Date: 9/4/08
Contact: C. Douglas Nielsen
Phone: (702) 486-5127, ext. 3500

ONE-FLY TOURNAMENT WILL TEST FISHING SKILLS

Do you enjoy fly fishing, but don’t know how good you are? Here’s a chance to hone your fly-fishing skills and have a great time doing it. On Saturday, Sept. 20, there will be a one-fly fishing tournament at Spring Valley State Park located just east of Pioche, NV. The cost to enter the tournament is $25 and each entrant must submit 2 identical flies to the judges. One of those flies will be the one you use in the contest. Participants will only be able to use the one fly through-out the contest, which starts at 8 a.m. and concludes at noon. The top prizes will be a two-man Pelican pontoon boat and a one man pontoon boat. Several fly fishing rods and a host of other prizes also will be up for grabs. For more information and registration contact Ranger Ben Johnson by phone (775) 962-5103 or via email (echocanyon@lcturbonet.com).

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