"Road Trip Raffle 2026"
Now here's a good return on investment, if you win. But actually, in the end, the monies raised go to the American Museum of Fly Fishing. Imagine throwing down a $25 bill and winning the opportunity to fish with a bud and three of the top saltwater fishing guides from Montauk to Maine. But, I'd really like to win this.
The American Museum of Fly Fishing was established in Manchester, Vermont in 1968. They have a museum you can visit, archives you can browse through, and hold award ceremonies honoring the best in all types of fly fishing. If you remember Bob Popovics was awarded the Izaak Walton Award last year, posthumously. Additionally, they publish the quarterly journal, The American Fly Fisher. Fly fishing artist and illustrator Mike Sudal snagged the cover of the Winter
2025 edition with his work done for the Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation. The cover is a view of the commissioned piece he did for the annual tournament. Inside there's a nice article about Mike. You've seen his sick work in many publications, probably without knowing it.
So what is this fund raising auction about? Well here you go. It's called the "Road Trip Raffle 2026" where the winner and a buddy will win a guided trip with three of the best in Paul Dixon
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| Paul Dixon- Montauk/Gardiner's Bay |
out in Montauk, Jamie Boyle on Martha's Vineyard, and Ben Whalley in Southern Maine. on top of that Yeti is throwing in a prize package, you'll get a $500 gas card, plus swag from the AMFF. Add that all up and you're probably talking around a $3,000 hit. You could make it a road trip and start in Montauk and end up in Maine.
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| Jamie Boyle- Martha's Vineyard |
Tickets are one for $25, three for $50, and eight for $100. I can tell you this. If this is my last year living in New Jersey it would be a great way to say good-bye to my beloved striped bass before we head south to the redfish of South Carolina. It would be like coming up to bat with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and hitting a grand slam to win a game in the World Series. It can happen, just remember in October 2024 when Los Angelos Dodger Freddie
hit the game winning Grand Slam at Yankee Stadium. It happened in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Dodgers won 6-3. But the only way to do that, to be at the plate for a shot, is to buy a chance. You can do that HERE with the raffle ending March 15th. But I can tell you I'm already winning this thing.
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| Ben Whalley- Southern Maine |