We again look forward to seeing you at SCW 2011.
Bassclave is scheduled for Thursday, August 4th - Sunday, August 7th on the Greenbrier River in WV (near Lewisburg). We have a reservation with Virgil at the Greenbrier River Campground in Ronceverte, WV. Virgil has had a lot of people cancel in the last few years I think, so this year he is again giving us a flat rate versus a per person per night rate. The price per person for 3 days (Thurs - Sun) is $26.59. If you stay fewer days, it still costs the same, or you can go it alone at a separate rate. This keeps me from having to put down a deposit for all of the sites. If you wish to come early or stay later, those rates can be negotiated with Virgil at the campground ahead of time. Anyone who is interested in attending, please contact Virgil at the campground to arrange payment (check, but he may take CC# over the phone). The address and phone number for the campground are: Greenbrier River Campground (
The Inn is owned by my very good friend and college classmate, Kim Shailer and his lovely wife Sharon. Great folks!
I've considered the Inn for a couple of reasons.
1. No camping allowed! I need a warm bed, liquor to sit back and smoke a ceegar on the porch and they have
great restaurant /dining room.
2. Plenty of excellent fly fishing waters in the area.
3. My wife will join me if we go there. Yours can too!
4. Convenient location for lots of FF@ players and families.
5. Kim and Sharon will host a great weekend for all.
6. And they are pet friendly if you need to bring your hound or whatever.
7. Lots of things to do for families in area,
8. I like to give business to those we all know first!
I don't have a date in mind just yet, hopefully we can work around their busy season and weather dependent,
maybe late Spring when the mountain flowers are in bloom?
SCW base camp will be the Little Oak Campground which is located on the Shore of South Holston Lake in Tennessee just off highway 421 South. It is East of Bristol Tennessee in the Cherokee National Forest and Watauga Ranger District.
SCW Clave caters to the cold water FF@ members and friends who also enjoy the camaraderie of other cold water fly fishing enthusiasts. Buddy Nichols and Gary Hull look forward to enjoying your company, your love of fly fishing, cooking, eating and of course, revelry at SCW 2010.
To help you mark your calendars for SCW 2010, we've included our own SCW 2010 calendar this year. You'll find the link to the calendar at the bottom of the home page. Just click on Down Load the SCW 2010 Calendar to download the calendar.
Since I procrastinate in acquiring a new calendar every year, I built the SCW 2010 calendar to go through April 2011...the time frame when we're be holding SCW in 2011 so by then, I am hoping the new SCW 2011 calendar will be ready. Feel free to download the calendar, print it out and mark it up.
Just click on I-Will-Attend@SCW-Clave.com visible from each page of the web site to register your attendance.
We hope to see you again this year at SCW 2010. Details and particulars for this years event can be found on the SCW web site at web page ".
Lake Placid Clave 27-30 May. NYS hasn't closed the Wilmington Notch DEC campground yet, so we're still having it there. Details here"
Hosted by Chris Knight
NEC 2010 will be held in Pennsylvania's Pine Creek Valley on June 3-6, 2010 . It will be held at Stony Fork Creek Campground, 658 Stony Fork Creek Road, Wellsboro, PA 16901.
Their telephone number is (570)724-3096, go here for their web page" . I have reserved sites 164 through 175 in the tenting area for NEC. This is a large area and will accommodate a lot of people. It is also fairly isolated from the RV sections, which will be good for our purposes. Try to leave an area at the end (between sites 170 and
171) for a gathering area for the conclave. The cost will be $8.00 per person per night and will be extended for any days prior or after June 3-6.
If we get more than 30 campers for the event there will be a discount applied. You must contact the Campground for reservations as soon as
possible. Just mention my name and NEC.
Dale Bonney .
Alberta Conclave July 14-18 at the Blackstone Recreation Area, just north of Nordegg, Alberta. Hosted by Jim Fox
Bassclave is scheduled for July 22 - 25 on the Greenbrier River in WV (near Lewisburg). We have a reservation with Virgil at the Greenbrier River Campground in Ronceverte, WV. (http://www.greenbrierriver.com/) .I have reserved a camping area that comfortably accommodates 40 people with tents which includes water and electricity. The cost is $9 per person per night if we have a dozen or more people. Virgil has asked that each person call personally just to verify that they will be staying and for what nights. However, if you decide last minute to come or if you are tentative, you do not HAVE to have called in order to have a site available to you. I will send him the list of attendees sometime in July .Bassclave hosted by . Andrew "Drewmeister" Nix . Web page .
The Balsam Clave Late spring/early summer TBA 2011 , hosted by Ben abd Betsy Benoit
to be held at the Balsam Mountain Inn . , Balsam NC
For no better name we'l call it Balsam Clave! FF@ CONCLAVES HELD IN 2010
The Smokies Cold Water Clave (SCW) 2010 Buddy and I are hosting the 5th SCW this April and what else, we're calling it SCW 2010. This year we'll be claving near the South Holston and Watauga Rivers in TN from April 30 to May 2, 2010. As we've done in previous years, we will probably arrive at least a week early to fish and making revelry in preparation for SCW.