Wednesday, August 19, 2009

A great weekend for our charity auction trip!

As part of Fly Fish Alberta & Fortress Lake Retreat's ongoing community involvement and support, we hosted Darryl McIntyre of CTV Edmonton News along with the Edmonton Sun Christmas Charity Auction winners this past weekend. The Sun's Christmas Charity supports the Edmonton Christmas Bureau, The United Way Alberta Capital Region, Catholic Social Services, and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation.

Our donation of a trip to Fortress Lake Retreat for 4 people plus host Darryl McIntyre turned out to be one of the largest cash values at the auction!

We'll provide a more in-depth review of the fantastic weekend together later in the season. In the meantime, many of you may have seen Darryl thank Fortress Lake Retreat, Dave & Amelia Jensen, Air Jasper, BobDale Oilfield Construction, as well as Bob & Karen Vanderwater for the wonderful weekend. We thank you as well, Darryl.

Keep it tight!

;)
Above - guide Bob gives direction to Marvin as he fights a trophy brookie. Darryl McIntyre watches. Niether Darryl nor Marvin had fly fished previously.
Below - Marvin with a fine 5 - 6 pound brookie. Not a bad first day of fly fishing.

1 comments:

Central Alberta Fly Tying said...

Nice brookie Marvin! Luckily Darryl stepped out of the hole for a stoggie. Way to keep that line TIGHT.

Bob