CUSTOMER APPRECIATION PARTY 9-22-07

[Nick Pionessa]

For the second year in a row OOFS will be joining Cattaraugus Creek Outfitters to show our friends (that happen to be clients and customers!) our appreciation of their support.

The Fall party will be on Saturday, September 22 starting at 1 pm, at Vince Tobia's streamside cabin on the CATT. Over night camping will be allowed Saturday night.

Rick Kustich will be doing a spey fishing/casting demonstration on the creek. there will be casting competitions with prizes, fly tying, and some great gear to try out.

Great food and chilly micro-brewed beer supplied by Flying Bison Brewery will be enjoyed around a bonfire.

Please join us and feel free to bring the kids...everyone is welcome at this family friendly event.

[glow=red,2,300]NOTE: THE SHOP WILL CLOSE AT 2 PM ON SATURDAY FOR THE PARTY!![/glow]

[Nick Pionessa]

well it's another year past and another CAP! what a blast it was and a big THANK YOU !to everyone who came out. very special thanks goes out to Vince and Leslie Tobia for their fine hospitality and all the work they put into the event. special thanks also going out to Wesley and FLYING BISON BREWERY for supplying the excellent brews we all enjoyed. also thanks to Mike Beliveau for donating one of his fine hand made wooden fly boxes for a prize for the casting competition. Coach Garcea, Carl Hensler and Ed Luba also deserve a big thank you for manning the grills so expertly throughout the event, great work guys! thanks also to everyone else who put in extra hours to make it a great time.

the spread




child occupation device, yeah!


LLama ta-boot ta-boot, yeah i know it was an Alpaca




since it was right on the creek, some folks came prepared!


horseshoes anyone?




casting competitions






once again thanks to all who made this years event a great sucess.

THANK YOU!

[Vince Tobia]

I want to thank everyone who came to our party and helped us enjoy the beautiful weather, great food and Flying Bison micro brewed beer--we finished two quarter kegs, along with some bottled lite beer!
Special thanks go to Paul Wachter and his wife Mary, owners of Oak Orchard Fly shop, for helping sponsor this great outdoor event.
Special thanks also to Wes and Flying Bison brewery for donating the awesome brew!
Also, thanks to Dane and Shannon from Humming Herd Alpacas for bringing Clark Gable the alpaca to hang out with.
Thanks to Ed Luba. Chris "Coach" Garcea and Carl Hensler for bringing their grills & cooking up our hot dogs, italian sausage and chicken breasts.
Thanks to Nick Pionessa and Rick Kustich for doing spey casting demonstrations on the creek.
Thanks to Mike Beliveau for bringing his horseshoes, and also for donating his wooden hand-made presentation fly box.
Thanks to Jules McCann for helping out with the casting contests, and also to Steve Dobmeier for bringing the kegs and cold taps, as well as the rods for everyone to cast.
Thanks also to everyone who brought food and extra beer--we appreciate your kindness.
It was great to see everyone and catch up, and also to meet new people.
I look forward to next year's party--it seems to get bigger & better each year.

[Steve Dobmeier]

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT CAME OUT TO HANG OUT AND HAVE A FEW DRINKS AND SOME GOOD FOOD! IT WAS A GREAT TIME AND I REALLY ENJOYED SEEING EVERYONE THAT HAS SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND TO THOSE THAT HAVE JUST FOUND US! I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEARS PARTY. A HUGE THANK YOU TO PAUL AND MARY WACHTER AND VINCE TOBIA FOR THE FOOD AND HOSPITALITY. SUSANNE PIONESSA FOR THE WONDERFUL HOT DISHES OF FOOD, MIKE B. AND DONNY K. FOR THE HORSESHOE GAMES THAT WAS KILLER! VINCE I THINK THE BOUNCE HOUSE DID THE JOB FOR THE KIDS THAT WAS PROBABLY A HUGE MOVE FOR THOSE THAT BROUGHT THEIR KIDS. TO COACH, ED LUBA, AND CARL H. FOR MANNING THE GRILLS. TO JULES MCCANN FOR MANNING THE CASTING COMPS AND KEEPIN THE ENERGY FLOWIN. ALSO A HUGE THANK YOU I THINK GOES OUT TO NICK PIONESSA FOR HIS LOVE AND DEDICATION TO THE SPORT OF FLY FISHING, AND HIS DEVOTION TO MAKE OUR SHOP THE NUMBER ONE SHOP IN WESTERN NEW YORK. ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO FIGURE OUT THE MYSTERY OF OUR WESTERN NEW YORK FISHERY, YOUR EFFORTS AND KNOWLEDGE HAVE CREATED A NEW WORLD'S VIEW INTO OUR FISHERY OF WESTERN NEW YORK! NEVER GIVE UP AND NEVER LET THE DREAM DIE! OH BY THE WAY I HAVE TEN MORE FEET TO GO BEFORE I CAN CAST FARTHER THEN YOU WITH THE SPEY ROD! LOL. THE PICS FROM THE EVENT.