I know this is a little short notice, but there may be some of you in the area and interested. You'll recognize some of the names as some of the authors of the From Canada section here and a couple of other online and print magazines, especially in Canada.
Thanks, Paul (Harps) Harper
Oldman River Chapter, Trout Unlimited
Conclave, Banquet & Auction
April 25 and 26, 2008
Lethbridge College Barn and Lethbridge College
OPEN TO ALL !!
Join us Friday 7 p.m. for a Beer and Pizza Social. Meet new fly-fishing friends, watch fly tying demonstrations and watch a video presentation.
The Conclave starts Saturday morning at 9 a.m. April 26th. There will be an opening address and then choose from 4 concurrent sessions that will run for the rest of the day until 4 p.m. There will be lots of fly tying demonstrations and you can enter a fly tying or photography competition.
At 6 p.m. Saturday night join us for a buffet dinner and auction. A small live auction, many silent auction and various items will be available. Come and support trout habitat.
PLEASE DO NOT PM ME FOR INFO...PLEASE CONTACT THOSE LISTED.
Tickets$80 for Conclave, Banquet & Auction
$40 for Banquet & Auction ($300 table of 8 )
Children under 14 accompanied by adult $20 (conclave)
Tickets available through the dinner committee:
Schedule of events
Friday April 25 7 to 10 PM ? Beer and Pizza Social at the DA Barn (Lethbridge College)
demos
booths and displays
video entertainment
raffles
view and vote for fly tying and photography competition
Saturday April 26 conclave schedule ? 9 AM until ~ 4 PMThere will be four concurrent one-hour sessions running all day.
? coffee and snacks at 8:30 ? demos
? displays and booths ? Lunch included in conclave price
Concurrent session topics and/or demos Fly tying demos
Casting clinics
Insect identification
Bullshead and chironomid techniques
Outdoor and Fly-fishing photography
Fly-fishing for pike
Beer making
Entomology and fly fishing
Intro to fly-fishing
Fly fishing Belize
Leaders and knots
Rod building
Reading water
And more!!
Presenters: Allan Caldwell
Blair Spence
Clive Schaupmeyer
Dave Bloom
Henry Komadowski
Kelly Oikawa
Paul Harper
Peter deGorter
Richard Burke
Rolf Schwabe
Tim Bloomfield
Vic Bergman
Dinner and auction
6 PM at the DA Barn Lethbridge College
6:00 pm: cocktails
7:00 pm: buffet dinner from Sven Erickson?s
Silent auction all evening
Live auction to follow dinner
Various raffles
?Streamwatch Grand Raffle?
Announcement of fly tying and photography contest winners CONTEST DETAILS HERE (Opens a pdf)...
PLEASE DO NOT PM ME FOR INFO...PLEASE CONTACT THOSE LISTED.