Fly fishing aficionados, gear up for trout season and transport yourself to some of the most exotic angling destinations on Earth as the preeminent exhibition of fly fishing cinema, the acclaimed Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T), returns March 26-27, 7:30 p.m., to the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. Tickets for the events, which go on sale today, Dec. 4, are $15 in advance at www.steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378, and $20 at the door. All proceeds from the two screenings benefit the Monocacy Chapter of Trout Unlimited and ArtsQuest.
At the Fly Fishing Film Tour, guests enjoy a variety of breathtakingly beautiful short films focused on dynamic angling destinations around the globe, as well as efforts to protect and enhance habitat for trout and other fish. The Fly Fishing Film Tour showings at the ArtsQuest Center are the only screenings of the film tour in region; the complete list of films and trailers is available at www.flyfilmtour.com.
Guests are invited to arrive starting at 6 p.m. each evening to enjoy an Anglers’ Happy Hour with food and beverages from the ArtsQuest Center’s Mike & Ike Bistro (not included with ticket price), as well as check out the raffle featuring fishing trips, gear and more.
Proceeds from the Fly Fishing Film Tour benefit the Monocacy Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s habitat improvement work and coldwater conservation efforts on streams throughout the Lehigh Valley, as well as the ArtsQuest Arts Education Fund, which helps to support ArtsQuest’s free music, arts and education programming for the community.
For more information on The F3T event at SteelStacks, visit www.steelstacks.org.