世界中のラッキークラフトファンの皆さま～！Daily Flash Minnow Weekly Reportになります！
今日は、Long Beach Convention Centerで行われますThe Ultimate Outdoor Experienceに行ってきました。
いわゆるフィッシング・ハンティンググッズのほか、釣り三昧付宿泊パッケージツアーの宣伝・ボートの展示・講習会など様々なブースがあり沢山のお客さんで賑わっていた。平日の入場は午後2時からなので、2時間半ほど新規エリアを開拓を目的として、ロングビーチハーバー付近で少し、フラッシュミノーを投げてみた！やはり陸っぱりからはまだ早いようです。
さて、午後2時に前に釣りを中断し、本日のショー会場へと移動することにした。会場時間30分前にすでにこの行列！！
週末時では、この5倍の行列ができそうなので平日にこれてラッキーかもしれませんね！
行列を並び中へ入ると、物凄い数のブース数と人・会場内も広く全部見るのに、数時間以上！！結構大きいイベントである。
会場内では、直接釣具店が特別プラス掲示しており、安い金額で購入ができ、会場に集まった釣人にはうってつけチャンスでしょう！！また、各ブースにいる店員さんからはたまにサンプルを頂ける事もあり！ファンサービスも豪快でした。
この日はラッキークラフトのリージョナルプロのゲリーさんとも会え、今夏からDaily Flash minnow企画で釣りに行く計画も話しがでました。（期間中はDAIWAプロスタッフとしブースにいました）夏のDaily Flash minnow Report楽しみにしていてください。
ロングビーチでの展示会は終了しましたが、3月24～27日までは、場所を変えSan Diego, CA Del Mar Fairgroundsにくにて再度展示会がありますので、Long Beachでこれなかった方はSan Diegoにお足をお運びください。情報は下記より:
http://fredhall.com/index.php
それでは皆さん！！ See you soon!
P.S. OptimumのMattさんと以前Vail Lakeでもお世話になったヒルさんとも会場でお会いしました。
http://www.luckycraftlure.com/fm/?p=287
Sandy
Today I went to “The Ultimate Outdoor Experience” held at the Long Beach Convention Center. It is an event where they have fishing and hunting products, advertisements for fishing trip packages and accommodations, boat displays, training sessions and performances, and a whole lot of other outdoor related activity booths and displays. It is a very festive event with a lot of people. During the weekday it starts from 2pm, so I decided to explore new areas and stop by Long Beach harbor to throw my Flash Minnow for a little while. But as I thought, it was still too early for Okappari (shore fishing).
So I ended my fishing a little before 2pm and headed to the location of the event. 30 minutes before the venue opened, the line was already very long!! But I thought I was still pretty lucky to be able to come during the weekday because on the weekend, this line would most likely be 5 times worse!
I finally entered the venue after lining up for awhile and I was stunned by the amount of people and booths! The venue was very big and it would probably take me a couple hours to look at every single one of them!! It is a pretty big event.
In this event, tackle shops have special prices on their products and they can be purchased for a very good price. It is a good chance for all fishermen who came!! Also, there are workers from several booths passing out samples! Such fabulous fan services.
On this day I was able to meet our Lucky Craft regional pro angler, Gerry. I got to plan on going fishing with him this summer for this Daily flash Minnow report. (At this time as a pro staff, Garry was at the DAIWA booth) Please stay tuned for this summer’s Daily Flash Minnow report!
The Long Beach Exhibition ended, but on March 24th~27th, there will be another event going on in San Diego, CA – Del Mar Fairgrounds. So for the people who couldn’t make it to the Long Beach event, please try to make it to the San Diego event. For more information please visit the link below:
http://fredhall.com/index.php
See you soon!
P.S. I also ran into Matt from Optimum Baits and Mr. Hill from my fishing trip at Vail Lake (http://www.luckycraftlure.com/fm/?p=287).
Sandy
