The annual IFTD (International Fly Tackle Dealers) show came to a close last Friday in Orlando, Florida. Each year, the culmination of the show's exhibits is the the 'Party at the Pond' where the winners for 'Best of Show' in 30 different categories are announced. This year, Sage was awarded with the show's highest honor for the second year in a row, with its new SALT HD fly rod.

The SALT HD faced a surprisingly stout field filled with strong new fly rod offerings such as the new Helios 3 from Orvis, Scott's new G Series and G. Loomis' new IMX-PRO, just to name a few.

While Sage received the show's highest award, Fishpond and Simms walked away the most awards, each topping out in four categories. RIO (who swept all three fly line/leader categories), Umpqua, Orvis and Sage also walked away with wins in multiple categories.

IFTD will return to Orlando next July for another combined ICAST/IFTD exhibition, before heading to Denver in 2019 for its first IFTD-only show in many years. IFTD 2019 will be held October 16–18 at the Colorado Convention Center.

See the full list of IFTD 2017 categories and winners below.

Sage rod designer Jerry Siem accepts the award for 'Best of Show' at IFTD 2017.