Syracuse.com - Syracuse Gun Show and fly-tying competition set for this weekend

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CNY OUTDOORS CALENDAR Fly-tying competition/trout fishing film festival: Friday and Saturday, Tailwater Lodge, 52 Pulaski St., Altmar. The event begins with social time and videos in the Tailwater lounge Friday evening. Beginning at noon Saturday, spectators can watch 20 fly tyers compete. Saturday evening is a fly fishing film festival. Registration for fly tyers is $99 and includes one...

CNY OUTDOORS CALENDAR

Fly-tying competition/trout fishing film festival: Friday and Saturday, Tailwater Lodge, 52 Pulaski St., Altmar. The event begins with social time and videos in the Tailwater lounge Friday evening. Beginning at noon Saturday, spectators can watch 20 fly tyers compete. Saturday evening is a fly fishing film festival. Registration for fly tyers is $99 and includes one night's stay at the lodge, a grab bag of fly tying materials, admission to the film festival and access to the lodge's hospitality suite the day of the event. Admission to the fly tying contest and film festival is $15. For more, call 298-3434 or 569-7413.

Syracuse Gun Show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Center of Progress Building at the state Fairgrounds in Geddes. Hosted by the New York State Arms Collectors Association. Will feature more than 1,000 exhibits and displays from collectors and dealers across the country and Canada. Cost is $6, seniors $5 and children 12 or under free (must be accompanied by an adult). For more, see syracusegunshow.com.

Sportsman's Flea Market: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 26, Pompey Rod and Gun Club, 2500 Swift Road, Pompey. Hunting, fishing, archery supplies and more. Admission is $2; children 16 and under free. For more, call 656-8810.

Wildlife Festival: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 3, Montezuma Audubon Center's 8th Annual Wildlife Festival, 2295 State Route 89, Savannah. This family friendly festival will feature games, crafts, music and theatrical performances at the Children's Theater and activity areas. Also, live birds of prey and mammal presentations, guided canoe excursions, artisan vendors, a native plant sale and a garlic mustard pull contest. Cost is $4 for adult; $2 for children 5 and older and free for children 4 and younger. For more, call 365-3588 or visit ny.audubon.org/Montezuma.

Fishing Heritage Day: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 17, village of South Otselic in Chenango County. The event will feature artists, crafters, antique dealers along with conservation, preservation and youth education organizations. Education programs are planned at the nearby state fish hatchery, along with fishing clinics and hatchery tours. For more, go to ovfish.org or call 653-7490.

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