Part 1 Here's my trip report for Roscoe as promised... I had one day between trips and I had to teach a tying class for a friend. Peggy and I left Friday for Roscoe. I drove behind her Winnebago in my Jeep. We had lost our reservations at a local Bed & Breakfast that will remain nameless (but they probably don't deserve it). As it turned out I think we were more pleased with our accommodations after seeing the place anyway. When we first pulled in to our campsite I noticed a few familiar faces next door. Steve Thornton, Ted Patlen, Kim Boal, Jack Gartside and two gentleman I didn't know were already there. After exchanging greetings with them, Peggy, Brendan and I set up camp and headed into town to explore and have dinner. We visited a couple of the local fly shops and then went back to camp to tie some flies. I had brought some Juri Shumakov tubes to tie for the show so I had to set up my vice and tie some practice ones. I'm getting a little too accustomed to tying big saltwater tubes. Saturday we both tied in for Mark during the morning shift of his Clearwater Junction show. It was a really nice time getting to visit with some old friends and I got to meet a few new ones. I sat next to Ed Engleman who did very well with Brendan testing all his homemade vises and tools. They do stand up well to the 5 Yr old test and he is a very patient man. We met a gentleman from Arkansas, a fellow Whiting Pro Team member named Charles Barton. Whiting supplied us with some great pro-team shirts this year so we were both looking pretty sharp. :) They spoil us! I bought a special frame with three of Tim Trexler's flies to add to my book shelf next to Don O's giant Muddler. It's looking pretty good. Mark Romero had arranged for us to get a really nice lunch through the Kings and after that we headed off to the Catskill Museum and we spent a while enjoying their exhibits. Misa Romero had given us directions to find Mary Dette at her shop. What a treat!!! She is such a sweet lady. We both left with a few flies for our fishing the next day and a couple pins for our hats. Then it was back to town to get a fishing license for me and some more goodies at the Orvis store. Cont.
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