Wasn't sure I was going to be able to make it to Copia this year but finally got things straightened out with my schedule.  I'll be riding shotgun with Old Salt (or vice versa) to Madtown and back.  So I am in for whatever happens Friday night, lunch at the Coliseum Bar, dinner at Grays, breakfast at Tiffany's err...Dennys, and whatever other activities capture my attention.

hey QJ, I will be at the show Friday eve listening to some talks. If other QJ-er's are attending, and want to go out for beers there-after, feel free to drop me a line, or respond. We can go to some of the nicer downtown dives that Mad-town has to offer.   Not far from the show, and I'll drive!    

If not, no worries.  Cheers,  --paw

It was my considerable privilege today to be asked to introduce Wally13 and Old Salt for their CanoeCopia presentation, "How to Plan a Fishing-Oriented Canoe Trip."  Frankly, I still can't get over just how good their presentation was!  The guys did a phenomenal job providing attendees with loads of invaluable trip-planning tips and solid resource information that the crowd could walk away with. 

They didn't give the crowd fish , they taught them HOW to plan to fish... where to start & how to do-it-yourself. 

They pointed to all the websites, magazines and resources that one could ever conceivably need in order to plan a trip of a lifetime.  Despite all the years I have been at it, I found out there was a load I didn't know... so I was taking notes along with most of everybody else!  An especially nice touch was their choice to liberally sprinkle fabulous big fish pics between each slide of learning points. 

This program was exactly the sort of presentation I hope to see when I attend Copia.  In fact, it was among the finest I have EVER seen at the show.  I will be absolutely shocked if they are not asked to return to do it all again next year.  Our Rutabaga host came up to me after the program raving about the excellence of their program.   The fine ovation the guys received when they finished was very well deserved.

Wally13 and Old Salt not only did good today, they absolutely nailed it. 

I look forward to seeing how these two fellas are going to top this performance next year.  What a truly EXCELLENT job!

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Jimbo   

Congratulations Old Salt and Wally 13 along with everyone who helped you guys pull it off. It sounds like you did a great job and helped some people learn how to have the fishing trip of their life.

Also, thank you to all who attended the dinner Saturday evening. Having 23 people attend assures that we will continue this tradition.

Spartan2 wrote on Mar 10^th, 2014 at 11:32am:


That is high praise indeed!

I also thought the presentation was excellent.  It's quite possible I'm slightly biased, but based on the lack of people exiting 10 minutes into the presentation (a 'Copia tradition), I would say it was well received by all in attendance.