April Meeting/Auction

In case you haven’t heard, our Annual Fundraiser is on April 16th, Wednesday night. The
doors will open at 5:30 PM. The event will include multiple raffles, a silent auction and a
general auction run by professional auctioneer Dave Goodrich. Dinner will be served
at 6:30 PM.

Admission is $25 per person again this year and includes dinner and your own personal
bid card. The auction is always amazing. Some of the items donated include fishing tackle,
fly tying equipment and supplies, photographs, paintings, gear and hand crafted items, even a hand carved fish.

Rather than leave you wondering what this may include, I’ll give you a list of some of what we have lined up.

Playing Card Raffles
1) Ascend FS12T 12’ Kayak with paddle and car top carrier – $20.00 per card
2) 1st pick of live auction – $20.00 per card
3) Yeti Cooler – $10.00 per card

Sounds pretty good so far, no? Well, this is just the start. Below you will find a list of items for the Live Auction, Silent Auction and the Raffle Buckets.

Live Auction Items

The Live Auction is the always filled with a lot of exciting things created and provided by
members. The following is a sampling of what we have so far. Expect much more.

  • New Coleman two burner propane stove
  • New Coleman 50qt Extreme cooler
  • Wood Carving by Jim Lothary
  • 4) New Baston Rainshadow RX7 10ft 7wt 2pc Rod by Mike Beachy
  • Used Sage Graphite III 9ft 7wt 4pc Rod
  • ½ day guided fly fishing trip from The Northern Angler-Traverse City MI
  • TFO 8ft 2wt 3pc fly rod with Fin-Nor 1-3wt reel and line
  • Orvis Chest Pack
  • Orvis Sling Pack
  • Orvis Battenkill LA reel BLA VI
  • Orvis Shooting Star 13.5ft 8wt spey rod
  • Large professional grade rod Wrapper
  • Cabelas backpack
  • One day Mike Beachy guided walk/wade fly fishing trip on the Little Elkhart River
  • Orvis Safe Passage vented rolling duffle
  • Fly box with 30 carp flies tied by Lee Troyer
  • Tim Scott guided fly fishing trip
  • Fly Box with dry flies from Fishing The Cape