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Throughout most of my adult professional life I have had the unique pleasure of working trade shows. If you have ever attended a trade show you have seen the many smiling faces standing behind their respective tables, in their booths anxious to offer you a key fob, refrigerator magnet or some other kind of swag to remind you of who they are and what they do. Shows like these can be exciting for the folks that work them, at least at the beginning of the show however most are anxious to pack up and hit the road long before the show is actually over, usually on Sunday night. Most folks working these shows are friendly types however working a show all day on your feet often having conversations with patrons that are only engaged long enough to get that free mini box of Chiclets on the booth table would make anyone tire of the event itself and want to go on with the normal daily lives. (more…)

A few years ago while working at the Orvis Store in Richmond Virginia I was approached by a gentleman from the Virginia Coastal Fly Anglers and asked if I would join his group for a meeting and speak to them about fly fishing for small mouth bass. Smallies are near and dear to me as I grew up fishing the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania and eventually spent much of the first half of my guiding years chasing them with clients. What I found interesting about this request is that the VCFA is coastal, out of Virginia Beach and most of it’s members spend their time fishing for reds, stripers and blues in that area. “We would just like to hear about a different fish and fishery from a guest speaker” it was explained to me. So I agreed to make the trek from Richmond to VA beach (about a 2 hour drive) sometime later that spring.

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I am so excited to share that I have been asked to attend the Orvis Guide Rendezvous in Missoula Montana coming this spring 2015. Orvis typically selects only a handful of associates from the Retail side of Orvis to attend this event so I am flattered to be part of this group. (more…)

I had the pleasure of spending the last 7 days of this brutal cold snap in sunny Florida visiting with my brother and doing a little fishing as well. Those of us that are ‘stuck’ in the northern regions of this country for most of the winter months often think as Florida weather this time of year being like summer time. And while the sun does shine and 60+ degree days feel really, really good in February, the truth is Florida gets hit by the same the cold fronts that we do up north. Of course the impact is not nearly as extreme and often the result can be delightful weather days in the low 70’s with brilliant sunshine. For the fly fisherman however the wind can be a challenge in the winter months and the cool water temps can put down some of the glamour species that we love to target like snook and reds. (more…)