2024 SRS Founders Rod awardee LeighAnne Franklin! After Hugh Wenger declined to receive the Founder's rod, LeighAnne Franklin was selected to receive the award! Congratulations LeighAnne!!! I wonder if you'll let Walt take it our for a 'spin' sometime? No matter, congratulations on being the 2024 recipient and winner of the Slate Run Sportsmen Founder's … Continue reading 2024 SRS Founder’s Rod Awardee!!!
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Founder’s Rod 2023
Slate Run Sportsmen held their Spring 2023 Regular Membership meeting yesterday, Saturday March 25, 2023. After calling the meeting to order shortly after 10:30 we heard a stirring, heart-felt memorial written and delivered by longtime member and SRS Trustee Walt Franklin. I know it made me reflect on my association with Joe Lemmon, our past … Continue reading Founder’s Rod 2023
Founder’s Rod 2021 Style!
With all the crap that has happened over the past 18 months (dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic), the Founder's Rod award was postponed for quite some time. However, we got together for the final SRS membership meeting of 2021 on September 11 and awarded it to Dave Berkheiser! Congratulations Dave! Because of the delay in … Continue reading Founder’s Rod 2021 Style!
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April 7, 2018: David Craig - Photo credit Dan Helm David Craig won the right to use the Founders Rod at the SRS April 7, 2018 Spring meeting. It sounds like David has already tried casting it with a 6 wt. and an 8 wt. line to which he thinks it loads better with the … Continue reading Founders Rod
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