Wounded Warrior/Heroes on the Water Rockfish Opening Day Derby - Guaging Interest

Originally Posted by Siebler

PLEASE note that Neill is not planning a HOW event/Outing. He is planning a Benefit tournament and there should be no mass need of loaner kayaks and gear.

All HOW events are ALWAYS officially released only by those who are on the HOW Leadership team which includes Myself, Matt Grisso, and Ryan Walters.

Thanks for clearing this up.

This will not be a sanctioned event, but rather a fund raising charity event where the WWP and HOW are the benificiares. However, we will likely put out a soliciation for any service member, active, retired, disabled...to participate and encourage a sponsoring angler. This still has it's own logistics to work out.

In other news, M&M Custom Rods, Squidco, Anglers Choice and Fishdope have all signed on to be tournament sponsors and have promised to each make very charitable donations. OEX has also agreed to help support the kayak division.

Also, Skrilla has agreed to donate his custom bamboo gaffs, JeffB will be donating a custom rod, Makobob is donating a SLEW of jigs as well as other goodies and Easyday has made a large contribution to help fill up prize loots and swag bags.

It's been 24 hours and the response has been overwhelming. This may very well turn out to be an incredible event!