Calvary Outfitters September Meeting Notes and Bunch of Other Stuff

Well, -Best laid plans of mice and men..Mark Roberts was scheduled to be our guest speaker and enlighten us on fishing tandem rigs. Well, Mark got sick - SO - we were able to do a "Focus Group" on a new TV Show produced by Jason Cruise of the Outdoor Ministry Network. Fun stuff and some great input. We are rescheduling Captain Mark for our November meeting which will be Thursday, November 19th at 7:00pm (a week early but we avoid Thanksgiving). Next month for our October meeting we're going to have our own Bill Brison do an in-debt meeting devoted solely to Fly Tying. Bill began fishing nearly a decade ago and what was supposed to be an alternative to competitive golf ended up carrying him "downstream". Not only has he become familiar with fly fishing he has become a prolific fly tyer as well. Bill ties flies for the fish on our local waters but he also ties fully dressed salmon flies which can take up to several hours to complete. Bill has studied with some of the best including Ron Alcott, Stack Scoville, A.K. Best and one of France's best tiers, Jean Paul Dessaigne. And if fishing and tying wasn't enough of a challenge Bill has spent several years learning to make bamboo rods. Bill is truly a "Renaissance Man" of the pursuit of Fly Fishing. Bill plans to share many of the "Tip and Tricks" he has learned and lots of ways to have more fun tying flies. Bill especially encourages us to bring our questions along with our tying gear. This meeting will be Thursday, October 29th at 7:00pm. If you fish a fly you really need to see this one.One final note: Make sure you check out http://www.calvaryoutfittersmontana.blogspot.com/ for the latest information on our planning information for the 2010 Montana Trip.