Saturday, April 27, 2013

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Digest for tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com - 11 Messages in 4 Topics

Way to go, Dan.  Well deserved!
On Apr 27, 2013, at 7:29 AM, tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com wrote:

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    Cgloeck <cagloeck@gmail.com> Apr 26 07:49AM -0400  

    Wow. Dan, congrats. As Trent said, well deserved. Keep the passion!
     
    Charlie
     
    Sent from my iPad
     
     
    "Al Warner" <alwarner11@verizon.net> Apr 26 09:14AM -0400  

    Absolutely marvelous, Dan. Many, many Congratulations to you and Melody.
    She probably deserves at least half of this award. Very well -deserved.
    Thanks for telling us, Trent.
     

     
    From: tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com
    [mailto:tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Trent Jones
    Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:27 PM
    To: tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com
    Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} A Congratulation is in Order!!!!
     

     
    For the first time in three years I attended the Virginia Fly Fishing
    Festival not as a TPFR member and officer, but as a paid employee for my
    company. As a result, I spent considerably less time in the TPFR tent and
    consumed slightly less alcohol than in years past. However, as in years
    past, I was able to spend time with likeminded folks who love our sport,
    meet to new people, teach some casting, and spend time with friends old and
    new. If you haven't made it to this festival yet, mark it on your calendar
    for next year, it is a day well spent in the Shenandoah Valley with the
    bucolic Blue Ridge as a back drop. Not bad fishing in the area either.
     
    Each year the Festival holds a VIP dinner where VA wines are raffled off, a
    silent auction is held and speeches are given. I attend for the prime rib.
    At any rate, somewhere between the wine auctioning/speeches and Dalton
    winning some amazing fish art, Beau Beasley took to giving out the Virginia
    Fly Angler of the Year award. In years past I have seen people honored that
    I hardly knew but had a tremendous amount of respect for. This year, it was
    great to watch someone with whom I am close friends with and have a
    tremendous amount of respect for, and who deserves the recognition be
    honored with this award..
     
    Ladies and Gentleman please join me in congratulating Dan Davala for being
    honored as the Virginia Fly Angler of the Year!
     
    Dan, well done and well deserved sir.
     
    -Trent Jones
     
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    Daniel Davala <daniel.davala@gmail.com> Apr 26 11:36AM -0400  

    Thank you all for the very kind words and support, and thank you Trent for
    the shout out! It was truly a surprise and an honor to receive the award,
    and it was humbling to accept it in front of so many living legends and
    luminaries of the sport we all love. To look out and see the smiles on the
    very faces that largely inspired me to pursue fly fishing as a livelihood
    was a full circle event for me, and very moving.
     
    Daily I am reminded of how blessed and fortunate I am to do something I
    truly love for a living, and I daily recognize the responsibility of this
    as well - to whom much is given, much is required. For whatever reason,
    for better or worse, I was given a love, a joy, and a passion for a stick
    and a string, and the ability to make them sing. It is therefore my
    hope and intention to share all of these with as many people and in as many
    places as possible until I cast my last cast.
     
    It is no small gift in return that I have gotten to know so many of you and
    made so many friends as a direct result, and for that I am thankful and
    overjoyed. Ultimately, it is these relationships that will last, long
    after the last fish is caught, and the rods are hung up, or passed down to
    the next generation. Let's hope and strive to leave them with a better
    sport, and a better place than even what we have been privileged to
    experience.
     
    Thank you all again, for all of your support and encouragement over the
    years. This has been a greater gift and honor than any award could ever
    match.
     
    Dan Davala
     
    And Al, I wholeheartedly agree, with one caveat. Melody deserves far more
    than half of the award! For every sacrifice I have made in this pursuit,
    she has undoubtedly made five. My most sincere thank you to my beloved
    bride, Melody.
     
     
    Dalton Terrell <daltonbterrell@gmail.com> Apr 26 01:14PM -0700  

    Congrats, Dan! Those calling for a speech now missed a couple of classic
    speeches (including Dan's) at the banquet.
     
    And Trent, I predict that one day you will be Lieutenant Angler of the Year.
     
    Dalton
     
    Brad <brad@gentnergroup.com> Apr 26 04:22AM -0700  

    Thanks for the bump!
     
    We can always use more volunteers, so this great!
     
    Brad
     
    On Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:03:27 PM UTC-4, Trent Jones wrote:
     
    Brad <brad@gentnergroup.com> Apr 26 04:23AM -0700  

    Vic,
     
    I've got you signed up and you should have received our first communication
    to volunteers last night. If you didn't receive the email, let me know.
     
    Brad
     
    On Friday, April 26, 2013 6:49:02 AM UTC-4, Vic Velasco wrote:
     

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