North 40 Fly Shop eMagazine December 2015 | Página 34

We checked into the Twisp River
suites. What a nice place, though I
could hardly enjoy it. I needed to get a
Washington fishing license stat. Can’t
do it online. Paul and I dashed around
Twisp and managed to find licenses at
the hardware store. Cash only. Paul
took off with directions to an ATM and
I stayed put to make sure the store did
not close before he got some cash.
With licenses in hand, I was ready to
meet the crew and enjoy some dinner.
Nick Slomski and Chris Bergman were
new faces from Coeur D’Alene. In fact
Nick had just been hired to manage
the CDA fly shop. I’m pretty sure Nick
learned lots over the Summit, especially
our meaning of the word Buffalo.

Rounding out the fly shop crew, we
had Joe O’Brien from Lewiston, Calvin
Fuller from Ponderay and Keith Roe
as the local from Omak. Then we had
Sam Wike, Paul Considine, Jesse Ova,
Jerrin Uecker and Jake England. They
work out of Great Falls and see to
buying and marketing. Also on hand
were special guests Nick English from
Blue Ribbon Sales and Brandon Prince
of Prince Outdoors. Nick and Brandon
represent some of the leading brands
in our industry.
Sam and his crew rolled out a fine dinner
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