Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Rock River Rods


Rock River Rods is back this year generously sponsoring this great event!  This year Rock River will be throwing us a Lug Pro setup for some lucky son of a gun!  You gotta be in it to win it!

"Founded in 2009, Rock River Rods is a Vermont-based company that strives to deliver a quality product at reasonable prices. Beginning with some improved-upon existing products and adding equipment we have developed, Rock River Rods is always looking for a way to deliver the best product and the best value."

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Flyfish Journal

 
The Flyfish Journal has been supporting the DPC since day #1 and we hope that you will show some love in return!  Sign up for a subscription and you won't be disappointed!

Fly fishing's coffee-table bible, The Flyfish Journal publishes four issues per volume in limited editions. Covering fly fishing's icons, environment, and global culture, The Flyfish Journal is the fly world's collectible voice.
 
Cover price is $12.95(US), with a basic subscription rate of $39.99(US) for four books. FFJ's quality paper, cover stock, and award-winning photography create permanent value. 9x11 inches, full-color, with limited advertising.
 
CLICK HERE to Subscribe to FFJ today!


Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Vermont's Great Outdoors Magazine


All of us here at the Ditch Pickle are completely stoked to have the support of Vermont's newest, most cutting edge digital publication, Vermont's Great Outdoors Magazine.
"VGOM is a free digital outdoor magazine published monthly covering the great outdoors in the Green Mountain State.

Welcome to your source for news and features about the great outdoors. Vermonters love their outdoor recreation and celebrate it. It's part of the fabric of the state and the reason some move here and others stay. We join in this celebration and together, we'll explore the backwoods of Vermont -- the fields, forests, lakes and streams. We love all outdoor sports. While we will cover plenty of hunting and fishing, we'll also hit the other sports like hiking, biking, skiing, camping, four-wheeling, bird-watching, photography ... you get the idea. If it requires you to get your boots dirty, we're probably interested.

Vermont's Great Outdoors Magazine is free and available via a digital publication format, as well as a PDF download for desktops, laptops, phones, tablet computers and digital readers. There is an app for the digital reading platform: ISSUU.

The digital publication is the focus of our efforts, but the magazine will be heavily supported by social media marketing primarily on Facebook and Twitter. A website will support the delivery of the magazine as well as serving as a home base for the publication's efforts and information. Facebook will be the "face" of the magazine and offer readers, the magazine's staff and advertisers the opportunity to interact."



Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Someone's going home with a new boat!

There were quite a few of us that were jealous of the boats Damon Bungard and Brian Cadoret were paddling around during the 2012 DPC.  In case you forgot they were the guys stealthily paddling around pulling big bass out of the shallows in kayaks you can stand up in.

Well, we got a game changing delivery from the folks at Jackson Kayak today. The 2013 DPC champion is going to drive off with a brand new Jackson Kayak Cuda 12 on their roof! This is an amazing boat thoughtfully designed to make fishing from the kayak easy. The Cuda will make accessing the skinny water that Missisquoi bay largemouth love a piece of cake. We can't thank Jackson enough for the support they are showing the DPC. We also can't promise the boat won't get a little testing before we hand it over to the winner...


Stop into the Green Mountain Troutfitters in Jeffersonville if you want to check out the Cuda 12.  While you're at it sign your team up for the 2013 Ditch Pickle Classic.  You can't win the boat if you aren't out there fishing with us!

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

2013 DPC Dates are Set!

June 29-30, 2013
Missisquoi Bay on Lake Champlain
Swanton, Vermont

The time and place has been set for the 2013 Ditch Pickle Classic
Catch-Photo-Release Fly Fishing Tournament!!

Check Back Frequently for Updates!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

The DPC Making It's Way Through The Channels

The 2012 DPC Champ, Roland Tremble
(Brian Cadoret Photo)

The 2012 Ditch Pickle Classic was a huge success on many levels and it's great to see some of the post-event exposure the DPC is getting in the presses, on the interwebs and amongst the fly fishing community!
See for yourself...

The East Also Rises - Matt Crawford of Pale Morning Media gives his account of the DPC via the Simms "Wading Room" Blog

Jackson Kayak and the Ditch Pickle Classic - Damon Bungard and Brian Cadoret of team "Jackson Kayak" paddled their way into some great fish at the DPC.  If you think those with paddle-power are undergunned in this event, think again!

Local Fly Fisherman Takes First Prize in DPC - When the fish are down deep, just force them to come to the surface!  This article, featured in The Islander, highlights the success of local angler and fly shop proprietor, Roland Tremble

Ditch Pickle Classic Lures Anglers to Lake Champlain - Morgan Lyle of the Schenectady Times brings DPC awareness to NY State in the great write-up


Local Guides Fly Fish For Northern Pickles - This article, featured in the Addison Independent, chronicles the DPC experience of 2 fishing guides from Middlebury, Jesse Haller and Wesley Butler