Have you attended the fly fishing show recently? Did you know that the fly fishing show by the

Fremskis is the largest fly fishing show in the world? And what is it about these shows that's made

them so successful in the past? And today, today you're going to find out what's new with the

fly fishing show so you know how to get more out of it if you attend this season. This is the Wet Fly Swing podcast where I show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing, how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that big trip, and what you can do to give back to the fish species you love. Hey, I'm Dave, host of the Wet Fly Swing podcast. I've been fly fishing since I was a little kid. I grew up around a little fly shop and have created one of the largest fly fishing

podcast in this country. I've also interviewed more of the greatest fly anglers and celebrities

in the space than just about anyone out there. Ben Farimski, owner of the fly fishing show,

is here to take us into a deep dive behind the scenes of the show we're going to get into it

all today you're going to find out why his event planner job his current role is one of the

toughest jobs in the world you're going to find out why a fly designer is like a chef we're going to

talk about that today ben is a fly designer he's also has been a guide for many years in the past

and we're going to let you know why you should be attending this year and why you should attend the full show in not just an hour. You got to stay for the full day if you're going to make it for one of these. All right, plus you're going to find out about the new consumer choice awards that they do at the show. Here we go. Let's get into it. Ben Frimpsky from flyfishing show.com.

How you doing, Ben? Good. Thanks for having me.

Yeah, thanks for doing this again. I had to look back at the archives, episode 61, February 2019, and I think we're close to 66060 so it's been about 600 episodes since we had you

on so it's a excited to get to catch up with you on everything how things been going since i guess

the god that's uh we've been through COVID and everything but what's been new in the last few years

with you guys yeah I was going to say if it was 2019 there's been quite a lot that's happened

you know for us it's been a big adjustment recovering from COVID.

Since then, we've changed one venue in Denver because the Denver mark where we were for

25 years, I believe it was, or 24 years.

They closed during the shutdown. They went bankrupt.

So they, yeah, a lot of the event industry was really hurt. We didn't get the loans and the

support like a lot of industry unless you were like basically Hollywood or Broadway concerts, things like that.

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