Northeast Fishing & Hunting Expo

The “14th annual Northeast Fishing & Hunting Expo” is coming Friday, February 18 through Sunday, February 20, 2011 to the Connecticut Convention Center at 100 Columbus Blvd. in Hartford, Conn.

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s staff will have all of the latest rules and regulations, dealing with wildlife, fisheries, boating safety, and hunting and fishing for the coming season. For the first time in years, Expo attendees will be able to purchase Connecticut fishing and hunting licenses, permits or tags at the event.

Expert Fishing presenters include: Versus and NESN’s “Mad Fisherman” Charlie Moore (Saturday 12noon-3 p.m.); Fly-fishing experts Marla Blair, Dave Brandt, and Ed Mitchell; Charter Boat Captains Lynn Smith, Blaine Anderson, Kyle Douton, Greg DuBrule, Bruce Millar, and Jim White. There will be close to a dozen of the best Fly-Tiers in the U.S., including Bruce Marino, Robert Mead and Leslie Wrixon.

Expert Hunting presenters include: Lane and Zeb Benoit, legendary whitetail buck hunters from Vermont; Big Game Hunter Dick Scorzafava; TV host and author of the “Radical Bowhunter”; Del DelMastro and Archery Tackle & Urban Deer Hunting; and WhiteTail Solutions, a Deer Management organization based in Oxford, Conn.