With the announcement this week by the American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) that it would “sponsor and/or endorse and/or ignore and/or relocate an Independent Fly Fishing show in 2010,” it came as welcome news to the industry this morning that the trade group has settled on the lobby of the Rock Springs, Wyoming, EconoLodge as the location.

“Since nobody could seem to choose between Salt Lake City and Denver, we decided to meet in the middle,” says group spokesperson Tawnya McMend. “Plus, the girls over at Mike’s Astro Lounge are offering free table dances to the first 50 guys not named Cody.”

Other local activities available to show attendees include cow-tipping and windmill-watching:

Much confusion had been brewing recently over where next year’s Flyfishing Retailer Show might be held, especially after an Outdoor Retailer show director sent an open invitation to all flyfishing companies, asking them to come join O. R. in Salt Lake.

However, that invitation was quickly called into question, since the author wrote that “more than 25 percent of Flyfishing Retailer companies already exhibit at Outdoor Retailer”—clearly forgetting to add a decimal point between the 2 and the 5.

Thankfully, none of that matters now. But attendees in Rock Springs will need to act fast, as the only date the EconoLodge had available was on Feb 7, from noon til 6 p.m.. Also, though winter fishing will be available on the nearby tailwaters of the Green and North Platte, a scheduling conflict with a local snowmobile club meant the casting pond had to be relocated to this Twin Falls I-Hop:

See you all there!!

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Comments (9)

David Hanna said…

December 13, 2009

I love your twisted humor - its like reading National Lampoon for fly fisherfreaks. Thanks for the laughs.

Kenji said…

December 15, 2009

Good belly laugh Tom... thanks. I stand by my math, though; 33 of the 140 for-profit companies remaining at this year's FFR show have OR show exhibit history. Guess that's more like 23.6%. Dang,you're right, I did round up. How many FF shops already attend OR? That's probably a more important question. I've got an entire division of Nielsen working on that...

Nemo nemo said…

December 15, 2009

yes, Kenji, but 31 of those 33 companies are p.r. firms. So that don't count...

Ribbed Hares Ear for her pleasure said…

December 15, 2009

Where do I register? I want the booth between the check-in counter and The Ass-tro lounge. My "Flippet-tippet" system is sure to make me richer than Tyger Voods!

I Like the new website!!!

Cody said…

December 28, 2009

WTF? No free table dances, I want my titties and beer. Guess I'll have to move to Montana.

gripper said…

January 13, 2010

if yer a goin' to rock springs have a knife in one pocket a gun in the other and a bag of meth for trade

gripper said…

January 13, 2010

. “Plus, the girls over at Mike’s Astro Lounge are offering free table dances to the first 50 guys not named Cody.” Good thing my name is Travis, my pa is wyatt and my sister is Cheyenne

thingamabob said…

January 22, 2010

i'm afraid they've chosen too large of a show venue. good thing the econolodge is letting them use the lobby for free this first time just to see how it goes.

Werbegeschenke said…

January 28, 2010

I'll be there, can't wait! Maybe I'll see some of your down there?