The Catskill Chronicle

LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY (February 15, 2013) – Join Joan Wulff. Trustee Don Trump Jr. and son, actors Rip Torn and Olek Krupa, Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther and hosts the CFFCM Phelan family for the season opener of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum.

The 2013 Trout Season Opener will be held on the Willowemoc Creek of historic Catskill river charmed circle, just upstream from the CFFCM bridge at 9:30 a.m.

Following the ceremony, everyone will return to the Museum for a hot cup of Agnes Van Put’s famous soups and socializing, where they can view the fresh exhibits for 2013.

This year’s new exhibits will include Canada as the featured international country, NW Pacific Steelhead and their impact on the Great Lakes Fisheries, and Vest Accessories over the years.

At 11:00 a.m. the new Wulff Gallery and the Catskill Rodmakers Workshop will be open for tours until 12:30 p.m.

At the same time Bamboo Mike Canazon and the Bamboo Crew will host a bamboo rod casting clinic and opportunity to cast out the winter cobwebs.

At 1:00 p.m. an intimate Fundraising Luncheon will be held in the new building with the morning’s Season Opener Casting Crew. Reservations are required. For more information contact 845-439-4810 and via e-mail: flyfish@catskill.net.

Due to scheduling, some additional celebrities may be joining the casting crew on April 6.