FISH WEEK 2024
And the International Fly Fishing Film Festival
March 11 – 15th
Join us for our inaugural Fish Week, a five-day collection of opportunities to learn about, connect through, and celebrate our Blue-Ribbon fisheries!
We’ll be playing games, tying flies, and discussing the conservation-angling connection throughout the week. Find us at any event to purchase tickets to the Friday 3/15 screening of the International Fly Fishing Film Festival or to buy raffle tickets for our Full Day Float Trip with Eddie Olwell of Fish’s Eddy O.
Thanks to our generous event sponsor, Sharon Dedmon with Glacier Sotheby’s!
the o-fishal schedule
Monday, 3/11
Virtual Kick-Off!
Watch out for a special social media challenge!
tuesday, 3/12
Game Night at Tin Can Bar and Draft Room
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Game night in Stevensville, featuring custom games like Wordle, Connections, Crossword Puzzles, and more!
wednesday, 3/13
Fly Tying at Bitter Root Brewing
5 – 8 pm
It’s worth the wade… Join BWP and local fly-tying experts to learn about basic entomology, how to “match the hatch”, and try your hand at tying your own dry fly!
thursday, 3/14
Let’s Get Reel: Threats and Solutions for our Waters & Fisheries, an Expert Panel & Discussion
5:30 – 7 pm @ the Daly Leach Community Room
**This event is FULL – we are capped at 60 people!!** We will share a recording in our newsletter following the event.
If you care about fishing, you care about the health of our streams! Join local experts in a discussion of conservation challenges and solutions for sediment pollution, warming waters, and changing snowpack.
How does snowpack affect our flows and fisheries? What IS ‘sediment pollution’ and why are we concerned about it? Which streams are warming and how can we help? We’ll answer these questions and more!
Friday, 3/15
International Fly-Fishing Film Festival Screening at the Victor School Performing Arts Center
Fish week’s GRAND FIN-ALE! We’ll be at the Victor Theater with raffle prizes in hand, trivia, and more. Purchase tickets online (debit only), at our office, or at any Fish Week events. Doors open at 6:00pm, Screening begins at 7:00pm. Each raffle ticket earns you a chance to win a full day float trip with Fish’s Eddy O and other prizes.
Make a night of it by stopping by our Pint Night at Cowboy Troy’s and with Bitter Root Brewing from 4:30 – 6:30pm.
*Per Montana State Law, online raffle tickets can be purchased with debit cards only. We will accept cash payments in-person.*
Contact rachel@bitterrootwater.org or call 406.375.2272 with questions.