Each
year the Club has a banquet during which a
raffle is conducted to raise money to support the many
activities of the Club. This year the banquet will be held at
6pm February
2, 2024, at St.
Paul’s United Methodist Church, 225 W. Griggs Ave., Las Cruces. The
doors will be open at 5pm.
As in years past, the meal will be catered by Sparky’s of
Hatch, NM. The menu will consist of brisket, pulled pork
and enchiladas. The desserts will be supplied by Ardovino’s Desert Crossing.
Banquet tickets are $10 per person, but that includes two
free raffle tickets (a $10 value).
Children under 18 are free.
Dinner
tickets will be sold at the door.
The program will consist of a showing of videos procurred by the
Club with intentions of showing them last fall for our third
annual film tour at Ardivino's
Desert Crossing.
For various reasons, we were never able schedule the event so we
decided to show them at this year's banquet. The annual
film tour is a traveling roadshow of the best fly fishing films
in the world. Everyone will enjoy the scenery, adventure, and
the exotic locales featured in the films.
The
Prize Committee really outdid themselves with over $2,500 in
prizes including:
·
Bob Widgren Custom 4-wt 8-foot rod
·
Solitary Angler Culebra Creek two-day guided trip for 2
·
Evan Claassen one day Guided Float trip on The San Juan for 2
·
3 Umpqua Fly Boxes w/ 50 dry and nymph combinations, each from
Madison River Fishing Company
·
Brodin S2 Frying Pan Net
·
Brodin Gallatin Net
·
Yeti Hopper M20, Back Pack Cooler
·
Simms Wading staff
·
Lamson Liquid Reel 3-Pack Reel & Two Spools in 2-3-4 line weight
·
Many other items - $2,500 value
As you can see the prize committee selected practical prizes
that you will use every time that you go fishing.
A
page of 5 tickets will be emailed to every current MVFF
member. Tickets are $5
each or $20 for a full page of 5.
Follow
the directions on the tickets and mail your checks to MVFF, PO
Box 2222, Las Cruces, NM 88004-2222.
You can print extra pages of tickets and they will also
be sold at the Banquet. You may also use PayPal below
to purchase the tickets, but the PayPal fees will be added. If
you buy tickets online they will automatically be added to the
raffle, just like last year. The
options shown below include the PayPal fees.