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What a fantastic group of people to spend a weekend with. I have never seen such a cool, relaxed and fun crowd anywhere! Thanks so much for coming.

How cool is it (I don't know, how cool?!) that you can walk around a hotel at 2am (3am, 4am), find a room with an open door, drop in, grab a soda (beer) and talk fish for a while with people you've never met before...

And that doesn't even being to mention the great speakers, sponsors, vendors, fishmongers, and all the other great folks that made it a great weekend!

Thanks again everyone. I hope to see you all again soon.

Thank you Andrew, and all the PVAS volunteers

Hey,

any chances for a short photo relation?
Please, please, please

Regards.

Andrew, it was just great. Thanks to you and all your helpers, for hard work and diligence throughout.

OK, let this be the cat conv '08 photo thread! Here is my contribution, captioned so people can see who is who and what is what.

Cheers,

Jools

More pics!

I had a blast ! Thank you PVAS and all the speakers.

I know Barbie had her camera out !!! More pics !

Thanks Jools!

What was caught in this river?

worton[pl] wrote:What was caught in this river?

On the catfish front, we collected , and young (I think, not 100% they aren't a congener).

Jools

Thank you so very much, Andrew! What a great time. I've been to a few conventions, but this was a blast. No pressure, no worries. Just fun and learning. What a combination. This was Lee Finley's(keynote speaker) happy plate of veggies:

Amanda

Keep the posts and pics coming!
-Shane
(who is feeling very bummed he missed this one, but very happy for all his friends who were there.)

Shane wrote:Keep the posts and pics coming!
-Shane
(who is feeling very bummed he missed this one, but very happy for all his friends who were there.)

So many folks asked for you, it was actually quite odd not having you (& Erica) there. You'd have enjoyed a lot of it for sure. There's the CSG 30th anniversary in March...

Jools

Shane,
One of the first things Jools did on Thursday was place a beer in the middle of the table and said,"This beer represents Shane..." I don't remember the rest since I was savoring my Yuengling(thank you Eric). I hope to meet you at some point. I haven't been disappointed by a single member of this forum. Everybody has something unique to offer.
Amanda

One of the first things Jools did on Thursday was place a beer in the middle of the table and said,"This beer represents Shane..."

Yep, sounds like my brother. Of course, like a good Scot, after he finished his beer he thought, "Damn, somebody left a free pint in the middle of the table."

Sorry I missed the chance to meet you Amanda. Jools said on the phone last night that it was a real pleasure to meet you.

-Shane

Shane wrote:Keep the posts and pics coming!
-Shane
(who is feeling very bummed he missed this one, but very happy for all his friends who were there.)

Here, here!!! Keep the pics coming!

I am also feeling bummed for missing it but I coach my two oldest son's soccer teams and my oldest had a play-off berth on the line (in point standings we were 2 point behind going into the matches). The last game was on Saturday, Oct. 18th. Unfortunately, my team tied 1-1 and their rival won their match.

This season was unusual as we are typically done (playoffs included) by the second weekend of October, hopefully this won't be the case in future seasons. (Andrew, are you getting the hint?).

The hint... Hmmm... Sounds like you want me to pay off the refs so that your team is eliminated from the playoffs?

Got it. Just send a Paypal address for the ref.

Here is one for you Shane, another of the now famous quilt, still deciding if the halo fits..... Hans-Georg Evers and friend----Photo taken by Eugene Wourms on the LFS tour

The Weitzmans----Photo taken by Eugene Wourms-was interesting to meet the Weitzmans... Curator of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Jools and myself---Photo by Eugene Wourms