Staff report
The third Fly Fishing Film Tour – featuring films from Montana, British Columbia and Alaska – is coming to Gig Harbor on Feb. 29.
Proceeds from the event, including a raffle, will benefit the Wild Steelhead Coalition.
The Gig Harbor Fly Shop is hosting the event, which will be at the Galaxy Theater, 4649 Point Fosdick Drive N.W. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12 in advance at the Gig Harbor Fly Shop or $15 online or at the door. You can buy tickets online at flyfilmtour.com/buy-tickets.
This year’s tour will make stops in more than 125 cities across the U.S. and Canada.
“Our goal in doing this is to share our passion and support the sport we love,” tour producer Chris Keig said in a news release. “This year our tour will donate over $30,000 to filmmakers. We’ll work in conjunction with over 175 local business and 150 conservation groups, and we’ll give away over $350,000 in prizes to fans who come to our shows.”
This year’s tour offers a greater sense of adventure and diversity of content, said filmmaker and road manager Thad Robison.
“We’ve got incredible footage from our favorite backyard locales like Montana, Florida, Idaho and the Gulf, and we’ve got some amazing segments from destinations like the Bahamas, Belize, Alaska, New Zealand and Canada,” Robison said in the news release.
“But on top of that is the unique stories that are told along the way. We’ve got a punk rock band fishing in Wisconsin, a surgeon with Parkinson’s getting after it at Hemingway’s favorite old spots,” he added.
For more information on the tour, visit theF3T.com.
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