Ling Banger:
Thank you to everyone who pitched in to make ORC X a smashing success!
BSteves ran a tight ship as tourney director and everything ran like clockwork. Craig did a great job coordinating the sponsors and folks took home a lot of awesome gear. SumpNZ orchestrated a delicious potluck and Insayn did a killer job on the fish fry crew.
Thanks to AquaGlide for donating the kayak! Sherm and his grandkids are going to have a lot of fun on that baby. Thanks to Kayak Shed, Next Adventure, Daiwa, Willie's Custom Rods, and the rest of the sponsors for supplying the great prizes!
Also thank you to Hogg's Tackle and Lancer Jigs for the on-site service and great deals making sure everyone had what they needed to be successful on the water.
Thanks to all the competitors who turned out and shelled out generously for the raffle. It was a very successful night of fundraising for Neighbors For Kids in Depoe Bay and Heroes On the Water.
See you all again next year!
PS - I had a few people inquiring about the price of the custom jigging rod from Willie's Custom Rods if they were looking to purchase a similar one. He said that they run $110 and they are available in spinning and casting models. He is out of Corvallis and his contact email is: outdoorsman2158@gmail.com. You can also find him on Facebook.
dampainter:
it was great all the way around. Thanks bsteves and to all the others that make this happen. Tight lines.
Casey:
You guys are awesome! It's an honor and a privilege to be able to get out there and participate in this event. Thank you all!
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bsteves:
I counted the pile of money in my dry bag and when I include the $10 kayak tickets everyone bought as part of their registration we raised a total of $2303 last night from the raffle. I'll be writing a $1150 check to Neighbors for Kids and sending two $575 PayPal donations to HOW (designated for pdx and oregon north coast chapters).
Thanks again to Aquaglide and all our other sponsors.
I'd also like to thank my son Owen for waking up at 4 am to help at the weigh station all day. He's made me promise to try harder to get someone else to run the tournament next year so I can take him out and help him win it.
I have a bunch of photos, angler rankings, and catch data to process, but a bit exhausted right now. I'll get that up as soon as I get some rest.
Brian
Mojo Jojo:
Awesome job brian I for one know it's not easy to run a tournament. Hopefully some of our HOW Chapter members can help out next year.