I want to invite everyone to our 7th Annual Fly fishing Expo on April 3rd here at Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop. All of us here look forward to seeing you at this festive event rain or shine. Here are the latest add-ons to this year's event since our last e-mail. We are really excited at how much the expo has grown over the years! John Shaner from Hardy Reels is
considered to be the leading authority in the USA when it comes to Hardy Reels. He will be here offering his expertise to anyone who brings their Hardy Reels to the Expo. John will clean, lube and tell you everything he knows about your reel and he'll do it for free. Expert two-handed caster Topher Browne will be here to show interested attendees some of the techniques for overhead casting with a two hander that will be helpful for those who want to chase stripers or anything else with the extra long rod. Maine Guide Kevin McKay and member of Scott Fly Rods and Hatch Fly Reels Pro Team and founder of www.maineflyfish.com will be here. Echo Fly Rods will be here, along with a free fly rod raffle (see below) Hardy and Grey's will be here, along with a free fly reel raffle (see below) We'll have a large casting area along side a huge tent under which will be a diverse display of fly rods manned by reps from Echo, Greys, Hardy, Ross Worldwide, Sage, Scott, and Winston set up and ready to compare and test cast at your leisure. Look below for more details.
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Test Cast 100'S of Fly Rods!!
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Manufacturers Reps From:
Sage ~ Winston ~ Scott ~ Ross Reels and Ross Worldwide ~ Tibor ~ Fishpond ~ Simms ~ Rio ~ Hatch ~ Hardy ~ Greys ~ Echo ~ And More!
Hardy Reels
Bring your Hardy Reels to the Expo and John Shaner will clean and lube your reels for free. John has a wealth of knowledge about Hardy reels and will be able to tell you much about the history and maker of your new or old Hardy reel.
Register to win prizes from Sage, Winston, Scott, Ross Worldwide, Hardy/Greys, Echo If you test cast any fly rod, the representative from that rod company will give you a ticket to put in that company's bucket. At the end of the day we will be drawing a winner from each company's bucket for the following items.
SAGE: Sage Flight Fly Rod (your choice of length and line weight) - $340.00 value WINSTON: Your choice of 3 Scientific Anglers Fly Lines (spey lines excluded) $300.00 value
SCOTT: Scott A3 Fly Rod (your choice of length and line weight) - $335.00 value
ROSS: Ross Worldwide Fly Rise Reel Outfit (Reel, Flyline, Backing) - $115.00 value HARDY / GREYS: Your choice ofany size Hardy Bougle Fly Reel - $475.00 value ECHO: Your choice of any EchoSolo Fly Rod (this includes any Solo spey rod) $230.00 value Door Prizes:
Dyna King Kingfisher Vise - $135.00 value 1 of 2 $50.00 gift certificates for Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop Hand Carved Piping Plover on Driftwood by Dave Webber All of the flies tied by Joe Calcavecchia during the Expo All of flies tied by Peter Smith during the Expo Raffle
A Four Hour Guided Fishing Trip w / Capt. Mark Drummond - $300.00 value
Professional Fly Tying Demo
Joe Calcavecchia ~ Saltwater Custom Flies Peter Smith ~ SSFlies
Both Joe and Peter tie flies for our shop. They are extraordinary production fly tiers who tie thousands of flies a year. Their attention to detail is evident in their flies and a testament to their skills. Joe and Peter will be tying in our shop during the entire day and will be willing to help you with any fly tying questions that you may have. Every fly that Joe and Peter tie during the Expo will be put into two Eldredge Bros. fly boxes and given away as a door prize. Last year Peter tied so many flies we could barely cram them into an extra large fly box.
Free Aquatic Entomology Seminars by Dick Babine
Dick is a registered Maine guide who has spent a life time studying our aquatic insects and imitating them with a no nonsense and practical approach to fly design. Dick will be doing 4 - one hour long power point seminars on three types of insects commonly found in Maine waters. They will cover Mayflies, Caddis flies Stoneflies, and Midges. At the end of each seminar you will be asked to write your email address down and Dick will e-mail you a free comprehensive E-booklet that expands on what he covers in the seminar. It amazed me how much information Dick covers in these E-booklets.
1st Seminar: Stoneflies / 9:30am till 10:30am 2nd Seminar: Mayflies / 11:00am till 12:00pm 3rd Seminar: Caddis flies / 12:30pm till 1:30pm 4th Seminar: Midges / 2:00pm till
3:00pm
Free Antique Tackle Appraisals
Sante Giuliani and Danny LeRoux will be here doing Free appraisals on old fishing gear. Sante is one of the country's leading authorities on antique bamboo fly rods and Danny is an authority on old plugs, lures, reels, tackle boxes and anything that ever went into them. If you've got an old cane rod or just anything fishing related that's old, bring it by. You might be sitting on a gold mine or you may have something with a very interesting background.
Free Fly Line and Backing
Purchase any single handed rod and reel outfit that totals over $300.00 and receive a free fly line and backing of your choice. (Versi tips not included)
Purchase any two handed rod outfit and receive a free spey line. (Versi-tips included)
Free Food
CCA New Hampshire president Jeff Barnum and CCANH board member Gordon Thompson will be the chefs on hand. Theywill have the grills fired up and be serving free hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, soda, and coffee all day long to anyone with an appetite. There will be doughnuts for those who get here early.
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This is a "RAIN OR SHINE OR SNOW OR HAIL OR WICKED NASTY NOREASTER" event. As we've seen from previous events there is no weather that can stop a hardy New Englander from following their passion and we will not let it stop us from holding this event. April 3rd, 2010 from 9:00am till 4:00pm here at the Fly Shop. Address is below or you can e-mail or call the shop for directions.
Thanks,
Jim Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop PO Box 69 1480 US Rt 1 Cape Neddick Maine 03902 207-363-9269 or 9279 877-427-9345 toll free
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