When some people call it quits, sometimes other folks can see the opportunity that presents itself.

In California the International Sportsman’s Expo announcedm that due to the economy, it will no longer host a show in San Mateo County and enterprising Karen Carbonnet saw it as a golden opportunity.

You see, Karen owns the California Fly Shop and while she was a vendor at the former show she saw no reason why she couldn’t build her own fly fishing show and that she did.

The show will be held on the grounds of the California Fly Shop. The CFS is a huge store with an even larger parking lot, which will be the location of the annual event. The best part? She’ll be able to offer fly fisherman the ability to try out fly fishing equipment right there in the lot. Major manufacturers have started to sign up destined to make her event ‘the’ big fly fishing event in California. The event is planned for January.