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Our November speaker was J Carlton Courter III,
Director of the VDGIF
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Bob Clouser is the innovator of many fine fly patterns, all of which gained
worldwide popularity. His flies include The Clouser Minnow, The Half and half,
Clouser Crayfish, Swimming Nymph, Crippled Minnow, Mad tom, The Darter,
Hellgrammite, E-Z popper, Floating Minnow and many others. Bob’s Clouser Minnow
is claimed to be the most effective underwater fly developed in five decades. He
has designed a fly line (The Clouser Taper) manufactured by Rio Products that
make heavy wind resistant fly patterns a dream to cast. He is on the advisory
staff for the St.Croix Rod Company also helped in designing an 8ft. 9-inch fly
rod for casting his flies,Umpqua Feather Merchants and Renzetti Inc. |
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Bob also teaches fly tying, fly casting and fishing. His casting
demonstrations, using visual aids and casting weighted flies and lines are very
popular. Bob holds freshwater and saltwater fly fishing/casting schools at
various locations around the country. He also hosts trips to great fresh and
saltwater fishing locations.
Bob has been presented numerous awards for his strong conservation work,
especially work done to enhance smallmouth bass fishing in Pennsylvania. Most
notable among his awards are his induction into the national Fresh Water Fishing
Hall of fame as Legendary Angler, the Warm Water Committee Achievement Award, a
national award presented by The Federation of Fly Fishers, the Dr. Henshall
Award presented by The federation of Fly Fishers, and National Angler of the
Year 2000 by Fly Rod and Reel Magazine. He is a strong supporter of recreational
fishing as well as conservation. He was awarded the 1995 Conservation Award of
The Year presented by the Susquehanna Smallmouth Alliance, and in 1997 the
Charles K. Fox Rising Trout Conservation Award presented by the Cumberland
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Our July 19th dinner speaker was artist
Tye
Krueger.
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Our May dinner speaker was
Cory Routh...
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Cory "Ruthless" Routh is a kayak fishing guide
from Virginia Beach, Virginia. His marine biology background and knowledge of
Virginia's marine fisheries, makes him one of the premier kayak fishing guides
on the lower Chesapeake Bay. Ruthless specializes in Light Tackle and Flyfishing.
"Ruthless" is sponsored by Legacy Watersports, and currently paddles the Redfish
14 by Heritage Kayaks and the
Ultimate by Native Watercraft. He is the founder of the
Tidewater Kayak Anglers Association. Cory is
also a pro staffer for
St. Croix Rod Company . He currently writes a monthly kayak fishing column
for the Chesapeake-Angler Magazine
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Our March 15th, 2007 dinner speaker was Marty Shaffner.
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Marty Shaffner
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Marty has been guiding for the last 5 years, realizing,
with the help of his patient and understanding wife Sandra, a dream of turning
his passion for fishing into a full time career. He does float trips on the
Watauga,South Holston rivers in east Tennessee for trout and the New river in
both Virginia and North Carolina for smallmouth bass as well as wade trips in
all 3 states we serve. Marty not only “puts you on fish” and teaches the skills
necessary to become a better fisherman, but makes you feel at ease while
instructing and after a day on the water with him you feel like he is an old
friend. He is on the pro-staff of G.Loomis rod company and Frog Hair tippet and
leaders showing that major manufacturers believe in his abilities also. *
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(* Text copied from the
Tri-State Angler Guide Service
web site)
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Master angler Joe Humphreys
was our
January 2007 annual banquet speaker!
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Mr. Humphreys is world renowned as an
author and instructor.
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