Holy cow! Its March 1 already and Sunday we finished up the big Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show. This was my last BIG gig of the winter, although I have several day events including tonight in Ridgecrest, CA and Saturday in Redmond, OR.
The show season was a bit of a roller coaster. It started in January with the postponing of the Marlboro, MA Fly Fishing Show (rescheduled for April but I won’t make it). Then at the Edison, NJ Show we got crushed by a nor’easter. NJ declared a “State of Emergency” and we had about 50 people show up on Saturday. Fortunately, Denver was amazing and this weekend in CA was decent.
Not only was the Pleasanton Show good but it was a really swell time. Fellow speakers/pals Phil Rowley, Landon Mayer and Gary Borger to name a few, we all had a blast. We chowed some great sushi, tipped a couple beers and the highlight was a Saturday night jam session. It truly was a hoot!
As already mentioned, tonight I speak in CA and will deliver “The Worlds Best Trout Fishing Destinations” to the Aguabonita Flyfishers. Tomorrow Granny and I point the Ruby Van north to Oregon. Saturday I’m doing a full day of presentations at the Fin and Fire Fly Shop in Redmond. If this is your neck of the woods – please come on down and say hi. The event is free and open to the public.
That’s all for now. Once we get to OR expect some fishing blogs. We’ll be there until about March 20 and intend to do a ton of fishing. Perhaps a steelhead for Granny? More nice Columbia River smallies like last year for me? Who knows? What I do know is we’ll be with great friends and it should be a March to remember!
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