You met Ron Barch? He can be an "acquired taste" as he can be
somewhat aloof. Once you get to know him he opens up a bit...his rods are
very nice to cast. He is the one who gives my TU chapter a discounted rod
each year for our primary raffle.
Ed Roden
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http://www.questquality.com
Living
would be easier if men showed as much patience at
home as they do when
they're fishing.
last year their were 850 people the filed thru, this year I heard from one of the guys that puts the show on that number was 370. The raffle and auction items were not very good this year, the vendors were a disappointment. Met one of your freinds MArk, bamboo rod maker by the name of barch. Didnt really care for him.
Seeing folks like Bear and Chris and Rusty, and dennis made the show fun. Meeting Eric for the first time and tying with Bob again was fun. Other than that, I was expecting some different things from this years show that I do not think they pulled off very well. The vendors were supposed to be fly tying only. There was a pontoon boat salesman, that had a relatively noisy five year old in his booth screaming at the top of his little lungs. There was a bamboo rod maker selling rods and letting people cast (that didnt cast well) right over our tying table. There were two artists selling fish pictures. The only tying vendors were the people who have been selling materials for the flies that they tie at the show, that have been doing that the past three years, before vendors were allowed.
Plus there were at least 5 people that had told me they would be there and could meet up for a bit, that plain just didnt show up. (don't worry Ed, not talking about you! If my son had been sick I wouldnt have gone either) . Disappointing!
John
