Jon Hersey - Fly Fisherman

By: Leo N Ardo




























Published 2011

Copyright (c) 2011- 2012 Leo N. Ardo

All rights reserved

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Jon Hersey - Fly Fisherman

By Leo N. Ardo


Preface

Each year 18M people fly fish - only 5M swing a fly rod at least a second time -
these "echoes" are considered an enthusiast. In the enthusiast group, 75% are
men, 53% of group are over age 35, and 52% are unmarried.

Annual retail sales for fly fishing products, from the cheapest fly tying materials to
the most expensive 6 piece pack rod, approach $2.48B - an average of $500 per
enthusiast. Additionally, $1.1B is spent on vacation packages, associated
lodging, and clothing.

It is believed the first use of artificial fishing flies was in the second century by a
Roman, Claudious Aelianus.

The winner of the national fly tying contest in Bozeman, Montana, took home
$25,000. The Madison Tie One On derby, where fly fishermen can use only one
fly per day, has a $125,000 first place purse.

5,000+ fly shops, and a shrinking number of big box stores, provide goods and
services to 5M fly fishing enthusiasts.

Vegetable Wrap

Jon Hersey (being careful to word the Biz Planner report so his boss, Paul Tyler,
will not discover his clandestine involvement with Injector One) is completing his
final report on the Grindell Injectors purchase of Injector One:
- management has been blended together
- the remodel of Grindell's former facility is in progress
- contracts with Injector One and Grindell customers are finalized
- Ian Breck decided to retire to farm property he purchased near Marlow
from four sisters scattered throughout the west
- only employee lost was Charles Johnson, a childhood friend who quit
out of loyalty to Ian
- Grindell is on track to begin payments to Biz Planners in three months.

It's been three weeks since Ian "decided" to sell Injector One to Grindell. It has
been three weeks of intense, time-consuming concentration closing the Grindell
deal. Luckily there were no concurrent Zeta assignments. It's Tuesday, and no
jobs or assignments on the schedule for at least six days.

Jon is three steps down the hallway going for coffee, when the beep from the
Scrambler goes off on the computer. [Jon wishes he had put a bar sink in his
home office. Alissa would not have objected to an office coffee maker. Then,
cleaning the carafe and dumping the grounds would not require hauling them
through the house to the kitchen. Oh well, coffee will have to wait].

One login code, one password, and one "Spot" entry to the childhood pet's name
inquiry followed by a ten second delay. The next Zeta disruption assignment
"details" are displayed on his laptop.

Zeta Consulting Group

Target Company:
Alston Medical Supplies
1285 Oak Tree Road
Lebanon, Ohio 42690

Owner:
Mark Dayton (suspect)

Office location - downtown Cincinnati at 3427 Bengal Way
Suite 525 and 527

Instructions / Details:
- arrange soonest possible meeting with Daryl for details.

Jon (to himself), [The previous three Zeta assignments came with full details. ...
"meet with Daryl for details" ... unusual departure from the Zeta model ... why?!!]

Jon's next disruption assignment for Zeta Consulting Group is in Cincinnati.
Concurrently, the next Biz Planner job will likely be in Park City, Utah, if he read
Paul's hints correctly. The travel distance for this combination of private
assignment and public job locations is the farthest so far. The first combination
was Miami Flower Imports for Biz Planners and for ZCG was Publishers Printer
making counterfeit $20 bills in Atlanta. The second concurrent combination was
Charlotte for Biz Planners long time client Great Foods Prepared Meals (the
Vegetable Wrap guys) and for ZCG it was the American Tire Company, in
Scranton, selling tires to Columbian and Venezuelan drug cartels. The third
combination was luckily in the same city of Tulsa.

Jon calls Daryl. The call goes direct to voice mail ... Very unusual! ... after the
beep, Jon leaves his message, "calling to set meeting to discuss new
assignment. I am at home for next ten minutes then will be "in a tunnel" for about
two hours" - (Jon's banter to Daryl that he would be running without his cell)."

Dressed