Sportsmen/women Shows

[Swimmer]

The Standish Rod & Gun Club show is January 10th & 11th and is what I consider the emotional beginning to the much anticipated first bass of the season. While its true that the larger percentage of tables are filled with hunting gear many more in recent years have been rented by fishing retailers and enthusiasts. The Mass Stripe Bass Association is there and have alway been. Our display and table has always been manned by John "no pain" Cherico, the mayor at Eagles Nest, and many other copntributing members of the club. Their are flyfishing tables tables as well as conventional fishing gear tables. For the fly guys, a local trapping club always has for sale a huge box of bucktails, which go fast because the jig pourers are in the show early and buy them. The trapping club members sell them for a buck a piece, yes the pun was intended. Get it, buck... bucktails...
Our friends and close associates in regards to beach access issues, M.B.B.A. always have a double table at this show. The Fish and Game guys are there along with OTW magazine representitives. And for a dollar a piece you can get in on some great raffles, and support a broad spectrum of issues that affect us all. I am not a member of the gun club even though it is located in my town, but I am a member of the M.S.B.A. who has always had a table at the show, so going to this show supports everyones self-interest. For seven or eight bucks or whatever they charge it the best just after christmas pick-me-up I have found. Looking over everything there can easily take up a morning. Finish up by spending time at the M.S.B.A. table.
The Standish Rod and Gun Club is located off Union Street, across route 18 from the library, a big ugly sign always is there, on Burr Lane.