From: "Bob Wiltshire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jessica Atherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FFF Conclave Update
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 17:58:38 -0600
Friends:
It is only a little more than a month until we will all gather in
Livingston for the greatest celebration of fly fishing we have ever
experienced! We are really excited about all that is happening and I
wanted to give you a brief update. There is far too much happening for
me to tell you about it all so I will only hit a few highlights. We
will
be working to keep the FFF Website update so be sure to check often
for
changes.
Our exhibit hall is nearly full! We have a great lineup of companies
that are exhibiting their products and services. All of these great
businesses are making a substantial commitment to attend our show
and I
encourage you to look to them first when you are shopping. This link
http://fedflyfishers.org/conclave2005/exhibit_booth_handout.pdf will
take you to a map of the show hall and a listing of all exhibitors. We
are adding new exhibitors daily so be sure to keep checking.
We have a couple of great additions to our bamboo rod offerings.
Jeffrey
Hatton, author of the book Rod Crafting, will be bringing his
display of
bamboo rods. Jeffrey has one of the finest private rod collections in
the world and this is an amazing display. Andy Royer, the Bamboo
Broker,
will be giving a special screening of the new film "Trout Grass" at
the
Bamboo Symposium on Wed. August 10. This movie traces Tonkin cane from
the hillsides of China through the rod building process to the water
where the rods are fished by Tom McGuane and David Duncan. This
film has
only been shown once ever and we are very lucky to offer this special
screening. Find out more about this and all our bamboo offerings at
http://fedflyfishers.org/conclave2005/bamboorod.php.
Have you purchased tickets for the Conclave meal functions? Several of
the meals have limited numbers of tickets available and if you wait
you
might not get in. The President's/ Awards Banquet on Wednesday
night is
sure to sell out. Only 215 tickets are available for this great
evening.
One of the many highlights of the night will be a talk by Ernie
Schwiebert speaking on the early history of the FFF. It has been a
number of years since Ernie has been with us so don't miss your chance
to listen to and visit with this true legend of fly fishing. Call
Jessica at 406-222-9369 to reserve your tickets.
Our live auction is always one of the high points of the week and this
year will be no exception. The Southern Council FFF is sponsoring
their
famous auctioneering team of Johnny Chamness and Dennis Sloan. Anyone
who has ever attended a Southern Council Conclave at Mountain Home
knows
what a treat it is for us to have them. Their entertaining style will
leave you wishing the auction would never end. As a special
addition to
the evening, the Fess Parker Winery is providing complimentary wine
for
all. Auction dinner tickets are $25.00 but there is no charge for
those
who wish to come after dinner to enjoy the auction. If you have any
items to donate to the auction or raffle please being them, they
will be
greatly appreciated and will help us achieve our mission of
Conserving,
Restoring and Educating Through Fly Fishing.
We need more volunteers to help with different Conclave activities. If
you have a couple of hours free and want to help please contact
Jessica
or Bob at 406-222-9369.
These are just a few of the Conclave messages we want to share. The
new
Flyfisher will be in the mail very soon and you will find more updates
there. We will also be sending out a number of additional Email
updates.
If you do not wish to receive further Emails please send a reply to
this
message with the word unsubscribe in the subject line and we will drop
you from the list.
Things are coming together great and the Conclave committee is excited
that this will be a great show. Please let us know if there are
ways we
can improve or make your experience better.
See You All Soon!
Bob Wiltshire
Robert H. Wiltshire
Chief Operating Officer
Federation of Fly Fishers
215 East Lewis
Livingston, MT 59047
406-222-9369 ext 101
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