February 2009 Newsletter

From the President:

Ninth Annual Dinner and Auction

The Northern Virginia CCA Chapter is pleased to invite you to our Ninth Annual Dinner and Auction taking place on Saturday, March 7th, 2009 at 6:00 pm. This year’s event will be at The Shriners Kena Temple in Fairfax, VA.

Our donors and supporters have provided a wide array of auction items that are sure to impress – We have over $20,000 of Merchandise – some of which is listed below. Our Annual Banquet is a great opportunity to meet fellow conservationists, pick up some very nice Auction items, and have a great time! The food, prizes and comaraderie has gotten better every year.

Our Banquet is an excellent opportunity to meet many fellow conservationists, pick up some very nice Auction items, and have a great time! Consider buying a full table and inviting your friends and co-workers for a nice evening out. This year’s event will be a catered buffet dinner, with Hors D’oeuvres before dinner, and a Full Bar.

You received an e-mail earlier last week with all the details; please look at the special ticket offers available to "Early Birds" and Blue Marlin table sponsors. To purchase tickets, contact our our Banquet Committee Members:

John Bello 703-999-0837
Carl Onesty 703-407-8921
George Lenard 703-303-5125
Tom Welch 703-201-6100
Ernie Rojas 203-912-2173
Rob Allen 703-626-2668

Remember, this Fundraiser will help our Chapter with many activities this year, including the “Save a Kid – Catch a Fish” trip we host each summer, guest speakers, and our contributions to the State CCA office who leads our conservation efforts.
See you there!

Rob Allen, President Northern Virginia CCA

PS. If you are unable to attend the banquet and would like to support CCA VA’s efforts to protect our precious resources, please use the enclosed flier to send your contribution or contact one of the committee members for donation instructions. Remember CCA VA is a 501 c 3 charitable organization and all donations are tax-deductible.

February Meeting:

Francis Zell will be our guest speaker on February 11, talking about light tackle fishing on the Bay. Francis has been fishing Chesapeake Bay for over 15 years, which is more than half his life, and is a frequent contributor to “Tidal Fish”. He learned light tackle jigging “LTJ” from the legendary “Superfish”…I’ll let Fran explain that. Fran is a former commercial hook and line fisherman, and has mated on several charter boats, including the Fin Finder out of Solomon’s. He fishes about 150 days out of the year, recently returned from a week at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. In the past few years he has been invited to speak 5 CCA chapters in Maryland. This will be an enjoyable and entertaining evening….y’all come!

March Meeting: The big event for March will be our annual Dinner and Auction Fundraiser. Here's all the information you need!

CCA-NVA 2009 DINNER and AUCTION

Northern Virginia CCA Chapter is pleased to invite you to our Ninth Annual Dinner and Auction

When: Saturday, March 7th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

Where: The Shriners Kena Temple 9001 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22030
Time:
6:00 Social - Hors D'oeuvres, Full Bar
7:00 Dinner
8:00 Live Auction

Silent Auction & Bucket Raffles all evening .

Auction Items Include:

• Two - One Week Mountain Resort Vacations
• Golf Packages
• Hand Made Quilt & Waterford Crystal
• Home Furnishings
• 12+ Charter/Guided Fishing trips
• Hugh Miller Custom Rod & Reel
• Sports Apparel - Mens' & Womens'
  
• Dinner Certificates
• Premium Fly Rod & Reel Combos
  
• Framed Artwork
• Custom Fly Collections
  
• Custom Surf Rod & Reel
• Trolling Lures, Rods & Reels
  
• Light Tackle lures, Rods, and Reels

Over $20,000 worth of merchandise!!!

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE: $50.00 per person.

Super Raffle –

• Grand Prize – LL Bean Angler Kayak Package
  
• 2nd Prize - HDTV
  
• 3rd Prize - GPS UnitPlus Cash Drawing

Early-Bird Special - Purchase Tickets by 2/28 and Receive $20.00 Coupon!! - Coupon good for Live or Silent Auction item – one per bidder

BLUE MARLIN Sponsor Table for 8 - $500.00 Includes $100.00 coupon toward live auction item

Special Raffle – Hand Crafted Hugh Miller Custom Fishing Rod

Mystery Raffle - Special Item for Outdoors Sportsmen

Silent Auctions & Bucket Raffles running through-out the evening!!

For Tickets, Contact: Carl Onesty @ 703-407-8921 or Rob Allen @ 703-626-2668

This event is open to the public – membership with CCA is not required – although we encourage people to join and a 1 year membership is included in ticket price.

Special Guests – Several of the Professional Fishing Guides that support CCA will be there – this is an excellent opportunity to meet these guys!

CCA Northern Virginia Tee Shirts – We will also be selling tee shirts at the banquet. The proceeds from the sale of our shirts go to support our Annual Save a Kid – Catch a Fish trip each summer.
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April 15th Chapter Meeting:

Captain Tom Hughes will be our guest speaker in April with a power point presentation on 'Catching Striped Bass on the Upper & Middle Chesapeake Bay'. Tom was recently a guest speaker at the Timonium Fairgrounds Expo, and has presented to CCA Virginia and Maryland Chapters on many occaisions. Tom will discuss both spinning and fly-fishing from Hart-Miller Island in the upper Bay south to the Gas Docks. He is a full time Charter Captain, and an Orvis endorsed Fly Fishing Guide. Tom lives near Baltimore where he keeps his "mother ship"; a 22' TwinVee catamaran, a very fast and stable fishing platform, that he trailers to where the fish are. His season begins on the Susquehanna flats and moves south in the Bay when the Rockfish season opens, and finishes the season in Virginia Beach at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

This will be a lively, hands-on presentation, with a question and answer session to follow; bring along a notebook and pencil. If you have a non-member fishing buddy, bring e'm along, they'll enjoy it. For more information go to http://www.capttomhughes.com/

Events of Interest around the area:

1. Feb 14-15 Pasadena Sportfishing Group - 17th Annual Flea Market 8am-2 pm Fishing tackle, lures, Vendors, food http://www.pasadenasportfishing.com/ and http://www.heyfish.com/
2. Feb 14 - TieFest - A BIG fly fishing event at Kent Island Yacht Club, 117 Yacht Club Drive, Chester, MD . Free casting seminars, Lefty Kreh, fly tying etc. contact: tmailto:tieflies@gmail.com
   
3. Feb 28 - Saltwater Fishing Expo - MSSA Annapolis Chapter - Saltwater Seminars, hands on demonstrations, vendors, etc. http://www.saltwaterfishingexpo.com/
4. March 13-15 - National Capital Expo - Chantilly http://www.agievents.com/
5. March 21 - Fredericksburg Fly Fishing Show- 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Lefty Kreh, Harry Robertson and Outer Banks fly fishing expert Brian Horsley. "A day devoted to the sport of fly fishing and all those who enjoy it."www.ffflyfishers.org/show

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