Originally Posted by
oldfrat
I stopped attending the Denver one a few years ago. Not because I had lost interest in the sport, but because the show had become very repetitive and a waste of time and money, IMHO. I don't think you can judge interest in the sport by attendance at the shows.
Similarly, posting counts are way down at all of the fly fishing bulletin boards I visit. Maybe that is because the novelty of having this form of interaction has declined.
I have not noticed any decline in the number of fly fishers I encounter on local waters, which may be the best measurement.
Brad