Hoosier Outdoor Experience: Sept. 25-27

[reelteacher]

Ladies and Gentlemen of TFF:
Here is your opportunity to shine and give back to what you have been given. Indiana DNR is hosting a three day event September 25, 26, and 27 at Fort Harrison State Park. This event is to educate and promote the many great opportunities that are available to Hoosiers. Hoosier Outdoor Experience emphasizes hands-on and interactive learning events that teach outdoor skills and conservation practices to children, families and others who are currently less experienced in the great outdoors. All participants will have the opportunity to try their hand at an array of outdoor activities and skills. For example, there will be stations on hunting and fishing, fly fishing, fly casting and tying flies. Additional lessons will be taught on camping, GPS/mapping skills, wildlife management, hiking, mountain biking, canoeing and kayaking.

There are three main goals:
1: Enhance the image and awareness of Indiana's outdoor image.
2. Introduce natural resources-related outdoor skills and natural resources conservation/management concepts to children and their families.
3. Provide opportunities that connect participants with like minded groups/individuals to enhance long term participation in outdoor skills and good outdoor/conservation stewardship.
This is most important for our club to spread the word and also lets others know we are active not only in Tippecanoe county but around the state.
An event of this magnitude will need an enormous amount of man/woman power and Reelwomen/Reelmen of Indy has asked if we would be willing to help them in this project. I told them we would so please help!

For more information about this event please click the website link below.

www.in.gov/dnr/5009.htm

We need volunteers to work 3 stations:

1 Fly Tying
2 Fly Casting
3 Fly Fising

Please click on the link below to register on-line. Once you are at the site, scroll down to the bottom then click "Activity Provider" Register and fill out the registration form. It is quick, FREE and easy to do. Then, Please e-mail me or (you can just send me a message on this forum) and specify time, day and which station you are interested in. That way I can make sure we cover all our bases and we can be organized. Thanks!

www.in.gov.dnr/5412.htm

Thank you for your support and effort. You Rock!

[reelteacher]

I know this is still two months away, but Patti Beasley has been bugging me about our club supporting this.
Please sign up by following the links in the above post and then let me know what you would like to do and what day you can participate.
Patti is trying to coordinate this event with three clubs, ours, Reelwomen/Reelmen and Indy Flycasters. So please be show your support so we can make this event a huge success!
Thank you.
Dustin

[Tippecanoe Fly Fishers Admin]

Notre Dame game at Purdue So, I will working.

[radioflyer]

Marching Band season at Jeff High School. I'll be indisposed. My apologies. One more year of High School and then my calendar will miraculously free up. Until then, I'm busy every weekend August through November 10th.

rf

[reelteacher]

No sweat, thank you for letting me know. Radio, your schedule makes me hurt. Don't blink, it'll be over before you know it, and you'll be wishing you had those moments back. Enjoy it.
I look forward to those days ahead, if I'm ever blessed with a child.

[rstaight]

I would love to do something like this. I just can't at this time, with the job situation the way it is. I am also going to be taking some classes to help pad the old resume.

Is there a possibility of signing up at a later date? When I have a better grasp on what I will be doing.

[barryl]

Dustin I need to check with the boss but it is a good possibility that I could do one or two for these days.

[flyfishingpastor]

Dustin;

I'd love to do his but I'll just be getting back from being gone for 2 weeks and there is no way I can get away from the "Honey-Do" for extra time that soon after getting back. Maybe next year.

Pat

[trent]

Dustin:

I'd love to help out, but can't commit this far in advance. I can certainly understand Patti wanting to get some things firmed up.

Do you know if she has approached SJRVFF www.sjrvff.com/ or LECTU lectu.org/ ?

I suspect there would be individuals from those groups that would also be willing to participate.

T-

[reelteacher]

Thanks Trent, that is an excellent Idea. I will mention those clubs to Patti.

I understand how busy everyone is, and I'm sure Patti knows that this is a bad time of year for something like this. Thank you all for your responses.
I'm sure it will be fine even if you don't know until a week before if you can attend or not. They will certainly not turn someone who would like to help away. But when you know you can attend, be sure to register on-line, and then tell me what you would like to do and when you can attend. Thank you!

[Slartybardfast]

I just signed up to be a volunteer.

[Slartybardfast]

To to verify. We should sign up under the reel woman reel men activity provider right?

[reelteacher]

Yes, that is right. Thank you John.

[barryl]

Dustin I can get on the link for info but when I try to sign up I'm getting page not found. I'll try at the tying session tonight.

[barryl]

OK Dustin I'm registered for the event . Let John and I know the details.