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Eldredge Bros.Fly Tying Jamboree
II
Instructor Joe Calcavecchia
Cape Neddick - If you weren't
at Eldredge Bros Fly Shop on March 28, YOU SCREWED UP!!! After
a quick stop at KTP, Don and Mike
traveled north to Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop to attend a fantastic
Striped Bass fly tying class given by one of the best, Joe
Calcavecchia. Joe started out with a flutter wing fly and then
one of his favorite "go to" flies. What a day. Another tip of
the cap to Eldredge Bros for offering the Saturday Jamborees this
year. For $5, it is the deal of the year. For more
pictures from Joe's class
click here.
Eldredge Bros.Fly Tying Jamboree
Instructor Jeff Faulkner
Cape Neddick - Don and Mike
traveled to Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop on Saturday, March 8 to attend a
Striper Fly tying class with instructor Jeff Faulkner. It was
a packed house for the event. Three flies were tied during the 2
hour class. The first was a shrimp pattern, the second a eel
pattern and the third (one of Jeff's favorites) slightly resembled a
wild-eyed, white sparrow lashed to a hook! Jeff did a great
job leading the class through each step of the tying process.
He is obviously an extremely talented tyer and experienced fly fisherman.
The $5 class fee covers all materials and hooks, such a deal!
Thanks to Jeff and Eldredge Bros. for providing this fantastic
class. Check out
Eldredge Bros. website for a complete list of tyers in their Fly
Tying Jamboree Series.
For more pictures from the event,
click here.
One down, 719 to go
The Fly Fishing Show 2008
Don and the Vise-Meister, Norm
Norlander
Marlborough-The annual
pilgrimage of the fly tying/fishing faithful trekked to The Fly
Fishing Show in Marlborough Massachusetts on Saturday, January 19,
2008 for a little break from the winter season and to dream about
the upcoming fishing season. This years' cast of travel mates
included Mike Curtis, Dan Hodgins, Tifany Lawler, Ed Muzeroll, Jim
Snow and yours truly.
Just in case you haven't had the good
fortune to travel with some of this group, let me tell you that
there was no shortage of tall tales both going down and coming home
(with a little road rage thrown in for good measure). We
arrived at the show late morning and the crowd was about normal.
After making the cursory pass through the show, it appeared that
there were fewer booths this year than in years past. But that being
said, there was plenty to see. A plethora of fly tyers
were also in attendance including: Abrames, Bastian, Chute,
Cordeiro, Fallum, Gartside, Martinek, Plourde, Popovick, Rossman,
Schmookler, Skok, and many more.
As in years past I always seem to end
up at the Nor-Vise booth, mesmerized as I watched Norm Norlander,
creator of the Nor-Vise Fly Tying System do things on his vise that
should be illegal!!
I even had the good fortune of having
a picture taken with the "Vise Meister" himself (do I look happy?).
I have owned a Nor-Vise for several few years and in my mind there
is none better. It really empowers you to tie better and tie
faster.
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Pflueger Sal-Trout/Pakron sale
New England's Trolling Gem
Annika Rod and Fly will be offering for sale a few Pflueger
Sal-Trout and Pakron reels. I have personally gone over each
reel and they are oiled, greased and ready for use. There is
nothing like the distinctive sound of a screaming Sal-Trout putting
resistance on ol' Silver Sides!
These Sal-Trout reels are 5" in diameter and will hold a 225 yards of
40 lb. test of your favorite lead/non-lead line (more if using 18 lb
test). The Pakrons are wider and larger and were designed for
saltwater use. Either of these reels is great for trolling
streamers/smelts in the spring or Dave Davis spoons when dredging the
bottom for togue.
Pictures of the reels will be on this site soon as well as a few that
I have stashed away for my own use.
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LL Beans Fly Fishing
Show
March 15-16, 2008
Freeport -
Saturday, March 15 was a busy day for Ernie, Mike and myself.
We departed Dysarts in Hermon at 6:30 am. We landed at the LL
Bean flagship store around 8:30 am. Mike and I were tying at the
Northeast Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers booth at the
event. We tied, talked and met some interesting attendees.
Good buddy and fellow PFF member, Dave Klausmeyer was one of the
featured guest at the show along with Dave and Emily Whitlock, Flip
Pallot, Mike Martinek, Mark Sosin and Stu Apte. Good thing
Dave brought better half Barbara along to keep him on task.
We packed up and were on the road north by 10:45 am, en route to the
PCCA Sportsmen Show for a 2 pm casting demo in the pool. With
the help of Ernie, Mike, Malcolm, Hank and Alan the demo came off
without a hitch. Thanks guys!
PFF Cabin Fever
Reliever
February 23 - 24, 2008
Brewer - For
those of you that missed it .... you missed it!! The
2008 edition of the Cabin Fever Reliever was a huge success.
Great crowds, great exhibitors, great volunteers, great food and
great speakers made for a great weekend. Cap Introne was the
winner of the 6' 6 weight rod that rod crafter Mike Curtis built
during the show. Congrats Cappy!!
For more information
visit the website:
www.cabinfeverreliever.com.
Chandler Pond Outfitters
"Guest Tyer Saturdays"
Winthrop -
CPO is once again
offering their Guest Tyer Saturday seminars beginning Saturday,
February 2, 2008. The seminar begins at 10 am and ends at high
noon. The cost is $6 and all materials, coffee and muffins are
provided by CPO. SUCH A DEAL!! The February schedule is as
follows:
Apr 12 - Greg Ponte
Nymphs
Apr 19 - TBA
April 26 - Don Corey
Bucktail and tandem streamers
In case you haven't been there (I
can't imagine that), CPO is located in downtown Winthrop.
For directions
click here.
Tip of the rod to CPO for being
honored as The Best of Maine Fly Tying Shop by Downeast
Magazine. Congratulations Arlene and Terry!
Penobscot Fly Fishers Advanced Fly Tying
Bangor - An advanced fly tying
class will be offered for Penobscot Fly Fishers members beginning on
Thursday, March 6 beginning at 6 pm. Don Corey will teach the
saltwater and dry flies and Marcus "Tandem" Hale will instruct the
tandem streamers. There will be a $5 fee for each class.
The tentative schedule is as follows:
March 6 - bucktail & tandem streamers
March 13 - traditional dry flies
March 20 - saltwater flies
Team
Annika defends PFF Fly Fishing title
Eddington - Team Annika (Joe
Bertolaccini and Don Corey) teamed up to narrowly edge Team Carr
(Alan Gray and Ron Carr) by 1" at the 2nd Annual Penobscot Fly
Fishers Fly Fishing Bass Tournament on Saturday, June 30, 2007.
The catch and release tournament awards the top prize to the team
that has the most cumulative length for their 5 legal (12"
minimum) fish. The weather was great but windy conditions
forced many teams to vary their fishing holes to be shielded from
the wind.
In 2006, Corey teamed with then
future son-in-law Ryan Haulk to capture the title. This year
honeymoon plans forced Haulk to give up his seat for this year's
event. However he ended up coming home early so that he could
team up with Mike Curtis in the Team CSI boat, complete with bright
yellow team jerseys.
The flotilla of boats included:
Team Blatz, Team Lent, Team Landry, Team Beaulieu, in addition to
Team Carr, Team CSI and Team Annika.
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