With the new year in full swing, I have found myself very busy and neglecting my blog. I wonder if I heap too much on my plate. The old eyes are bigger than the stomach syndrome.
This year Just Fishin’ Guides will be seeking a resurgence with the addition of two guides and two drift boats. Kevin, Zack and myself will all have drift boats to take on the rivers. Well at least Kevin’s is in transit – somewhere ! ; ) We will be able to handle bigger groups and more clients on different rivers plus we are expanding our guiding area. We hope to expand into more streams in Missouri for trout and smallmouth. We will be working with more local fly shops to bring you the best in drift boat trips.
Our website will be going through a major overhaul. Look for that soon. I’m sure you will enjoy it.
Reel Recovery (www.reelrecovery.org) is going strong in Arkansas and we will have two retreats in 2010. We will be back at Cedarwood Lodge in October. October 19-21 to be exact. We will also have a spring retreat sometime in April. The details are being finalized now. We will be needing more participants, volunteers and of course donations. Speaking of donations, I will be rowing the Arkansas River from Tulsa, OK to the Mississippi River beginning on March 27th. This journey of over 400 miles is to raise money and awareness for Reel Recovery. since I doubled the distance this year from the float last year, I am not sure what I am going to do for an encore. Right now 800 miles seems like a very long way if I am going to double the distance each year.
We are also getting together a Reel Recovery Day/One Fly Contest at the Beaver Dam Store this year. Zack Hoyt is the main person in charge along with Bryce Cadion from the store. We hope to have a really big turnout and a great, fun day. And of course raise money for Reel Recovery.
We are speaking with any and every group we can about Reel Recovery and Just Fishin’ Guides so if you have a group that would like to hear the story, give us a holler.
I am also involved with Southern Council FFF Conclave in Mtn. Home in October. I have volunteered to be the vendor chair for 2010 and am looking to pack the hall with interesting vendors. So if you have a business and would like to be involved again give me a yell.
We have not been fishing as much as we would like. This winter has been colder than normal and just this week we had 5-10 inches of snow and ice blanket the area. For you guys up north this would not be a problem, but here in the south we have one snow plow for the entire state and they don’t know how to use it. Also salt is something you put on food not on roads to melt stuff. I am ready to get out and rack up some fishing/rowing time. I am pretty much jonesing some water time.










