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Fishing in British Columbia => Advertisers' Specials & Announcements => Topic started by: Rodney on February 12, 2007, 02:04:21 PM
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The Fraser Valley Boat & Sportsmen's Show (http://www.reel-shows.com/sportsmen/index.html) will take place on March 2nd to 4th at Tradex in Abbotsford. This show is Western Canada's biggest in the industry, hosted with the annual Hunting Show (http://www.reel-shows.com/hunt/index.html) and the Country Living Show (http://www.reel-shows.com/country/index.html), all under one roof!
This is your chance to come out and talk to manufacturers, try out their products and purchase from various retail outlets. There will also be ongoing fishing seminars during the show. Some of the popular seminar presenters are back, including Vic Carrao of STS Guiding Service (http://www.guidebc.com) and Brian Chan of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (http://www.gofishbc.com).
Some of FWR's advertisers and sponsors will also be there this year, including Islander Precision Reels (http://www.islander.com), Stryker Rods (http://www.rodandreel.ca), STS Guiding Service (http://www.guidebc.com/), Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (http://www.gofishbc.com/), TNT Marine (http://www.t-n-tmarine.com/) and BC Outdoors Sport Fishing Magazine (http://www.bcosportfishing.com/). The Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Coalition (http://www.cleanrivers.ca) will also have a booth, where kids flytying workshops will be available throughout the show. Steelhead King, Chrome Mykiss, Itosh, Newsman, DanTfisherman, Floon will be a few of the flytying instructors at the workshop. Please come by and visit!
Last year's show photos (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2006tradex)
Ticket Give-away to Subscribers!
I have ten pairs of tickets to the Fraser Valley Boat & Sportsmen's Show available to FWR subscribers (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/shop). Please note, if you have won tickets to this year's Vancouver International Boat Show, you are not eligible for this give-away (we want to make sure as many people get something free as possible). If you are not a subscriber, you can also enter the give-away if you subscribe before February 24th, 2007. To subscribe, go to this page (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/shop/subscription.html).
To enter, please send an email to info@fishingwithrod.com and have the phrase "Tradex Tickets" in the subject line. Ticket winners will be announced on February 24th, 2007.
Let us know if you plan to visit the show, be sure to say hi!
For more information about the show, please go to:
http://www.reel-shows.com/
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Dido. ;)
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Eight entries so far!
I am hoping to have the show seminar information and schedules available sometimes next week.
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I'll be there for Minn Kota and Humminbird, and also St Croix... Make sure you stop by and say hi if you're around...
Come down and test drive some fly rods, we'll have a selection lined up and ready to go!
Cheers,
Nicole
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I'm in ;D I hope :P
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I'm pretty sure the kids and I will be going.. have yet to miss a fishing event. ;) plus all 4 of them like collecting all the pamphlets and practicing their fly tying. ( even though they still have the last 3 years worth of "handouts".. :-\ ) we could probably host our own "fishing" show with all the stuff we have! :D
hope to see you all there,
Cathy
ps Rod: you might want to update the info on the top of the page in regards to the show... still shows the dates from 2006. ;)
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ps Rod: you might want to update the info on the top of the page in regards to the show... still shows the dates from 2006. ;)
Sharp eyes! It is fixed now. :)
We now have 11 entries for the ticket give-away!
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I'll be there for Minn Kota and Humminbird, and also St Croix... Make sure you stop by and say hi if you're around...
Come down and test drive some fly rods, we'll have a selection lined up and ready to go!
Cheers,
Nicole
We missed you at BC Place last Friday night, by a few minutes according to Jack. :-\ Anyways, you better come over to the kids tying desk during your breaks, you've been slacking off. ;D
The 2007 show exhibitor list is not yet available, but I am expecting it the end of this week.
13 entries in the show ticket give-away now!
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14 entries now.
Message from Stryker Rod & Reel (http://www.rodandreel.ca) about the show:
We will be displaying 21 different custom made rods of all types. We will also have in our display, all of the new Stryker Exclusive zirconium guides and all of everything you would need to build a rod as well as reel repair information. All rods on display will be up for sale, we will also be taking orders there for future pickups. There will be some wicked pricing on ABU GARCIA parts. 6000 series worm gear and pawls = $13.75 + taxes. All orders over $ 350 Cdn. will receive FREE SHIPPING.
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We missed you at BC Place last Friday night, by a few minutes according to Jack. :-\ Anyways, you better come over to the kids tying desk during your breaks, you've been slacking off. ;D
The 2007 show exhibitor list is not yet available, but I am expecting it the end of this week.
13 entries in the show ticket give-away now!
I'll make sure to stop by and say hi to the kiddies :) Sorry I missed you last weekend!
Cheers,
Nicole
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Sounds very good Nicole. Steelhead King, Deb and Floon will be doing the tyings on Friday. Saturday, newsman, DanT'fisherman will be in charge, so they can always use a hand or two. ;) Sunday, Chrome Mykiss, Itosh and Fishersak will be babysitting the kids at the booth. :)
Another expected feature is STS Guiding Service's new custom built Hells Canyon Marine Jet Boat (http://www.hellscanyonmarine.com/hcm/stsguideservice/base0.html).
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The updated show floor plan has just been added to the website:
http://www.reel-shows.com/sportsmen/file/floor.pdf
Poster:
http://www.reel-shows.com/sportsmen/file/poster.pdf
19 entries in our ticket give-away now!
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count me in im going to the show love this event. 8) 8)
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We are now at 25 entries in the ticket give-away!
I just put the exhibitor lists up on the website. You can see it at:
Boat and Sportsmen's Show exhibitor list (http://www.reel-shows.com/sportsmen/list.html)
Hunting Show exhibitor list (http://www.reel-shows.com/hunt/list.html)
Log Home Timber Frame & Country Living Show exhibitor list (http://www.reel-shows.com/country/list.html)
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Looking forward to tying flies with the kids again this year and seeing some of you out there on friday :)
Looks like it's going to be another fantastic show!
Cheers
Deb
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Bumped this up as we are less than two days before the ticket draw. So far we have 30 entries in total. Also remember the ticket draw is for subscribers only, I have gotten a few emails from non-subscribers who didn't realize that.
The exhibitor lists will be updated sometimes this morning so be sure to check them again.
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The official show guide, with seminar presenters' bios, seminar schedule, floor plan etc is now available for download (you need Adobe Reader to view this, file is about 3.5mb large).
http://www.reel-shows.com/sportsmen/file/2007showguide.pdf
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The ticket give-away draw has now ended. I will be doing the draw later on tonight and announcing the winners soon. :)
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YAY! I WON! ;D
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so the winners are???????
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??? ??? ???
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Does anyone know if they are going to have a place to challenge the CORE (hunting license) and PAL (firarms license) for free? I heard a rumour that there is but I haven't been able to confirm this. If anyone knows that would be great.
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The ten winners of our show ticket give-away are:
Ever_hopeful
lucky
beads
troutbreath
leaseman
doug
pepsitrev
blueheron
thickrick, or aka trophyhunter now
Duke
Congratulations to you all, each of you will receive two free tickets. Please come by and say hi at the show. :) For the other 20 or so unlucky entries :-[ , please also come to and support the show. There should be lots of bargains to purchase, products to test and prizes to win next weekend.
<Edit: I had to draw one more name today because one of the winners won a pair of Vancouver Boat Show tickets already last month, and the rule says... ;) :-\ )
Does anyone know if they are going to have a place to challenge the CORE (hunting license) and PAL (firarms license) for free? I heard a rumour that there is but I haven't been able to confirm this. If anyone knows that would be great.
Fishin Freak, I have asked the organizer and should be getting a reply sometimes tomorrow regarding this.
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Great!!!!
Thanks Rod....
Mike
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sweet! thanks rod
Do you think theyll have a deal for a 3wt rod, reel or combo or something??
I hope so!
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Thx for the Tix Rod !! looking forward to it :)
TH
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what do you call it when you spend all day searching for one steelhead ??? I call it hunting ;D ;D ;D
TH
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anyone wanna give their free tix to me? lol :D
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You can now see the seminars and presentations that will take place during this year's show at:
http://www.reel-shows.com/sportsmen/seminars.html
There are three stages this year: Pro Fishing Stage, Pro Seminar Series and Tailgate Casting Pool. The tailgate casting pool has an excellent line-up of demos on single and double-hand flycasting by some of the bests in this province.
For the hunters, there are seminars for you too:
http://www.reel-shows.com/hunt/seminars.html
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Any word back yet on the free firearms exam challenge yet Rod?
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Fishin Freak, they were not sure on that yesterday. That may have changed, best to phone the office at (604) 683-4766 or toll free 1-877-8887111 to get a direct answer. :)
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Got my tickets yesterday, greatly appreciated Rod thanks again. ;D Bringing cash and credit, probably join one of the organizations attending that "speak for the fish".
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bump.........
Looks like a great show, some cool exhibitions going on this year too. Marco, though, he's a bit of a slave driver though, hope he lets me slip away once or twice to check out the new bling!
Cheers
Deb
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Just settled down back home and ready to have dinner after a long day. The show had a great start! The Log Home show section was especially well decorated and worth to be visited. There are MANY new companies in the sportfishing section that you would not be disappointed.
Thanks to Deb for coming out to do some flytying once again. :) Lots of interests on CVRCC, hopefully resulting in future bigger attendance at cleanups, or just better awareness in general.
When you come to the show, we are at the OPPOSITE end from the sportfishing section. If you come in, make a left turn and walk to the end of the hallway, and you'll find pathway to fishing there. We are set up in a row with the BC Federation of Driftfishers and Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. FFSBC will have these fantastic kids shows happening tomorrow, as well as DVD shows, thanks to Natalie for putting in all the effort. The new freshwater fishing regulation booklet is also available at where we are.
That's about it, dinner now. See you all tomorrow.
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went out there straight after school today. it was a decent show, not many centerpins or even reels anywhere ??? saw rodney and a few other people i know ;). still a pretty good show ;)
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A few photos from today.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/2007tradex/070302_01.thumb.jpg) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2007tradex/070302_01) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/2007tradex/070302_02.thumb.jpg) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2007tradex/070302_02) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/2007tradex/070302_03.thumb.jpg) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2007tradex/070302_03) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/2007tradex/070302_04.thumb.jpg) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2007tradex/070302_04) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/2007tradex/070302_05.thumb.jpg) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2007tradex/070302_05) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/2007tradex/070302_06.thumb.jpg) (http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2007tradex/070302_06)
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got my tickets thanx rodney and im on my way today ;D ;D ;D. cant wait should be a good time see ya there
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Was there today and it is a good event. Wanted to buy so much but I just can't afford it :)
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Another fantastic and busy day. Nice to meet and talk to you all. Sorry if I kept the chat brief occasionally as there were these surges of people coming by at times. :)
Thanks to newsman, DanT'fisherman and flyderaght from fishbc helping out with the flytying today. The instruction was excellent. With the kids participating in the flytying and Natalie's show next door, we were able to inform all the adults about our program. Many brochures were handed out, many interests were shown, really encouraging.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/2007tradex/070302_11.jpg)
Some more photos at:
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2007tradex
Last day tomorrow. Floon, fishersak, chrome mykiss and itosh will be tying. Chris will be there tomorrow, come on by. We are at the opposite end of the same hall where all the tackle booths are at, so make sure you hop over after drooling on all the gear. Take a look at the rod display at Stryker's Rods by the way. I was over there and picked up the new spinning rod, really shouldn't have, now I want one for pink salmon. ;) Some new Ti guides and fancy reel seats too.... Make sure you make a donation at the Sportfishing Defence Alliance section (right beside the Pro Fishing Stage).
See you all tomorrow.
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Had a great time looking at all the neat stuff and some good deals as well. Entered lots of draws to support the cause, and was kind of hoping I'd won some more prizes. The trout pond for only kids to fish was kind of discriminating in my opinion. Most of those kids dads were practically doing all the real fishing and just letting the tots hold the rod. I sent in a complaint >:(
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I really had a great time thanks Rod. My son had fun at the trout pond. It's to bad though that the parents there were teaching the kids how to snag those trout. It kind of reminded me of Sockeye season. ;D The spot for teaching the kids proper catch and release was fun my boy is ready for the real deal now. Thanks again
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The family and I have a great time. It was nice to tie and give away some of my favorites also nice to see Kim and the girls in the photo. Thanks Rod. My youngest won another rod see is getting almost as good at winning rods as she is at catching fish. We got some great info at the OWC (Outdoor Writers of Canada) meeting. Here's one heads up; with the new mandate for family fishing we can all expect to lakes designated for "family fishing" and we will also see more family fishing weekends.
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Thanks everyone again for coming by for a quick chat last weekend, it was a pleasure to meet some of you for the first time and catch up with those who I haven't seen since last year. On Sunday, fishersak, itosh and chrome mykiss manned the flytying desk while Terry, Phil, Chris and I handed out brochures to many who are concerned about the state of the Vedder River. Many have expressed interests in coming out to future cleanups, which is very encouraging for the organizers. Chris and Terry did a brief discussion on camera near the end of the show, so please watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPtBTH2pW8k
The next river cleanup, as said in the video, is on April 21st so we hope to see you again.
We also did a brief segment with Natalie West of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC about the hatchery progress and the Learn to Fish program. If you haven't seen it, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONpVulVgWR4
For those of you who came out during the weekend, please feel free to provide constructive feedbacks on the show. To improve the show, the organizers need to hear from you.
More videos and photos to come in the next week or so.
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Great work on the video Rodney. Good job to Chris and Terry as well. :)
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Some footages from the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC's booth, a demo of what the Learn to Fish program offers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeR35TBic2I
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A look at our youth flytying workshop. Thanks to Dan T'fisherman and newsman for the demonstration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRBM7b_SDGU
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Attendance at the 2007 Fraser Valley Boat & Sportsmen's Show was a record 31,474 visitors. The organizers would like to thank you all for supporting the show.