Putting on a Joint Conclave Sept. 19-21

The Wisconsin flyfishing message board I administer along with two
other Midwest based flyfishing websites are hosting a joint Conclave
in Avalanche, WI on Sept19th - 21st. While the main activities will be
fishing and drinking around campfires, the guiding purpose behind it
all is to raise money via a resale table and raffle for the West Fork
Sportsmans Club. They experienced two 100 year floods in the last
year, with the last in June being especially devastating. Not only
were the club grounds, camping, meeting room and cabins ( open to the
public, BTW) severely damaged but many of the stream improvements were
washed out. In one case the stream itself dug a new, shallow channel a
hundred feet away from the old one.

So some of us got together a month ago and started to organize this
thing. Since the repairs to the buildings are mostly complete my guess
is that most of the money raised will go for stream repair and
improvements.

For those who aren't familiar with the area, the West Fork of the
Kickapoo was a put and take, low quality cow pasture stream 20 years
ago. Through the work of the Sportsmans Club it was deepened and
improved to the point where it is supporting natural reproduction of
both browns and brookies. The man behind it all was a guy named Roger
Widner, a self taught stream technician. Roger died of cancer two
years ago.

So I'm sending an invite to all ROFFians. Come over to the Driftless,
fish the streams, come sit at the campfires and BS and generally enjoy
yourselves. Its a fantastic time of year to be in the area. Fishing is
picking up (the browns are going into their pre-spawn binge) and the
local orchards are usually in full swing with the year's harvests. And
if you decide to drop a few bucks on raffle tickets, all the better.

Here is the event website:

http://sites.google.com/site/2008avalancherendezvous/

Here is the West Fork clubs website:

http://www.westforksportsmansclub.org/

Show up, find me and tell me you're from ROFF and I'll give you a
beer. Such a deal.

Geo. C.

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
...
Show up, find me and tell me you're from ROFF and I'll give you a
beer. Such a deal.

just beer, George? You said it was a joint conclaveg.
Dammit, now I 'm all confused.
Tom

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:11:59 GMT, "Tom Littleton"
wrote:


"George Cleveland" wrote in message
.. .
Show up, find me and tell me you're from ROFF and I'll give you a
beer. Such a deal.

just beer, George? You said it was a joint conclaveg.
Dammit, now I 'm all confused.
Tom



What happens in Avalanche... stays in Avalanche.

Geo. C.

Who is sure that there is some nice organic weed grown on the old
hippie farms up in the Ocooch Mountains (local term for the
Driftless).

On 17-Aug-2008, George Cleveland wrote:

Who is sure that there is some nice organic weed grown on the old
hippie farms up in the Ocooch Mountains (local term for the
Driftless).

Can you tell me exactly how to get there?

Fred

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:22:52 GMT, "Fred"
wrote:


On 17-Aug-2008, George Cleveland wrote:

Who is sure that there is some nice organic weed grown on the old
hippie farms up in the Ocooch Mountains (local term for the
Driftless).

Can you tell me exactly how to get there?

Fred

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Avalanche&state=WI

Zoom in and out to get your bearings.

Basically you will need to head east on County Hwy. Y (between
Viroqua and Westby) and drive a few miles down the valley until you
reach Avalanche.

The campground is on S just after you leave the "town" of Avalanche
(several houses and a real general store), heading east. S will turn
to the south after crossing the West Fork bridge and the campground is
maybe 200 yards after the turn. Its easily seen across a corn field
from the general store and they will certainly give you directions to
the campground.

It will cost you $10 for a years membership to camp. If you want to
motel it there are several motels in Viroqua and Westby. Either way
you'll be more than welcome around our campfire and with us on the
streams. People usually split up in small groups in the morning and
drive to a ridiculously large selection of spring creeks in the area.
OTOH you can just wade up or down from the Club grounds and catch fish
to your hearts content.


Geo. C.