Mel Krieger Tribute Event

Thursday, September 24, 2009

MarketBar – One Ferry Building, San Francisco

6:00pm Reception, 7:30pm Dinner

Ticket Price: $150 per person or $2,000 for a table of (8)

Mel Krieger (1928-2008)

Mel Krieger is considered to be one of the top fly fishing and fly casting instructors of the twentieth century. Mel and Fanny Krieger moved to San Francisco in 1964 and soon became fixtures in the fly fishing community. Mel was a champion caster who turned to books, videos, workshops, and clinics to teach his simple techniques around the world. Mel taught thousands of pupils the art of casting, including casting champion Steve Rajeff. He was also played an important role with the Fly Fishing Federation when that organization’s Certified Casting Instructor Program was created in 1992.

Krieger has received many awards from the fly fishing community. In 1994 he was inducted into the Northern California Fly Fishing Federation Hall of Fly Fishing Fame, received the Federation’s The Order of the Lapis Lazuli award in 2006, and was presented with the American Museum of Fly Fishing’s Heritage Award in 2003.

MarketBar

The MarketBar is located at One Ferry Building in San Francisco. The MarketBar boasts a seasonal Mediterranean menu using fresh, local ingredients found in the surrounding marketplaces. For the evening’s event the MarketBar will be serving a brassiere-style dinner accompanied by wines donated by the E. & J. Gallo Winery of Healdsburg, California. Owners Doug Biederbeck and Joseph Graham are generously donating a portion of the dinner’s service to the American Museum of Fly Fishing.

For more information about the Museum and the tribute dinner honoring Mel Krieger, please contact Kim Murphy at 802-362-3300 or kmurphy@amff.com. Keep checking our website at www.amff.com for an auction preview and proxy bids.