2025 Gulf Coast Classic
Fri, May 02
|Gulf Shores
The Gulf Coast Council (GCC) of Fly Fishers International (FFI) is proud to present our 3rd annual Gulf Coast Classic fly fishing festival, to be held Friday-Saturday, May 2-3, 2025, at the Learning Campus of Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Time & Location
May 02, 2025, 9:00 AM – May 03, 2025, 4:00 PM
Gulf Shores, 20249A State Park Rd, Gulf Shores, AL 36542, USA
About this Event
Among the activities planned:
Seminars on fishing locations, tactics, multiple species - Fly tying demonstrations - Exhibitors and vendors - Conservation programs - Keynote speaker presentation - Beginner fly casting and fly tying instruction (free with admission) - Fly tying workshops (registration required) - Casting workshops - (registration required) - Fishing Tournament (registration required, kicks off Thursday a.m.) - Film Festival (ticket purchase required, limited seating) - Raffles & silent auction for great items!
Purchase Tickets
Family Admission - 2 Day Pass
This ticket will admit two or more as part of a family. Includes all seminars, fly tying demos and contests, beginner workshops, and more. DOES NOT include advanced workshops or Film Festival (separate registration). **Discount code for volunteers, speakers, demo tiers, exhibitors, and sponsors - please enter the coupon code that you received via email.
$30.00
+$0.75 ticket service fee
Sale endedAdmission Single Adult - 2 day
This ticket will admit a single adult over the age of 16 for both days of the Classic. Includes all seminars, fly tying demos and contests, beginner workshops, and more. DOES NOT include advanced workshops or Film Festival (separate registration). **Discount code for volunteers, speakers, demo tiers, exhibitors, and sponsors - please enter the coupon code that you received via email.
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
Sale endedFamily Admission - 1 Day
This ticket will admit two or more as part of a family for one day of the Classic. Includes all seminars, fly tying demos and contests, beginner workshops, and more. DOES NOT include advanced workshops or Film Festival (separate registration). **Discount code for volunteers, speakers, demo tiers, exhibitors, and sponsors - please enter the coupon code that you received via email.
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
Sale endedAdmission Single Adult - 1 Day
This ticket will admit a single adult over the age of 16 for one day of the Classic. Includes all seminars, fly tying demos and contests, beginner workshops, and more. DOES NOT include advanced workshops or Film Festival (separate registration). **Discount code for volunteers, speakers, demo tiers, exhibitors, and sponsors - please enter the coupon code that you received via email.
$15.00
+$0.38 ticket service fee
Sale endedYouth Admission - 2 Day
This ticket will admit any youth 16 and under for both days of the Classic. Includes all seminars, fly tying demos and contests, beginner workshops, and more. DOES NOT include advanced workshops or Film Festival (separate registration).
$0.00
Sale endedUnderstanding the Double Haul
Our Certified Casting Instructor will guide you through the mechanics and strategies of the Double Haul casting technique. Improve your casting skills and get that fly line through the wind with more speed and accuracy, while reducing the effort required using other forms of casting. Bring your own fly rod or use one of ours. Fly rods are limited in quantity. Please check the schedule of times for this workshop when you arrive at the Classic.
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
Sold OutAdvanced Fly Casting
Our Certified Casting Instructor will guide you through the mechanics of advanced fly casting techniques to improve your abilities, and increase your casting efficiency. This workshop is suitable for intermediate to advanced fly casters who have become proficient at basic fly casting and understand the principles and physics of casting. Bring your own fly rod or use one of ours. Fly rods are limited in quantity. Please check the schedule of times for this workshop when you arrive.
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
Sold OutMack Bryson's Redfish Flies
Redfish enthusiasts won’t want to miss this exclusive free workshop with Mack Bryson of Southeastern Fly Works at the 2025 Gulf Coast Classic Fly Fishing Festival! As a Renzetti Vise ambassador and Semperfli Pro Team member, Mack will share his go-to redfish fly patterns and expert techniques to help you fish them effectively. In this session, Mack will introduce his top redfish flies, explaining why they work and when to use each pattern for maximum success. He will also demonstrate essential
$0.00
Sold OutLearn How To Fly Cast - FREE!
Our Certified Casting Instructors and assistants will guide you through the mechanics and principles of the basic fly cast. Bring your own fly rod or use one of ours. Fly rods are limited in quantity. Please check the schedule of times for this workshop when you arrive at the Classic.
$0.00
Sale endedCasting for Recovery Raffle
The New Orleans Fly Fishers Club Board of Directors has decided to have the NOFFC be one of the participating clubs. No Wake Outfitters is donating a Bauer RX 5 Fly Reel ($755 value) to be raffled off. Tickets are $10 each.
$10.00
Sale ended
Registration & Ticket Sales are provided by the New Orleans Fly Fishers Club
