Yes, I think I did meet you, but I'm not sure which show it was. The first time I attended, I just walked through an open door with my 12 year old son (I guess the usher had gone to the bathroom). I looked around into the relatively empty hallways and wondered "Where are all of the people?" Then I scanned the room and saw Joan Wulff, Gary Borger, Denny Rickards, Jack Dennis, and Mike Lawson walking around and thought, "I can't believe there aren't any people at this show!" Then I heard somebody ask me what I was doing there. Luckily, it wasn't an usher, but a neighbor who was working the booth of a local computer business that had developed a database for fly shops. He explained that this was a "dealers only" show, and that if anybody saw me without an ID lanyard, I would be kicked out. But he also said he had some extra ID cards we could use.
The name on the ID I used was "Bill" something, and I think my son was someone named "Sally" but other than having people call me by the wrong name, I didn't have any trouble. In fact, I told most of them my real name as well as the story, and they all said they would have done the same thing to get into a good fly fishing show. I finally found Tony (this was our first meeting). He got me hooked up with a real ID and I think I dropped by every night during the show. As luck would have it, I was there when the show shut down and got huge bargains fly tying materials and books from vendors who didn't want to haul their inventory home. I also got a bunch of books at cost, many of them signed by the author. I came back every year after that with similar results and more great visits with Tony. It was a grand time, and I wish the show would come back to SLC. I'm sure I saw you at the show where the pictures you posted were taken, in fact, you might have handed your camera to me to take the picture of you and Tony. Tony took me around to meet the VFB members at the show. Tom > Tom, > That was when the Fly Fishing Retailer Show was divided between doing the > Show in Denver or SLC. Denver won out the next year, and it's been there > since. That's why it's not open to the public- it's for retailers only- plus > guides, destination outfits, professional tiers, anyone with a sales tax # > basically. > > Did you and I meet at that show? > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Davenport" <t...@comcast.net> > To: <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Outdoor Retailers Expo, SLC > > > Oops! Wrong show! This is the outdoor retailers Winter show, dealing with > winter outdoor products. No fishermen around. Perhaps Tony can give me the > correct name for the show he used to tie at. It seemed to me that it was > primarily fishing related. > > Tom > On Jan 21, 2010, at 8:09 PM, Tom Davenport wrote: > >> >> The Outdoor Retailers Expo has returned to Salt Lake City. The last time it >> was here, Tony was tying for Gudebrod, and I was able to visit him and crash >> the show (which isn't open to the public). Visiting Tony was the prime >> objective, but it was also fun to hobnob with the luminaries of the sport >> who usually come to this expo. Also, I made a point of going in on Saturday >> when the vendors would sell the stuff they brought dirt cheap (to avoid >> having to pack it up and haul it home). >> >> Tony, I suspect you aren't making it to this show, but are there any other >> list members who are? Anybody out here in SLC? >> >> Tom Davenport >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
