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Thursday
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Location
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Meeting Building (Garage)
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Lodge Deck
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Grounds
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3:30
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Registration
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Get acquainted, renew old friendships & maybe cast some rods.
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5:30
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Dinner - Registration ongoing
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6:30 - ??
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For those who are not going fishing. First rod stories & show & tell or just hanging around the lodge drinking beer or whatever & telling lies. There is some great fishing behind the lodge in the river if you want to fish close.
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Friday
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Location
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Meeting Building (Garage)
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Lodge Deck
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Grounds
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8:15
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Coffee & donuts
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9:00
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Welcome to Grayrock 2008 Opening Presentation
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Rod casting in the casting area
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9:10
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Jeff Schaeffer: Reelseat spacers & wood.
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9:30
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Ron Barch- Beginning rod making. Plain talk for beginning rod makers
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10:00
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Olaf Borge, Silk line pimp. Casting & fishing merits of silk lines.
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11:15
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Sam Surre, What's happening are Grayling & the rivers.
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12:00
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LUNCH
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1:00
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Brian Creek- Headwaters Land Conservancy. What they are doing in the area about buying up properties to protect the resources.
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1:30
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Jerry Drake- Rod Challenge. Come test your casting skills on a course for different casting situations. Like sporting clays for fishing.
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2:00
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Silent Auction
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3:00
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4:00
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4:15
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Graham Maisey: Design & manufacture of hooks for fly tying.
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5:00
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Settle up for Silent Auction
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5:30
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Dinner
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6:30 - ??
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Go fishing or just hang out & tell lies & drink beer.
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Saturday
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Location
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Meeting Building (Garage)
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Lodge Deck
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Grounds
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8:15
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Coffee & donuts
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9:00
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Kick off the 2nd day for Grayrock 2008
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Rod casting in the casting area
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9:30
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Rusty Gates - Anglers of the Ausable update.
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10:30
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Chris Bogart- Rod straightening. Straight talk from a Virginia hill country rod maker.
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Dennis Higham: Rod evaluation. This is a program (generously contributed by Lowell Davis SRG & CRG committee member). Come cast 6 different rods & compare the opinions of certain tapers & the opinions of a panel of accomplished casters. There will be FFF certified casting instructors in the panel along with others.
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12:00
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LUNCH
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(You guys should be able to find the food. Just watch Bret, he never misses a meal.)
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1:00
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Dennis Higham- Panel discussion of the evaluation rods. If you would like to have a rod in this for evaluation see either Dennis Higham, Bret Reiter or Jerry Drake.
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Bring your old rod making items that you no longer use for a swap meet/sale. This is the time to unclutter your shop of unused items. There will also be some vendors present who will have things out for sale.
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2:00
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Mark Wendt: This is still open pending Mark's decision on a subject.
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3:00
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Video in the meeting building from the shop of the last of the old rod makers from Michigan. Come see a video of the inner workings of Bob Summers shop in Traverse City Michigan.
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4:00
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Andy Royer: This is pending Andy being able to make this years gathering. There may be a filler for this time slot if he cannot make it.
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5:00
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The end of Grayrock 2008. Go fishing and enjoy another year of rodmaking!
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Note: These times are subject to change. We are here to have a good time & the times are tentative.
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