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2010 Michigan Fly Fishing Festival
MICHIGAN FLY FISHING FESTIVAL 2010
JULY 17-18, 2010
Join us here at Fuller's North Branch Outing Club
for the 4th annual Michigan Fly Fishing Festival sponsored by Dewar's, The Wilshire Financial Group, Gill's Pier Winery, Mackinaw Harvest Music,and Fuller's NBOC. This event will offer free fly fishing, fly tying, casting lessons, scotch & wine tasting and many other activities throughout the two days.
All this to help raise money for HURON PINES continued river restoration efforts here in Northeastern Michigan.
The three big events for this year's festival:
The Mackinaw Harvest Music Series - The Concert
The Dewar's Fly Fishing Challenge - catch and release tournament and The NBOC Fly Casting Challenge. For more details and to register, check out the CHALLENGE INFOHere is the schedule for this year's event!
Saturday – July 17, 2010 Hours: 10am – 6pm
NBOC Fly Fishing Challenge Competitors Meeting – 10 am
NBOC Fly Fishing Challenge 10:30am.( 24 Hours)
SAGE Fly Casting Challenge – 10am – 5 pm.
Entertainment by Mackinaw Harvest Music
THE CONCERT
1pm-1:55 - Alan Cayn
2pm-2:50 - Josh Rose
3pm-4:20 - Michael Crittenden - Troll for Trout Trio
4:30pm-6pm - The Northern Skies
CHECK OUT THE MUSICIANS FOR THIS YEARS FESTIVAL
Free Fly Casting Lessons
Fly Tying Demos,Speaker Programs, Vendor Displays,
Wine & Scotch Tasting,Au Sable River Boat Show and much more.
Sunday – July 18, 2010 Hours: 10am – 3pm
Vendor Displays -
Free Fly Casting Lessons & Demos
Fly Tying Demos
SAGE Fly Casting Challenge – Finals (10am – 12pm)
NBOC Fly Fishing Challenge – Judging (10:30am – 12pm.)
Awards & Closing Ceremony – 1pm
Entry to the to the festival is $10.00 and a portion of the proceeds will go to Huron Pines RC&D for river restoration projects on the Au Sable and Upper Manistee Rivers. You can PURCHASE YOUR TICKET ONLINE, by phone, or at Fuller's NBOC.
Please feel free to call or email us with any further questions on this event. Come help us raise money for the rivers we love to fish!
A special thanks to this year's SPONSORS:
Gill's Pier Winery
Good Day & Good Fishing!
Fuller's North Branch Outing Club
6122 E. County Road 612
Grayling, Michigan 49738
989-348-7951
email:info@fullersnboc.com