Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum

About Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum

The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to preserving America's fly fishing heritage; teaching its future generations of fly fishers; and protecting its fly fishing environment. The museum is located along Willowemoc Creek in the heart of the Catskills at 1031 Old Route 17 in Livingston Manor, New York.

The center operates a museum, an education center, as well as an environmental research center. It collects, cares for, interprets, and displays angling equipment, art, and artifacts in a way that explains the traditions and techniques of the fly fishing sport. The center conducts educational programs in river ecology, angling history, stream craft, including fishing etiquette, fly tying, fly casting, aquatic entomology, and stream improvement to increase public awareness of the values of fly fishing, prime among which is respect for the natural environment and the habitats of fly-responsive fishes.

The museum opened in 1983 as a storefront museum in Roscoe, New York. By 1986 and thereafter, the museum enhanced its resources and facilities, enabling it to consolidate activities, establish environmental camps for children, and plan for the future.

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Founded
1983

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