The 2025 International Fly Fishing Film Festival is coming to Victor on Friday, March 14, featuring 7 short and feature-length films.
The Victor screening of IF4 will be at the Mary Stuart Rogers Performing Arts Center at Victor School, 425 4th Ave, Victor, on Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at bitterrootwater.org/fishweek or at the Bitterroot Water Partnership office (162 S 2nd Street, Hamilton) and are priced at $16.50 in advance or $21 on the day of the event. Total running time of the film is two hours.
This screening of IF4 is hosted by the Bitterroot Water Partnership and all ticket and raffle sales support their conservation work, including habitat restoration and the annual Bitterroot River Clean Up. IF4 guests will have the opportunity to enter a raffle for multiple prizes, including a full day guided fishing trip on the Bitterroot River. The screening of IF4 of March 14 marks the end of Fish Week, a collection of fish-focused events across the Valley. To view the full Fish Week schedule, and to purchase raffle or film tickets, visit bitterrootwater.org/fishweek.
Fish Week includes a game night and an expert panel and discussion of an upcoming 150-acre stream and meadow restoration in Tolan Creek, highlighting factors affecting our waters like sediment and warming stream temperatures and their reasonable solutions. You can RSVP for the Thursday 3/13 panel, Upstream and Unseen: The Secret Life of Headwaters and their Direct Impact on the Bitterroot River, at bitterrootwater.org/fishweek.
Among the films in the festival are Silent Spotter, exploring the extraordinary life of Tommy Batun, a deaf and mute fly-fishing guide in Xcalak, Mexico; Native Range, where friends explore the remote expanses of Utah in search of native cutthroat trout; Fishing Diaries, takes viewers to the breathtaking flats of the Seychelles in search of giant tarpon; Legacy, a story of the life and legacy of fly-fishing’s best-known couple, Barry and Cathy Beck; New Beginnings, fly-fishing legends Chico Fernandez and Dan Blanton tell untold stories from the past; Above the Clouds, follows five friends as they embark on a challenging journey into Colorado’s alpine; and Time Will Tell, a testament to following a dream, this is the story of acclaimed artist Paul Puckett and his impact on the world of fly-fishing.