The First Annual Red River Rendezvous will take place January 20th - 22nd, 2012 at beautiful Bonham State Park.
We have reserved the group camping facility which includes a large recreation hall with a commercial kitchen, 5 group cabins with a total of 94 beds, and the entire area that the aforementioned buildings encircle.

The event will be a reunion of fly tyers from the Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana area where we can all sit down and share and enjoy the fine art of fly tying.

This is the event formerly know as "Texoma Tie In" but bigger and better. It is now a 3 day event!!!

The park has a 65 acre lake which is stocked with bass, sunfish, and catfish which is great for bank, wade, kayak, canoe, or kick-boat fishing year around. The lake is within walking distance of the event area.

We plan on having lots of door prizes and a silent auction.

Several vendors are being invited to attend and we will update with a list as they confirm.

Mark your calenders and plan on attending. We would love to see you there.

Check out the WEBSITE
THE LAKE

THE REC HALL

A CABIN

ANOTHER CABIN

THE PAVILLION

HUGE CASTING FIELD

I am looking forward to this event. I will be there.

Have fun with this stuff.

Big Dale

Looks like it is close enough I should be able to make it. Is this a first time event?

Yes and no. We've done Texoma Tie In for 7 years. We're changing the format up to make it a 3 day rendezvous.

Oh, so you are moving it. Well this location is better for me. No Big D traffic, which is great.

Jerry: I went to your web site and signed up. I had no idea that such a facility even existed in Texas. I have been looking for an event like this ever since I first attended the Rendezvous at North Toledo Bend way back in the early 90's. I hope this event turns out to be as much fun. I am looking forward to sharing a tying table and...

Having fun with this stuff.

Big Dale

Please pre-register via the form on the website so we can have a good headcount.

I would like to come, but it is hard to plan that far in advance. Put me down.

Looks great. We registered. Let us know what we can bring and whether or not we can expect to get indoor accomodations or bring our camping gear. C U there.

Jerry,
I would guess you-all are going to headquarter out of the rec hall correct? How many people will that facility hold and how many do you expect to attend? It's a long drive for me but I like the idea of a tie-in on the way up to or back from Beavers Bend.

I signed up to go. But I will only stay all day Saturday, and leave Sunday. I can't go the whole weekend, although I wish I could.

I'm in

The Rec Hall seats 125. We're praying for 50 to 100.

I'm already excited! Looking forward to it.

Website has been updated with a few new details.

CHECK IT OUT!!!

Jeff Tomlinson is heading this thing up and he has a couple of fun contests planned. Scrap pile scramble and off-hand wooly bugger??? We'll have some top quality (uh huh) prizes for the winners!!!

What is an off-hand Woolly Bugger? Is that tying without a vise?

If you are right handed you tie it with your left and vice-versa!!! Should be fun!!!

We have over 40 folks who have said they are coming. We have room for 94 so don't miss this opportunity. Also, the park does have 21 RV sites for those who might want to bring their RV's (like my wife).

Getting close!!! We still have bunks (spaces) available!!!

Please pre-register so we have a good head count at:

CLICK HERE

We've added a Saturday night campfire and sing along to the menu!!!

DFF Facebook page has created your event on their calendar and given a notice of event to its fans.

Thanks

We have 94 bunks in 5 cabins! Love to have you there!

We have close to 75 fly tyers that say they are coming so far.
That still leaves room for you (the one reading this)!!!

Lots of door prizes donated so far.
Also a custom built rod and a couple of other rods for the silent auction.

TFO and Mariner Sails will be there on Saturday to show off stuff.

TWO or more CCI's will be there to help you fine tune your casting.

We'll have a big campfire and fun sing-along Saturday night.

All that is adding up to a good time that you don't want to miss!!!

Click HERE for more info!

Getting close!!!

are we singing big green tractor, cum bi ya??

Isn't that a saltwater pattern? Do you have the recipe?

We? Does that mean you're coming?

big green tractor is a song made by jason alden. pretty catchy. i sing it well. or at least i think i do!!

Yes, we prefer that you sing it solo. So-low we can't hear you!

no reports yet??

I was there yesterday. When I left about 80 people had signed in. The fly tying tables were full. The quality and helpfullness of the tiers was amazing. You could learn to tying almost anything yesterday. Several people were going from table to table with their own vices and learning something new from multiple people.

The facilities were nice with a good size central room, big kitchen, the cabins were close, and there was a good open casting area in the middle of it all.

TFO was there with all of their rods, so you could cast anything you wanted to try.

There were at least seven casting instructors helping anyone that wanted help. There were 5 CCI's, the president of TFO, one of the ff'ing instructors from Bass Pro, and even a two handed rod casting instructor available to help.

It was a well done event and a good location to hold it.

Rex

awesome. i have heard great things about the event. great job red river fly fishers and team

I will have a full report and pictures soon. The event went very well. We had over 80 tyers in attendance. We really appreciate the support that most of the DFW clubs gave over the last three days.

It was a large time had by all. We'll do it again next year.

Of course, Jerry, I have blogged it from my perspective. Cody says you have his permission to use any of his pictures if you so desire.

Thanks Julia! Great blog posting. I tried to move the pics to my shutterbug and it won't let me.

Thanks to All. It was a great success. Jenna and I plan to be there next year.

I would like to add my thanks to all who helped to organize, and run the Rendezvous. It greatly exceeded my expectations. And a heartfelt thanks to those who worked in the background, and especially to those folks in the kitchen who put on some great meals for us to enjoy.

I look forward to next year's Rendezvous.

Bill

And it was good to meet you Bill. By the way, thanks for the pretzels. Apparently, you left them. Or they ended up in my truck some how. Thanks again.

Rendezvous 2013 is booked!!!

Mark your calendars.

January 18, 19, 20th Bonham State Park

My calender is marked! Thanks, looking forward to that weekend.

Bill