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04-06-2008, 10:55 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
Posts: 4,374
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thank you for your service!
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05-25-2008, 12:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 36
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9 WT Striper / Saltwater Outfit Ready- Get ready to bid!!
Hello to all the supporters of the First Annual Charters for Veterans & their Families:
Saltfly, BillyBlanks and cb2Fly (me) have collaborated on a nice 9 WT Fly Outfit that will be auctioned off to support these fantastic Servicemen and women who have sacrificed for us!
I am sending the reels and flies to Rich on Tuesday morning, he already has a nice custom 9Wt flyrod that Saltfly built for the cause. So to those that want to support and haven' found the right avenue, this is your chance. I will post some pics of the outfit soon.
The package will be set up and ready to fish and will include:
9'0" Premium Graphite Flyrod ("The Craftsman" SaltFly has details)
ECHO 6/9 Large Arbor Fly Reel with Extra Spool- GREAT SW REEL
AirFlo COLD SALT SInk tip and Intermediate Fly lines w 30lb Backing
1 Doz Great "The Greatest Striper Flies EVER" collection from BillyBlanks. Bid high and often when it is listed, thanks Billy and Saltfly for taking action to support our troops! cb
here are some of the links:
http://www.echoflyfishing.com/reels.php
http://www.flylines.com/Flylines_Air..._Saltwater.cfm
http://www.flylines.com/Flylines_Air...er_Striper.cfm |
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05-28-2008, 05:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Truro
Posts: 307
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Hello to all - an update on the event.
We have 20 boats - over sixty veterans and 120 of their kids and spouse's - we are full!!!
Donations have come in, and stores etc. are donating food items.
As cb2fly notes - we also have some great items we are raffling off. In addition to the reel and flies, plus Saltfly's great rod, William and Chritine Davison from Seaford, New York donated a ten ft. St. Croix Premier surf rod and a Penn 560 Slammer.
We are selling tickets at the tackle shop(508-487-0034), and at the event, for $10 - buy one ticket and you have a chance to win either outfit - all the tickets go into a bucket and we pull two winners the day of the event.
Just a big thanks to everyone who has donated and stepped up to the plate with time and donations - we will post pictures and personally get back to everyone after the event - Thanks Again.
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06-07-2008, 03:18 PM
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Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
Posts: 801
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Tomorrow is the big day! Good luck to everyone and acknowledgements to Rich and everyone for doing this. Now go put those folks on big fish!
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Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
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06-09-2008, 07:22 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: trying for Truro
Posts: 583
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What a fantastic event Rich! A great day. Our 1st trip we got -0-, but our 2nd charter was with Captain David Roy, his wife Michelle and son Nick (5) out of Attleboro. Captain Roy had returned home from Baghdad Thursday(!) and this was his 1st weekend home. His family had never been to Ptown (they are spending the week there), nor had he ever caught a striper. 2 keepers, largest a fat 32-33". A great way to spend the day. Thanks to our servicemen, and thanks to you Rich - can't overstate what a great event it was, and all the great people in attendance.
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
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06-10-2008, 08:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Truro
Posts: 307
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We had the event on Sunday - great weather, sunny, calm waters, went really really nice.
Ended up with 13 charter boat guys and 7 recreational boats who also volunteered, and took out a total of 175 people - approx. 65 vets and their spouses and kids. Had a morning trip and afternoon trips, and alot of fish were caught up to about 25 pounds, which the mates filleted and bagged.
We had a great breakfast for all, and an even better lunch - made possible by the numerous donations we received from people on this site and direct from area restaurants. Alot of the people actually came for the weekend, as some hotels gave 50% off discounts.
I will post some pictures, but need to downsize them and re-load the rest of them.
Bottom line - THANKS to all who made this possible, too many to mention, but 2na, who actually got on a boat to mate, and Saltfly who donated a custom fly rod and BillyBlanks and cb2fly donated flies, line and reel, Bill Davison who donated a 10 ft St Croix and slammer reel, and on and on. I hope to get a CD made of the event as our local TV station was there, and then I will distribute it out to all who helped pull this off.
The Vets and their families really had a great time and were very, very thankful for the entire event - it was a real nice time.
Last edited by fishonnelsons; 06-10-2008 at 09:32 AM..
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