Announcing the Line Up for Famous Group C!!

Here it is, gang, the final line up for the final group, our famous Group C-ful of husbands, wives, veterans and Floridians:

 

Hailing from the great hanging-chad-ful State of Confusion/Florida are your Hostess With The Mostess' [older by minutes] twin sister Julie "Don't Start With Me" Meier along with DSWM's former sister-in-law Barbie "The Doll" Kingsland, along with her granddaughter "Olivia The Magnificent" soon to be joined by Naples resident and Alaskaganza veteran, yet Extravaganza rookie Jim Nici.

 

Husbands and wives abound with veteran couples that include (a) "newly weds" Grady Garrett and his bride "Smilin' Penny" Shawback (they had been dating for 23 years and [finally!] last February were wed in Hawaii); (b) Mark "Napa" Grassi and his yellow shirt-winning bride of now 25 years Jami "The Bulltrout" Grassi; (c) returnees after a five year hiatus Spencer Graham and Elizabeth Pressler [donors of our 20 case of yummy Elizabeth Spencer wine (hmmmm...wonder how that wine got its name!)]; (d) Cam "Mend" Carlson and Jeannot "Believe It Or Not" Carlson; and last (and in his case, at least, certainly least) Larry "Moon River" Klaustermeier and his beautiful multi-decadal wife "Ann The Nurse".

 

Prodigy are also included in this year's Group C, as long-time veteran Brian "The Stick" Shepard is joined by all three of his children:  veterans Josef and Nicholas as well as by their sister rookie Eliza.  Prodigiously as well, veteran Bruce Mowat will be joined this year by his rookie son John and, in this case last and certainly NOT least, Group C's 18 strong band of warriors is rounded out by none other than both Extravaganza as well as Alaskaganza veteran, the one, the only "Gene, Gene The Fishing Machine" Fegerson who, on a nightly basis, will soon be walking in the door haggardly asking "I am looking for The Rainbow River Lodge..is this it?!?"

 

With the above, Extravaganza 2009 concludes 57 strong with fisherfolk of all walks of life but with the one common thread:  "I came, I saw, I conquered the hallowed trout-filled fishing streams of Western Montana--God's own backyard."

 

RCR

<'///><