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SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2013
3:00 to 9:00 PM
American Legion Hall
310 West Butterfield Road, Elmhurst (click for map)
Dinner, speakers, raffles, silent auctions
$25 per person
Jeff Little, Featured Speaker
Owner of Blue Ridge Kayak Fishing LLC and Confidence Baits LLC, Jeff Little can't put it down. He's on the water in all months, trying new tactics, shooting video and teaching others how to do what he does. Certified by the American Canoe Association (ACA) to teach Basic River Kayak, Jeff started Blue Ridge Kayak Fishing as a means to introduce kayak anglers to the skills they need to be safe and effective kayak anglers. He taught the ACA lesson plan, meshed with his own angler- and pattern-specific topics to kayak anglers in the mid Atlantic for ten years. He then turned to video as a means to teach a broader audience in the fast growing sport of freshwater kayak fishing. Many of his YouTube videos can be found on the Videos link of kayakbassfishing.com. His DVD series started with River Kayak Fishing Skills, a video version of the ACA class he taught. It covers river safety, pattern development, stealth approaches, basic whitewater maneuvers, forage assessment, trip planning and more. The subsequent DVDs are seasonal tactics for river smallmouth, starting with summer and fall patterns. His winter patterns DVD is coming out soon, and will be available at confidencebaits.net along with his line of hand crafted lures, perfect for river anglers.
Jeff served as president of the Potomac River Smallmouth Club. He credits that club with a rapid learning curve of river smallmouth fishing. "Getting out on the water with different club members each weekend, and learning their favorite presentations and baits - you can't pay for that type of quality education." Jeff holds pro staff positions with St. Croix Rods, Wilderness Systems Kayaks, Do-It Molds, Adventure Technology Paddles, Assassinator Baits, HOOK 1, Kokatat, and YakAttack kayak fishing gear. He lives in New Windsor, Maryland, but considers Pennsylvania rivers, the Susquehanna and Juniata his home waters. He plies these fisheries in kayak and cataraft with his sons Sawyer (6 years) and Cooper (4 years). "Fishing with my kids is like relearning it all over again. Each milestone catch they make is huge, certainly more dramatic than when I caught my first 20 incher, or 4 pounder." His sons have routine cameos in his YouTube videos, posted on kayakbassfishing.com.
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