Fly-fishing Hall of Fame

Ed Rice, the renowned angler and sports promoter from Northern California, was inducted into the Flyfishing Hall of Fame last week by the Federation of Flyfishers at a banquet in Pleasanton.
Rice recounted how he grew up fishing and hunting in the foothills near Chico and how, by his 20s, he'd wake up with the yearning to venture to the world's best fly-fishing spots. "That feeling never stopped," he said.

His travels in the 40 years since have taken him across North America - including 88 different weeks in Alaska - 40 countries and six continents. Rice has caught more species of fish on a fly rod - more than 200 - than anyone in the world, and is the only fly fisher to catch the grand slam of the Caribbean: tarpon, bonefish and permit, twice in a three-day span.
Rice is also the founder of the International Sportsmen's Exposition, which started in San Mateo and became the blueprint for successful outdoor shows across America. Rice is believed to be the only promoter in America to donate booth space to conservation groups. He was a charter inductee into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame in 2003.

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