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**Let's start with a huge thank you to the owner and employees of the Planet Bluegrass ranch. Their hospitality gave us complete access to 20 acres of beautifully landscaped property with plenty of room to cast and free access to their private portion of the North St. Vrain River. "A Spice of Life Catering" provided us with a meal we would all appreciate coming home to after fishing!
** Thank you to all of the attendees; we set a record this year with 130 people! Last year attendance was 36 and we raised $700.00 for Reel Recovery.
** Another huge thank you to all of you who donated items for the live auction and those who bid and won; and those who gave monetary donations. Because of you, we were able to raise $4390.00 to be split between Reel Recovery and Casting For Recovery!
**We also had an overwhelming response from Rod Makers. Just a few in attendance: (if I left anyone out, you'll be sure to see my edits!)
JOE ARGUELLO
JIM BENENSON
JOHN BURN
MIKE CLARK
DAVE COLLYER
FRANK DRUMMOND
JAY EDWARDS
JEFF HATTON
LEE KOCH
ALAN KUBE
HOMER JENNINGS
MATT SCHLISKE


** A few of the luminaries who joined us:
AK BEST ~ FLY TYER, AUTHOR
ED ENGLE ~ AUTHOR, FLY TYER, GUIDE
JOHN GIERACH ~ AUTHOR, FLY TYER
RICK GOTTDENKER & MARILYN RICHTER ~ RICK'S RODS/PHILLIPSON
TODD HOSMAN ~ AUTHOR, GUIDE
AL RITT ~ FLY TYER
GERALD STEIN ~ AUTHOR
STEVEN WEINMEISTER ~ LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS FOR FIREFALL
GORDON WICKSTROM ~ AUTHOR


*****Thank you to Gary Carbaugh for all of his work and founding this gathering 4 years ago. And thank you to Mike Clark and Hanno Jensen for all of your work and support!
Kathy

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Last Edited By: The Pink Panther 08/10/2009 14:34. Edited 1 time.