next tuesday, April 1, i will be giving a seminar on fishing the spring striper run on the CT river. i will be covering topics from safety on the river to gear to how to read the river and apply this to increasing your success. the seminar is free to all. it is sponsored by the Hartford chapter of the CCA, and you do not need to be a CCA member to attend. there will be raffles of gear pertaining to the river. most of my talk will be directed towards fishing from shore, but a lot of the topics can be applied to boating.

here is a link to the meeting announcement including driving directions on the CCA-CT website. CCA-CT MEETING (http://www.ccact.org/Events/Hartford/hartford_chapter_meetings.htm) the meeting is held at the Bissell Tavern in Windsor CT. it is about 20 minutes south of springfield, and about 15 minutes north of hartford.

on another note, the CCA-CT hartford chapter is currently working on our 4th anual spring catch and release tournament (http://www.ccact.org/Tournament/tournament.htm) you will be able to sign up for the tournament at this meeting, as well as gain some valuable help for fishing the tourney.


this is always a very popluar meeting, so show up early! feel free to ask any questions about this seminar, and i hope to see some of you at the meeting.

Good luck Toby - I'll try to make it but Boston to Hartford in 2 hours at rush hour... :bo:

I really would be interested in that one too....

John, i hope to see you. i forgot to say, the seminar starts at about 7pm. i will stay as late as needed. i would rather stay all night and answer all questions, than have anybody leave unhappy! i will have posters of pictures i have taken of the enfield dam at different water levels to show the many different conditions we face on the river. also, fellow s-b member wahlie, chris wahl, will be helping me. between us, we have close to 20 seasons of combined experience on the river.

Hope I can make it up. Rush hour traffic to Hartford can be quite ferocious.

yeah, weewee, i hear ya! i have to deal with springfield traffic heading down to the meetings. not as bad, but i go through at about 5pm for the board meetings. you should be able to get through hartford ok after 6pm. it usually starts to lighten up after that. even if you came through hartford at 6:30, you would still make it on time. hope to see you!

Sounds like a great evening!

If I get the go ahead from my better half, is there anyone who would like to travel down with me?...

hmm...chance to hear you talk about stripers and the river???? I am going to try my best to get there!;)

Jenn - i still owe you a trip to the holyoke dam that i promissed you last fall. don't worry, i didn't forget. :D

Toby - I'm still looking forward to it . . . have you seen the River!

Spring melt is in full force . . . the landing in Springfield is under water big time. Won't be long now.

Toby and I have got some great things to discuss at the meeting next week. Topics such as
Safety when wading/fishing the river
gear(not much different from your surf gear)
techniques on how to fish the river
what water types to look for
tackle
and several other things. It's sure to be a very informative get together. There will be some awesome raffle prizes as well.

-Chris

...over 2 hourz ride fah me - :( - ...how long do you expect your presentation to last? . . . .

Do they have beverage? :happy:

Your package for the show left today, wish it wasn't so far and I didn't have so much to catch up on after two back to back weekend trade shows.

yeehaw!;)

speakin of the river...yup its a little high...(not that I ran down there tonite because I HAD to give the new rod a cast or two...nope that crazy person wasnt me...no siree...:D )





...over 2 hourz ride fah me -

eh...dont be chicken!!!! (this coming from the girl who will drive two hours for a fishing show!!!;) :rolleyes: )

P.S.....I even talked hubby into going!

blood, we've got a lot of content to discuss.. I'd say atleast 1 hour presentation. We will have some very informative banners/boards for people to look at to show the enfield dam at low and high water as well as some great holes that hold fish at the dam... The raffles will be great and we will have ledgerunners to give away. check out
www.ccact.org and click on meetings for directions. Hope to see you all there. It will be worth the trip.

-Chris

Hope to see some of ya' there.

I'll be wearing the Striped-Bass.com name tag I made so, if ya' see it, please say HEY!

Lookin' forward to it Toby!

l8r,
Rob

Rob - you see the pic of that 68# bass that "he" posted? drop me a PM if you didn't and i'll send it to you.

Yeah "t" I saw it.

WOO HOO!!! :happy:

Where kin' I gets me one a' dem'??? ;)

Hope to make it.:cheers:

Hay, I'll be there for sure. Let me see now Guinness or Bass Ale, Guinness or Bass Ale, Guinness or Bass Ale.......it's Guinness
:D :D :D :D :D

i think you are pulling everyone's leg and this is a shad seminar...

i'm bringing my red laser pointer so i can put it on you during the whole show. i can't wait.

Seawolf, shhhhhhh! don't let anybody know that! oh, i'll be sure to bring a little mirror to shoot the laser back at you! so, you buyin' the first round? let's see if we can get Wahlie loaded before the seminar..... http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/buck.gif

Woah woah woah toby... nobody is getting me sauced before the meeting ;) alterior motives. your gonna try to roll me and grab all my gear.. SeaWolf, I've got some picts for you for the website. you coming to the seminar?

-Chris

Originally posted by wahlie
Woah woah woah toby... nobody is getting me sauced before the meeting ;) alterior motives. your gonna try to roll me and grab all my gear.. -Chris

:devil:

Toby did you get the package? I'd guess the 7/0 hooks I rigged up might be of interest to you and others using the big rubber.

Bumpity. Bumpity. Bump.
Bump City!
(Any T.O.P fans out there?) ;)

Just bumpin' as da' meetin' is 2 nite!

:happy:

Toby - good luck tonight! Wish I could see the show!

MtnBrz1--------Tower rules!!!! "you better check yourself, before you find yourself, by yourself."----------- :happy: :happy: :happy:
:) Will try and make it to Windsor tonite.

G.S- yeah, i got the package. thanks!

to anyone attending tonight - make sure you introduce yourself! i know a few of you will be there, some i have met before and some that i haven't. hopefully we won't see any more snowflakes this year and we'll be able to actually put some of the information to good use soon!

Originally posted by t.lapinski
hopefully we won't see any more snowflakes this year

Uhhh... Don't look out the window! :af:

Toby-

Any directions to the place (coming from I-84 from West) would be appreciated...

-WW

Toby, your buddy Jimmy from J&J Outfitters finally called and ordered 500 of the 9 and 13 inch Big/Mega jerks, so you CT river guys will have a place locally to pick up some big rubber. Just so you know yourself, he ordered 50 of each in bubblegum, black shad, pearl, black over purple and black beauty. I need plastic aaaaaaaahh.

Let me know how the meeting went.

GS - glad to hear you guys finally hooked up! i have been on him about it for some time.

FishWeeWee - i just posted the directions and sent you a PM.

thx

:claps:

had fun...too many of them draught beirs though....:eek:

OK MR MTNBRZ....where was ya?????:confused: (not like the place was packed liked a sardine can or anything....:rolleyes: :D )

Jenn, Rob, Scarecrow, and anyone else that attended (sorry if forgot you) thanks for coming out to the seminar! i apoligize for not getting into the techniques and how to use the different plugs. we were a little strapped for time. plus, my voice was getting a little hoarse. if anybody wants to know anything further or would like any clarification on anything covered, feel free to ask me. i really enjoyed speaking about fishing the river, and i hope you all came away a little more prepared for the upcoming run! thanks to all that attended!

Jut one question...
Where da' big uns' at??? :laughs:

Again... Nice job Toby!

that's easy man, in the water...... :smash:

Mtnbrz - how could ya miss him he had a nametag on :D

Should have introduced myself but it was a little hectic with moving tables, working restaurant and the damn UConn game on.

Jenn (dark hair?) I think I was standing right behind you leaning on the half wall between the two sections of the restaurant . . .

Toby and Chris did a fine job . . . with plenty of hands on stuff.

G2 - good to see you made it!

yes twas me....;) hope we werent too offensive..heehee....;)

the worst part about these things is the ride home....all wound up and ready to go!:p any day now right??? LOL