Catskill Gathering 2022 Update

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Cane Splitter
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Catskill Gathering 2022 Update

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Hi Friends,

It's getting closer by the day. The 2022 Catskills gathering is coming up quick. It promises to be a great time. WE will have Dave Fitch's delicious smoked dinner , lots of demonstrations and rods to cast. Mark your calendars, This year's gathering will be September 9, 10 and 11th. Can't wait to see you there.

Some of the presentations we can look forward to are Morgan hand mill basics, Hollowing jigs, tips on planing and sharpening.There will be demonstrations from Tom Mason on fly tying and Tim Abbott on Reinforcing the Basics. Chris Bogart will be showing a video he produced on Nodeless building.

A few new things on the agenda this year. There will be a casting area. Bring your rods to share with the group. There will be rod stands for anyone who is willing to share their work with the group to cast. The rods will be labeled for weight, taper and maker. A great chance to show your stuff and compare your rods to other makers. There will be a round table discussion about heat treating with a question and answer period. What an opportunity to pick the brains of some fantastic builders.

The Demerest Challenge will return this year with a 9 foot 6 weight lake rod on the menu. The idea is to build what might be known as a lake rod, or perhaps a boat rod, designed for longer casts on larger waters where the possibility of hooking a larger fish exists. The rod should be 9 feet long +/- 1.00", the rod shaft made from Tonkin cane exclusively except for the ferrules, which can be of any material. Scoring will once again be based on a combination of distance casting, and accuracy targets, which will be set at distances out to 50 feet. The casters will set up the scoring in such a way as to make distance and accuracy count about equally.

Another new addition to the gathering is a show and tell table. Bring anything you want to share and a description on a card. The items will be placed in the Wulff gallery for all to see. Bring anything rod related. a tool, jig, fixture, anything you think will be of interest.

Registration will be on the museum website. The cost this year is $120 this will include admittance food and a T-shirt. Registration will close on August 13. Anyone registering after the 13th will not get a shirt or their name on the shirt and will have to eat leftovers.

There will be some hats available for purchase during registration. The cost for the hats will be $25. If you want a hat be sure to register by August 13th.

There should be a great turn out this year. It will be nice to see old friends and make new ones.

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penta-spey
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Re: Catskill Gathering 2022 Update

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looking forward to it.
Question: will anyone be there selling bamboo culms for rod building?

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Re: Catskill Gathering 2022 Update

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Steve of classic sporting enterprises ( Bailey Woods son in law)
Is inquiring about tables for vendors

hopkintoncane
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Re: Catskill Gathering 2022 Update

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Hey everyone this is Jonathan Alving Todd's brother. We will be making the trip this year! Todd is excited to go as he continues his recovery. I f you would like to reach out to Todd this week his number is 774-249-2198
looking forward to this weekend
see you all there! Jonathan

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