Dan Kenney is making a serious name for himself. Dan’s an outdoors promoter and fish guy who is bringing his next big deal, the Connecticut Outdoors Show, to Mohegan Sun for the first time, which opens up all sorts of possibilities when you consider the location. Kenny has three shows lined up for this winter and he’s done a yeoman’s job bringing in some really big industry names. 
The Connecticut show will have booths from Diawa, S&S Bucktails’, Al’s Goldfish Lure Company, Remarcable Arms, Fins Braid, StormR and Game On Lures among others. You can renew your subscription to The Fisherman Magazine and pick up brochures from those lodges you’ve always wanted to visit, like Long Lake, Wheaton’s, Lakeside and Long Lake. The idea of taking in some entertainment outside the Expo also adds a certain draw when you’re done filling your shopping bag with goodies.
- Jeff DeBuigne of AL’s Goldfish. He and his wife Mandy will be there
Loyal readers will know that I love seeing those outside-the-industry booths, you know, the fudge makers, candy whippers, jam and jelly hawkers and of course, the giant plastic counter stuffed tight with jerky of every variety. There’s no Worm Bar at this show but collectively, they add an important flavor, pun intended, to a show packed with fishing gear and fishermen kicking trailer tires all day. Plus, it’s all part of the fun.
We could all use a few new lures but it makes for a better few hours chewing on something different or bringing home a small gift for our significant other who might not necessarily appreciate another grab bag full of leader material and a free t-shirt with yet another striper and hooker joke on the front.
As for speakers, visitors are in for a treat. DJ Muller and Peter Miller will join big names like Richard Yvon of Maine’s Twin Maples Outdoors, no relation to the iconic Block Island tackle store and surfcaster lodging, and local celebrity, Captain Jerry Sparks.
- Captain Jerry Sparks will talk all about Spring striper fishing
Mandy’s takeaway (aside from the props for Al’s gratitude): CT is known as the nutmeg state??
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