Kayak Rigging Contest and Demo Day - Nov 26 at Lake Hall

[paddlefish]

The date is set for the upcoming Demo Day and Rigged Fishing Kayak contest. The contest is being done in cooperation with FCKA and The Wilderness Way. A panel, including Jeff and myself, will be judging your rigged kayaks, with the prize for the best being an Extrasport Osprey PFD.

The demo day and contest are being held the Sunday after Thanksgiving, November 26th from 10 to 3 at Lake Hall in Maclay Gardens.

Bring your rigged kayak to the lake to show off, enter the contest and try out a bunch of new kayaks too.

The Wilderness Way will have new kayaks including the Hobie Revolution and Outback, the Ocean Kayak Prowler 13, 15 and Big Game and the Wilderness Systems Tarpon 140 and many others.

See you there.

Rick Z
www.thewildernessway.net

[RonHarrison]

Any specific time during that window or would you like them setup for display during that entire time?

Thanks for the info.

[paddlefish]

No specific time, we are usually there and done with our set up by 10, so anytime after that would be good. Will likely wait til around 2 to do the final judging. Thanks.

[paddlefish]

Just a reminder -- the fishing kayak rigging contest is tomorrow at Lake Hall in Maclay Gardens. It runs from 10 to 3 --

Come on by and enter your yak for a chance to win a Extrasport Osprey PFD.

Also, we'll have an Ocean Kayak Prowler Big Game, Prowler 13, Drifter and a Wilderness System Tarpon 120 and Hobie Outback and Revolution for you to test paddle.

See ya'll there.

[RonHarrison]

It was a beautiful day at Maclay Gardens' Lake Hall for The Wilderness Way's Demo Day. I'm getting over a cold or I would've been ditching the rigging demonstration to wet a hook in Lake Hall! LOL!

Georgia, Rick, and the rest of The Wilderness Way crew were busy from the start at 10:00AM until well after the scheduled end at 3:00PM.





I was really amazed at the sheer number of people that took advantage of taking the various kayaks for a test paddle. They had a ton of kayaks there and any particular one would rarely sit idle for more than a few minutes.





Jeff and I were there to represent FCKA and display a few rigged kayaks. Jeff brought two and I brought one.









I was very impressed with how many people were interested in kayaks, kayak fishing, and FCKA. Jeff and I were, individually, kept busy answering questions the entire time. If you wanted any indication about the growth in this sport, you would have gotten it from the excitement exhibited today. I handed out our address to at least 15 - 20 people. I hope to see many of them posting here soon!

It was a beautiful day and a wonderful opportunity to connect with others interested in kayak fishing in Tallahassee. I think it's an opportunity FCKA should take advantage of at future Demo Days events.

A big thanks to The Wilderness Way for their hospitality and for putting on such a terrific event.

[paddlefish]

Thanks to Ron and Jeff for bringing out their kayaks and the other FCKA members for hanging out! You guys really added to the day. We all had a great time (a total of 113 paddlers trying out new yaks!) and can't wait to do it again.

Rick Z
Guide/Instructor
The Wilderness Way
www.thewildernessway.net