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Media Contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sun West Residents Enjoy Ennis on the Madison Fly Fishing Festival 6th Annual Festival Brings a Weekend of Great Fishing, Instruction and Celebration Cameron, Mont., (September 3, 2008) — Sun West Ranch residents enjoyed a weekend dedicated entirely to fly fishing at the 6th Annual Ennis on the Madison Fly Fishing Festival. The festival, which took place over Labor Day weekend, August 29-31 in Ennis, hosted attendees from all over Montana. Fly fishing enthusiasts enjoyed local food, music, tips from fly fishing celebrities, and tested their angling skills on the nation’s premier wild trout river. Each spring and summer, Sun West Ranch residents return to their homes on the Madison River, otherwise known as the legendary 50-mile riffle to take in spectacular scenery, catch a glimpse of abundant wildlife, ride horses on the Ranch’s 1,600 acres or common land and partake in world-class fly fishing along Sun West Ranch’s three miles of private wade-in fishing access on the Madison. “I have been going to the Ennis Fly Fishing Festival since its inception, and a few years ago my wife Marty won the Clackacraft drift boat which is ideal for our home at Sun West,” said Leo Berk. “Ennis is the perfect location to host this festival — the area boasts the best fly shops and experts in the country; the fish are big, and the scenery is breathtaking. You simply won’t find better fishing than what I’ve experienced on the Madison.” In addition to the traditional local BBQ and music by Flatland Mountain Rock Band, the Ennis on the Madison Fly Fishing Festival offered nationally known fly fishing speakers, “how to” clinics on tying and fishing, conservation workshops, exhibits from Simms, ClackaCraft, Ro Drift Boats, Outcast, Winston Rods, Sweetgrass Bamboo Rods, Thomas & Thomas, Cortland, Abel, Gloomis, Orvis and a chance to win a brand new, fully equipped 16-foot low profile drift boat and trailer from ClackaCraft. About Sun West Ranch The shared-ranch concept was pioneered by Ted Gildred, the creator and developer of Sun West Ranch, in the early 1990s and has since taken off as a growing trend in real estate development as a way to preserve land and protect wildlife corridors. Sun West Ranch’s 55 home sites take up just 400 acres, with the remaining 1,600 acres designated as shared open space between all owners. Sun West’s most recent dedication to the community is shown in the creation of Project Giveback, an initiative to help raise funds to build a new hospital in Ennis. Sun West Ranch developers Ted and Heidi Gildred pledged $1.1 million to be matched by the community. For more information, visit www.sunwestranch.com. |