Tie Fest February 16, 2008

[Bill Michelinie]

The club will be there again this year. Please join us to man our display, tie flies, and in general have a great time during the loooong, cold, off-season!

[flytyer209]

New member and would like more info on the tie fest. Location, time, admission fee and schedule of events/venfors if available.
Thanks

[Bill Michelinie]

Hi flytyer209,

Tie Fest is a free event run by Tony who is active on the Tidalfish site and Mid-Atlantic Fly Anglers. Most of the pertinent information is show in the bulletin posted above. Kent Island is on the eastern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (not to be confused with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel!).

The club will have a display and members will take turn "manning" it. Flies will be tied and questions about the club answered. We would be glad to have you join us.

Check out the "sticky" at the top of the fly fishing board for more info:

http://www.tidalfish.com/forums/fly-...uary-16th.html

This year there will be two special guests, Bob Popovics and Lefty Kreh. The event is sort of like a smaller version of the Somerset, NJ fly fishing show only free to get in and more user friendly.

Hope to see you there!

[Bill Michelinie]

Here is the latest bulletin I received from CCA Maryland this morning:


TieFest

presented by CCA MD

Kent Narrows Chapter

February 16th · 10 am to 6 pm

Kent Island Yacht Club

117 Yacht Club Drive

Chester, MD 21619

TieFest is a grass roots effort to further the sport of fly fishing.

We gather as equals to teach and to learn. Over the past eight years, TieFest has grown from eight to hundreds of likeminded individuals. This year shall prove to be bigger and better than ever. Various attractions and sponsors are listed below. This year we are proud to support the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative (MARI) with a silent auction and various raffles.

Winchester Creek Outfitters

TidalFish.com

St. Croix Rods with special guest Joe Cap

GLoomis Rods

The Evening Rise Fly Shop

Temple Fork RodsSage Rods

Shore Tackle and Custom Rods

Boatyard Bar and Grill

Saltwater Fly Anglers of Delaware

Mid-Atlantic Fly Anglers

Addictive Fly Fishing.com

Grauer's Fine Fly Tackle

Project Healing Waters

Guides including:

Capt. Gary Neitzey, Capt. Harry Huelsbeck, Brian Horsley,

Sarah Gardner, Dave Rohde, and many more.

Tiers including:

Brad Buzzi, Steve Silverio, Bob Popovics, Steve Farrar, Doug Errett, Jon Pund, Tony Friedrich, and many more.



Enjoy special casting seminars provided free of charge by Mid-Atlantic Fly AnglersTimes for casting instruction:



1st session 12:30

2nd session 2:30

Please bring your own fly rod if you wish to participate in the seminar!



Come see Special Guest Lefty Kreh!



TieFest is

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!



For More Information Call

888-758-6580

[Bill Michelinie]

What a great day! Check out the link below for details and pictures:

http://www.tidalfish.com/forums/fly-...est-folks.html

[silverfish]

Hello Bill,

It was nice to meet you at Tiefest, and I look forward to attending a club meeting in the near future. You fellows have a great club and I had the pleasure of meeting several members at the show. One question though, who's older Lefty or Don?

Best Regards,
Steve Silverio
Silverfish Flies / Regal Engineering
steve@silverfishflies.com

[Bill Michelinie]

Hey Steve,

it was nice to meet you and I believe you also spoke to Ron Smith about doing a presentation at one of our meetings. Hope you can make it!

Thank you so much for the kind words about our club!

Don just turned 74 in January and I believe Lefty is 83.