sales 10-5

Sunday

  • Angling & Vendor Market, CFFCM Gift Shop 10-5

  • Museum & Gallery 10-5

  • Presentation by Ed Ostapczuk - “The Quest for Ed Sens: The Forgotten Catskill Fly Tyer” from his book The Wanderings of a Mountain Fly Fisher 11

  • Catskill Legend Agnes Van Put’s 108th Birthday Celebration 1-2

  • Kids Activities, ongoing - practice casting, Lawn Trout, scavenger hunts

  • Catskill Brewery Beer & Food Sales 10-3


Vendors

Antique Tackle, Hoagy Carmichael

Badger Creek Fly Tying, Mike Hogue

Beaverkill Books

Belvoirdale & Gaelic Supreme

Carlson Rod Co.

Catskill Fly Tyers Guild

Deli Fresh Design

Dun & Dun

Fine Fly Tackle and Sporting Collectibles, Todd Alving

Fly Fishing Treasures, Steve Woit

Friends of the Upper Delaware (FUDR)

Grauer Tackle & Rod

Hank's Sporting Collectibles, Henry Wagner

Livingston Manor Central School - Proceeds to benefit the Class of 2025

Mid Hudson Trout Unlimited, Event Sponsor

Perfection Fly Reel

Sam Decker

Tackle Treasures

Tailwater Soap Co., 100% of proceeds to benefit CFFCM

The Classic Fly Fisherman

The Mayfly Project

Theodore Gordon Fly Fishers

Thornton River

Veterans Info Table, courtesy of Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler

Vintage Tackle, Fred Grafeld


Featured Authors

The Catch of a Lifetime by Peter Kaminsky

Reading followed by Q&A in the Wulff Gallery at 2pm on Saturday, August 3rd. Copies of the book for sale!

Trout Unlimited called it “...a book for the ages.” New York Times Outdoors columnist Peter Kaminsky asked anglers to write up the single experience that leaps to mind when they hear the word “flyfishing.”  Over 70 contributors include Carl Hiaasen, John McPhee, Joan Wulff, Monte Burke, Hilary Hutcheson, Thomas McGuane, and Rachel Maddow. Profusely illustrated with flyfishing’s greatest photographers and artists.

Presentation

“The Quest for Ed Sens: The Forgotten Catskill Fly Tyer” by Ed Ostapczuk

Ed will present on Sunday, August 4th at 11am. His second book The Wanderings of a Mountain Fly Fisher, contains five chapters on Sens. Copies for sale!


Vendor Registration

Vendors and exhibitors may choose locations under the pavilion or in the open field. Returning vendors will have priority choice of location when possible.

Pavilion exhibitor space for the two-day event (limited to 2 spaces max per vendor):
$125 per space - SOLD OUT as of 7/3/24

Field exhibitor space for the two-day event:
$85 per space

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO RESERVE YOUR VENDOR BOOTH!


Event Sponsorship

Founded in 1981, The Catskill Fly Fishing Center has a robust and diverse audience of engaged anglers and Catskills community members. Marketing engagements for our events normally reach tens of thousands of regional residents and tourists alike. The international exposure of the Hardy Cup Casting Competition, makes the CFFCM Summerfest a uniquely positioned promotional opportunity for your brand or business.

Our 2024 sponsorship offering includes an opportunity for branded inclusion on all print, web, & social media for only $500. Please help The Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum continue our unique mission of conservation, education, and the preservation of the heritage of fly fishing in the Catskills by sponsoring Summerfest 2024 today!