Dan Ovington

Dan Ovington, the manager of the Orvis Flagship Store, said that while the tax free weekend will not help them that much as 90 percent of their business is related to clothing sales - which is already tax exempt - that they are taking some measures to drum up business during the tax free holiday.

"What we did in our store in particular was do in house signage and try to talk it up," said Ovington.

"Absolutely from the moment we opened the doors to just now, things have been stellar," said Dan Ovington, manager of the Orvis store.

Ovington has only managed the Manchester store for about a month but said he was familiar enough with the reports of traffic and sales from the last Black Friday to know this year was "better in every regard."

Dan Ovington -Store Manager

Dan Ovington will celebrate his second year with The Orvis Company in October 2002.Prior to joining Orvis, he was Store Manager for Hudson Trail Outfitters.An avid fisherman for over 30 years, he has been focusing on fly fishing for the last ten.He has developed a broad base of knowledge about the Washington DC area's myriad of fishing opportunities, with a special fondness for the small mouth bass of the Upper Potomac and the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.

Dan Ovington, Manager