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The Burger Boys were hard at it once again. One of the big money makers for the Grand Opportunities Forum is the BBQ.
There are also raffles for everything imaginable provided by local fly shops, restatements, hotels, bed and breakfasts and many other businesses. |
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Lots
of folks got a chance to try out rods on the pond by the Hampton
Barn and down on the river.
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Onstream instruction continues to be a big selling point of the Forum. Almost all of the onstream seminars were sold out in 2003.
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 Photographer: Stephen May |
Sage has been on site with all of their rods every year since the beginning of the Grand Opportunities Forum. This forum is a great opportunity to try out the new rods because there's lots of room to cast.
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The adults use the pond at the Hampton Barn for casting but there are trout and bass in the pond for the kids. The fishing is free for the kids.
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Steve May, local guide and the organizer of the Forum leads an on-the-stream class.
Where else can you catch a fish while taking a class? |
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Ted Knott, noted local cane rod builder and fly fishing teacher, instructs his class on the finer points of fly fishing.
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Sandy Hale, gear swap organizer, keeps an eye on the massive Grand Opps gear swap. We have sold tens of thousands of dollars in fly rods, reels, fly tying materials, vests, waders and even camping gear over the years. A percentage of sales goes to the FOGR and the rest goes to the supplier of the gear.
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