Natchitoches Fishing Festival

FYI, the second annual fishing exposition will be held in the Prather Coliseum at NSU in Natchitoches on Saturday 3 May. There will be lots of vendors, exhibitions, and fishing programs. While much of the event is centered around fly fishing, I believe there will be two programs on crappie fishing. It's free (Unless you buy something from a vendor - or one of my books!), and lasts from 0830 to 1700. And I will be giving a program on creek fishing right after lunch. So y'all come! Last year was really good, considering it was the first shot at it, and this year promises to be better!
Pete

Hey Pete,

I'll look you up! I will be the person doing one of the Crappie Siminars.

Natchitoches Fishing Expo
Warm Water, Cold Water, and Salt Water
Hosted by
Cane Country Fly Casters
May 3, 2014
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
NSU Prather Coliseum and Chaplin Lake, Natchitoches, LA


9am-10am**Crappie Fishing with Dennis North
(NSU Club Room)
10:15am-11:15am**Salt water Kayaking by Catch Cormier
(NSU Club Room)
11:30am-12:30pm**Bassin Techniques with BrettHortman
(NSU Club Room)
11:30am-12:30pm **Bought, caught, & released by Kathryn Arnold ( North end of Prather Coliseum)
1pm – 2:00pm**Fishing Small Creeks with Pete Cooper
NSU Club Room)
2:15pm – 3:15pm**Fish Sensesby Bill Heugel
(NSU Club Room)
2:15pm –3:15pm **Crappie (LA Crappie Assassinsby Brandon Jennings(West concourse of Prather Coliseum)

Beginner Fly Casting Instruction conducted by Certified Casting Instructors.9:00am-10:00am/2:00pm-3:00pm
for men and women. Equipment provided. $10 per session.
Held on the West side of Prather Coliseum on the empty lot between the Phi Mu and Kappa Sig houses.

Food concessions Casting Games for Kids
Located in the West concourse Kat Arnold’s Booth

***********Lagniappe***********

Fly Fishing 101 by Peter Allen
Friday May 2nd, 1:00 pm in the N Room, Prather Coliseum
Free to the public, a prerequisite to Hands-On Casting Instruction given by Mike Hawkins and his team on Saturday May 3rd

***************For the Ladies*************
Melrose Arts and Crafts Show will be Saturday and Sunday at Melrose Plantation. It is about a 30 minute drive south of Natchitoches.
http://www.natchitoches.net/events-a...afts-festival/

Sale on the Trail (miles and miles of garage sales)
http://www.natchitoches.com/press-re...tes-sale-trail
The Cane River Green Market, downtown Natchitoches on the banks of Cane River and great downtown shopping and touring.

Thanks! Your blurb was much better than mine - should be appealing to the crappie.com folks! Looking forward to meeting you.
Pete

I won't be able to make it this year but encourage everyone to go who can. It's a very good exposition. Last year they even had kayaks you could try out in Chaplain Lake.

Thanks for the heads up guys.........