In case you haven’t heard, our Annual Fundraiser is on April 17th, Wednesday night. The doors will open at 5:30 PM at the Waterford Estates Lodge, 52890 State Road 933, South Bend, IN. The Waterford is just north of the Cleveland Road/933 intersection. The event includes a grab bag raffle, silent auction, a chance to win a a new Scott G2 8’8” 6 weight rod with a Galvan reel and a general auction run by professional auctioneer Dave Goodrich.

Dinner will be served at 6:30 PM. Admission is $25 per person and includes dinner, a bid card and a special fly box. And if you find the lucky “Okie Drifter” inside your box you win a cool basket of neat stuff. 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 Greenback Cutthroat Trout. Some last minute items include a guided Musky trip for two  anglers in Wisconsin next fall
with Jordan Carter, a carp fishing trip with guide Brian Pitser, and a chance to be an
honorary assistant manager of the South Bend Silver Hawks for a day. Tim Scott will offer his legendary day of smallmouth bass fishing with lunch and 36 flies. We added another item to the silent auction table, a discount certificate for Chota waders and boots. That brings the items on the silent auction table to 10, all great discounts on top quality items.