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President's Message
by Rick Radoff |
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We are back! Fran and I got home on February 15th at 3:30 PM from New Zealand and left for a camping trip with the family at 6:00 PM (this was pre-scheduled for the holiday weekend), and then we finally got home at 3:00 PM on Monday the 18th and back to work today the 19th. I apologize for not answering some e-mails that I received while gone, but answered most of them today. Fran and I had a great vacation, and the fishing was awesome, My son-in law Scott Eldridge met us in Queenstown on the second week of our trip and spent two weeks of our four week vacation with us, which he and I spent three days with a guide on the South Island on a wilderness trip into the fiord lands (fantastic) and three days on the North Island with a guide on the Rangitikie River (again fantastic). Scott caught the largest fish (25 ¼”) of the trip. We have lots of photos and will be sharing them with you soon.
I spoke with Bill Carnazzo, and he said that the ISE Show went well, and that the February meeting that I missed went well also, I would like to thank Bill Carnazzo and Mike Howes for their hard work on the ISE Show, and all of the volunteers that helped. I also spoke with Frank Stolten to see how the Steelhead delivery to the classrooms went, and he said all went well; I would like to thank Frank Stolten and all of the volunteers that helped to deliver the Steelhead eggs to the classrooms. Frank said that he couldn’t make the meeting that night, which was the same day that the Steelhead eggs were delivered to the classrooms, so I hope that someone that helped deliver eggs that day stood up and told about their experience taking the Steelhead eggs to the classrooms. This was only the second time that I missed the egg delivery since we started the program in 1989.
I would also like to thank Robin Egan for a well-written Conservation Report in the February Leader. I look forward to working with the Conservation Committee in the coming months, I see by some e-mails that I have been catching up on, and the postings on the message board that there have been some Conservation issues that have caused some discussion, and I look forward to the Conservation Committee’s stand on these issues. I hope to see you all at the March 13th General Meeting and our Annual Dinner on March 14th.
Tight Lines! Rick Radoff President |
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