"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
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I visited the International Sportsman Show in San Mateo, CA yesterday. It
seems to be getting more sparse every year, as this time they combined some
of the hunting with the fly-fishing section. I was wondering why the
fly-fishing seemed to be a bit more crowded. In any-case, I got to meet
Dave Whitlock and Denny Rickards, two of the big names in Fly-Fishing
world. Somehow Denny must have enjoyed my company, we talked for over an
hour (mostly him doing the talking) about working the emerger patterns. I
felt as though I was getting a personal instructor and learned quite a lot
about emergers and how to fish them. In all I enjoyed the demos, and
lectures, not much for looking at tackle or new products, food is always
overpriced and unsatisfying, so this year I stopped off and had breakfast
first. Not many booths on international outfitters.
fwiw,
-tom


I went down after jury duty and was very underwhelmed. Has shunk a lot.