SIM Fly Festival 2026

 

Update 23 June, 2026:

Back from a wonderful weekend at the SIM Fly Festival.

Fly tying isn’t only to catch fish. It’s also a way to meet friends and share. That’s what we did this weekend.

 

Big thank you to the organisation, Umberto, Alberto, Marco, fellow tiers and makers.

See you all next year.

 

Ps.

I was a fly tier from America for a weekend 🤣

 

 

Update June 25, 2026:

The organisation just released a video of the weekend.

 

 

20 May, 2026: 

I don't attend shows that many in a year, but there are two (smaller!) shows I enjoy.

One of them being the Nordic Fly Fair in May and the SIM Fly Festival in Italy in June.

The Italian passion, the backdrop of the hills of the tiny town of Castel di Sangro and the people.

Last year I couldn't attend the show but I'm looking forward seeing my Italian friends again.

Danish Fly Fair

During my student years in the mid 1990s, I've tied at the Danish Fly Fair two (three?) times. After graduating and starting working, I stopped tying at shows. It wasn't until I got invited to tie at the EWF in 2016 I started tying at shows again, after being absent for 20 years.

This evening I received an invitation to come to tie at the Danish Fly Fair early March 2027.

Some time ago my friend Hans van Klinken sent me a picture of the flies framed of the 1997 Danish Fly Fair.