Terry Dodge

Total of 15 in attendance. Mike - That's a nice looking fly. Thanks for sharing.

I'm sorry. Let me try that again.... That looks pretty good. It won't catch fish but it does look pretty good.

If you have yet to take the poll, please do so. The sooner you take it, the sooner you can take your poll down to the river and do some fishing. Get it? Poll as in fishing pole. See how I did a little play with words on that?

A friend of mine is giving a seminar tonight if anybody is interested in going....

I don't think Jim meant that. Stop trying to get Jim to play your silly little game. Leave Jim out of this. Sue? You want to sue me if I use that picture again? You, my good man, look like a Sue in that picture. A hairy faced Sue but a Sue. I'm not ascared of you.

That looks pretty good.

John at Ken-Rock says he would like see this happen in March. That leaves us with March 9, 16, 23 and 30. The Blowout is on the 2nd so that Saturday is out. I like the 23rd. or the 30th. He also said that he will send out flyers in the mail about our seminar. Over 10,000 flyers will go out in the mail and I plan to play a small roll in the designing of that.

I'm going new not used. Kind of thinking I've got it down to the Coosa or the WS Ride 115 Angler. Come yo find out that there is a WS Ride 115 (standard) that sells for $869.00. The WS Ride 115 Angler goes for $1019.00 which is still $130.00 (paddle money?) less than the Coosa going at 1149.00. Being so close in price, the color choices come more into play and the Coosa seems to have the edge there. Another option to considered is the Tom L. donated Coosa at the Bronzeback Blowout. Would anybody happen to know if that silent auction Coosa is "color-as-is", or is there a choice of color for the winner? I saw a walk through video of the Ascend and the person that did the video said that they really like the yak but did state that he had problems with denting ( lower quality materials ) from the heat of direct sun light. That kind of scared me away from that. I have been in touch with Paddle & Trail (Loves Park) and mention the "Give Back Program" the guy kind of made it sound like that was an Aurora store thing. I have an open budget on this, it's just that I'm kind of a cheap bastage so I have a hard time spending more than 5 bucks on anything. I've got all winter to sort this out. Your guy's help is greatly appreciated.

HA! That would be a deal breaker on the Coosa then. If I'm going to spend that kind of cash then I feel they should toss in a paddle. Call me old school but that's just the way I am. New car and no free calendar with my picture next to the car, no deal. The same might apply for the WS Ride 115. Should have kept Jude's yak stick earlier this year I guess.

Thanks for the info. Right now I'm eyeballing the WS Ride 115 Angler.... (http://www.wildernesssystems.com/product/index/angling/angling_kayaks/ride_angler_2012/ride_115_angler_2012) Other eyeballers include the Coosa - http://jacksonkayak.com/jk-kayaks/kayak-fishing/coosa/ and BassProShops Ascend FS12T http://www.basspro.com/Ascend-FS12T-SitOnTop-Angler-Kayak-Olive/product/61401647/ Jackson does have better color choices but the price is something that just don't set well with me. Doesn't mean it's out of the running, just hard to swallow. The WS Ride 115 looks nice but need to make a trip to Paddle & Trail and take a good look at it. The price is better at about $860.00. The Ascend at BassProShops will need to be looked at in person but has the gooder price at $499.00. I looked into the Moken yaks but those are not made in the USA so I'll pass on those. This is kind of fun. Do paddles come with yaks?

Do they sell everything in big batches at the big box store?

If we do a Saturday it would have to be wrapped up by about 3:30pm as the Bingo plays will taking over the place.

First things first..... Do we want to do this on a week day or weekend?

Yes it does.

So it looks as if there are a few interested in going forward with this - rich mc, Jude, Paul T, Tim, Mike G, myself and Jim if we have Biscuits and Gravy. I think that's enough for me to go ahead and let John at Ken-Rock know. I'll try to set up a sit down with him either tomorrow or sometime next week. Thanks guys. We'll be pushing membership also as we really don't have a push for membership in this area anymore now that we have dropped the outdoor showBe thinking of what to discuss and how we should present.

I believe the date would be when ever we choose, I was thinking maybe towards the end of March or April. This would be only us, no one else.

I was kind of thinking we could do like a Backyard Bassin' type thing. Basically just cover the type of gear for wading, yaking, lures, equipment, flies, catch and release and so on and so on. I think we'll need to get about 4 to 5 guys to pull this off right. Of course more is always gooder. Plus ISA membership info. What do you think? Ken-Rock is going to offer this FREE to the community.

Allen Penticroff is going to take over as President of "Friends Of The Kishwaukee River". http://greencommunitiescoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=210:allen-penticoff&catid=93:steering-committee&Itemid=487

Just want to know everybody's thoughts are on the seminar thing that Ken-Rock Community Center would like us to host this early Spring. This could be a good way to pick up a few new ISA members if we were to do it. Need to get your thoughts so I can get back with them. Thanks

Worked for me.... "Thanks Norm" - http://illinoissmallmouthalliance.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=10186&do=findComment&comment=68778

Sit in or sit on? Why?

Glad you guys enjoyed yourselves. I too would like to thank our 3 tiers for the fine job they did. Another thanks to Jude for posting the pics. Here are a few shots I took.....

I see this is going to be a fun thing to try.

This is something new. You will be able to read more about it in an upcoming issue of the Bronzeback Bulletin. Please take the time to answer. Thank you.

Anchovy jigs?