MANEUVERING AROUND CLOUDS TO REMAIN IN VMC; PLT OF C206 ENCOUNTERS ANOTHER ACFT BEING VECTORED TO THE ARC FOR AN IAP.

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THE ARPT ASOS WAS RPTING 3200 FT BROKEN; VISIBILITY 10 MI. I MONITORED ZOA TO ENSURE NOBODY WAS INBOUND AS I DEPARTED TO THE E. THE CLOUDS APPEARED TO BE BREAKING UP WITH LARGE AREAS OF BLUE SKY SHOWING. I INITIATED A CLB APPROX 8 MI E OF THE ARPT HOPING TO GET ON TOP AND FIND A SMOOTHER RIDE. AS I NAV'ED AROUND THE CUMULUS CLOUDS TO MAINTAIN VFR; I NOTED A CONTACT ON THE TCAD AT APPROX 3.4 MI. I CONTINUED TO CLB. I ALSO HEARD CTR ADVISE THE ACFT TO JOIN THE ARC. AS IT DID; CTR INFORMED THE LIGHT TWIN OF A CONTACT 12 O'CLOCK POS AT MY ALT. I SOON REALIZED I WAS THE ACFT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. I MAINTAINED CLB AND HDG TO GET OUT OF THE WAY ASAP. CTR GAVE THE OTHER ACFT A VECTOR TO AVOID ANY CONFLICT. WE CAME WITHIN 1.2 MI AND 200 FT OF ONE ANOTHER. MY CONCERN IS THAT I NEVER SAW THE OTHER ACFT AND HE HAD TO BE VECTORED FROM HIS APCH TO AVOID ME. ALTHOUGH I WAS VFR; CLBING UP THROUGH AN OPEN AREA CAN BE HAZARDOUS IF YOU ARE NEAR AN AIRWAY; OR IN THIS CASE AN APCH ARC. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL USE FLT ADVISORIES FOR ANY SUCH MANEUVER.