The Catskill Gathering Continues this year at CFFCM! Programming, classes, The Demerest Challenge and more!
Price includes meals Friday Night (dinner) and Saturday (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and a Continental Breakfast Sunday. Plus our yearly t-shirt . Register by July 31 to have your name on the t-shirt!
Interested in being a part of the Demerest Challenge? Or have questions about it? Please send an e-mail Tom Smithwick at tsmithwick@mac.com
FRIDAY
12:00 PM
Registration Open- Please check in at Wulff Gallery for your TShirt, Name Tag, Meal tickets and other goodies!
12PM-5PM
Register for the Demarest Challange with Tom Smithwick!
1PM-5PM
Cast Rods, Tour Museum, Say Hello to Old and New Friends!
4:00 PM
New to Bamboo with Frank Payne!
5:00 PM
Dinner in Rod Shop (Pizza)
7:00 PM
CFFCM Closed- Please Don't Get Locked IN!
SATURDAY
8:00 AM
Breakfast Sandwich Station outside Rod Shop EC, BEC, SEC, PEC and fruit, coffee and juice
8:00-9:00 AM
Register for the Demarest Challenge with Tom Smithwick!
9:00 AM
Bamboo Ferrules with Bill Heim (Rod Shop)
10:00 AM
Fiberglass Ferrules with Frank Payne (Wulff Gallery)
11:00
"Fly Rods and the Catskill rivers: How a region influenced rod styles and design" John Shaner
12:00
Lunch in Rod Shop Sandwiches, Wraps, Salads
1:00 PM
Friendship Taper with Tom Smithwick (Rod Shop)
2:00
Early Rod Influences (Per Brandin Wulff Gallery)
3:00
An Afternoon Chat with Hoagy
4:00
Auction and Demarest Challange Winners announced!
5:00
Dinner in Rod Shop
7:00 PM
CFFCM Closed- Please Don't get Locked In!
SUNDAY
9:00
Continental Breakfast in Rod Shop (Fruit, Danish, Yogurt, Coffee ETC)
Feel Free to Cast Rods and Enjoy the Campus!
12:00
Final Good Byes!
4:00 PM
CFFCM Campus Closes.
REMINDERS-
Please Park on the field or by the Rod Shop. Please do not use customer or staff parking as we are open and need these spaces.
CFFCM Campus will open at 10 AM Friday and Close at 7PM. Saturday 8am-7pm Sunday 8 am to 4pm. Gate is locked during non business hours- do not get locked in!
Our Campus is OPEN to the public (barring the Wulff gallery and rod shop) during the weekend. Please be mindful of other patrons.
There is a port a potty located on the field if you should need it.
Our Welcome Center and Gift Shop are open 10 am - 4pm. We have a $1 Book Sale going on!
Meals are served at times above, Please take note!
The Field is Carry In Carry Out- Please Clean up any trash you make down at the Pavilion.
We have a Fly Tier in the Museum on Saturday! Check him out!
Raffle tickets are for sale in gift shop or by seeing Laura with Cash or Card.
