march 2019 newsletter - deep creek fly fishers
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www.deepcreekflyfishers.org P.O. Box 8203, Redlands, CA 92375
March 2019 Newsletter
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Page 2: Presidents Message, & Board of Directors
Page 3: Meetings, Speakers, Club Store & Opportunity Drawing
Page 4: Education & Outings, Membership registration
Page 5 & 6: CADFW– Statewide Regulation
Page 7: Fly of the Month
Page 8: Trout in the Classroom
Page 9: Annual Lower Owen trip
Page 10: 2019 San Juan fishing trip
Page 11: South West Council FFI, Trout unlimited
Page 12: Bob Marriot’s Fly shop discounts
and Fred Hall Show
Frank will be speaking on shad fishing in the
Sacramento River.
Frank Duarte
Meet the Speaker for Dinner
All members are invited to meet and have dinner
with this month’s speaker.
Meet us at Art’s Bar and Grill, dinner will be at 4:00
pm.
The food is great and the prices are very reasona-
ble - each member pays for their own meal and
any drinks.
Art’s Bar & Grill
3357 University Avenue, Riverside 92501
951-683-9520
He will be showing which fly rods or spey rods to
use along with rod rigging and line choices.
Also he will be presenting information about the
American River with descriptions about both shore
and boat accesses.
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President’s Message
From Clark Stevens
President: Clark Stevens [email protected] 1st Vice Sandy Schneider President: [email protected] 2nd Vice vacant President: [email protected] Secretary: Jill Wagner [email protected] Treasurer: George Plescher [email protected] Newsletter: Roberta Ross [email protected] Trout in the Doug Spieske Classroom: [email protected] Conservation: Jerry Searcy [email protected] Membership: Mike Stuhl [email protected] Education: vacant [email protected]
2019 Board of Directors
Outings: Mike Telles [email protected] Opportunity: Bob Williams Drawing [email protected] Web Master: Greg LaPolla [email protected] Club Store: Sean Robbins [email protected] First Past Jerry Searcy President: [email protected] Second Past Bill Reeves President: [email protected] SWCIFFF Greg LaPolla Representative: [email protected]
rigging your fly rod for small streams in relation to Herit-age Trout that he will be speaking about. The following month’s meeting on May 29, 2019 will fea-ture Devin Olsen on the topic of “Modern Nymphing: Eu-ropean Inspired Techniques.” Our June 26th meeting will be our annual White Elephant Drawing in which we are asking members to bring fly fishing related items for that night’s drawings. More information will be forthcom-ing regarding the BBQ supper and needs for that even-ing. Bob Williams, our opportunity drawing chair, could use some help on that day and prior for preparations. There will be sign-up sheets at the next meeting in the back of the room for those wanting to fly fish Lake Perris from a float tube and the dates/times will be listed.
I just received a communication from the Southwest Council Fly Fishers International regarding some special meetings that are coming up, which will ask for public comment on CDFW Inland Trout Regulation Changes. The closest public meeting to give input regarding these changes will be held at the Bass Pro Shop, 7777 Victoria Gardens Lane, Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Noon - 2 p.m. We need a couple members to attend to give input and bring findings back to DCFF. See our web site for more detailed information. These new changes will probably effect our fly fishing sport for years to come. Don’t miss this month’s speaker Frank Duarte on 3/27/19, who will start with a fly tying session at 6:00 p.m. His topic for the evening presentation will be “Shad Fishing in the Sacramento Valley.” In the next couple months we have some great speakers before our annual White Elephant Sale on 6/26/19. Next month, we will have the privilege of Frank Burr speaking to us about the CDFW Passport & Heritage Trout Programs. He will have a session at 6 p.m. on
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Wear the Logo
Deep Creek Fly Fishers Club Store
All items available at the monthly meetings. Prices for 2018
Coffee mugs: Large $15.00 Small $13.00 Tee Shirts: Long Sleeve $15.00 Short Sleeve $10.00 Hats: 1 size fits all $17.00 Logo Decals: Small $4.00 Logo Patches $10.00 Logo Fly Box* $15.00
*Orders for custom image boxes will be taken. See Sean Robbins for details.
If any members would like to have embroidered our club logo on your fishing shirt or other piece of clothing, bring it to the club meeting and I will take them in with mine. The people we use "Engrave Embroidery N Things" do a very good job and I have always been happy with their work. The price is $15 EACH.
Bill Reeves
2019 Meetings & Speakers
Meetings are held 7:00pm on the 4th Wednesday of
each month, except May 29 (5th Wednesday), and
December 4 (Holiday Banquet), in the Izaak Walton
Clubhouse, 2601 Dexter Drive, inside Fairmount
Park, Riverside, CA
March 27– Club meeting– Frank Duarte
April 17– Board meeting
April 24– Club meeting– Frank Burr
May 29– Club meeting—Devin Olsen
June 26– Club meeting– White elephant dinner
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2019 Education & Outings Calendar
2019 Education and Outings
March 16–Intro to Fly Fishing
March 23–Beginning Fly Casting
March 30–Advanced Fly Casting
April 6–Lower Owens
April 13–Entomology Class, Intro
April 27 (Date changed to May 18)–Small stream class
April 28 (Date changed to May 19) -On the stream class-Mill Creek ranger station
May 2 to 9-Mammoth opener
May 23 to 27-San Juan River
Unless otherwise noted, the events above will be held at Izaak Walton Clubhouse at 2601 Dexter Drive - inside
the City of Riverside’s Fairmount Park. If you need additional information contact the class instructor or event
coordinator. The cost for DCFF members is $10 per class and training outing. Coffee and soft drinks will be
available for full day classes and there will be a 1-hour lunch break if necessary.
DCFF Calendar is on the Internet The Calendar lists all the activities that are going on in the club, such as training events, outings, meetings, con-servation events, and many more.
To view the calendar:
1. Go to: www.deepcreekflyfisher.org
2. Click on the Calendar Tab at the top of the page
3. Then select: This Week, This Month, This Year
To subscribe to the calendar:
Select ICAL, then Download the Public Events Calendar. It will appear in your computers default Calendar Pro-gram. As long as you have access to the internet, it will update automatically or you can “ refresh” to update the current calendar page.
DCFF 2019 Membership Drive
2019 club dues were due by 2-28-19. $30 individ-ual, $40 family. Dues pay for club supplies, news-letter, etc. and about 80% of the quest speaker costs. Dues are a key element of the club financial health. Please submit your dues as soon as possi-ble.
Please bring dues to the meeting or mail to Deep Creek Fly Fishers P.O. Box 8203, Redlands CA
92375.
On-line on the club web site www.deepcreekflyfishers.org under the heading “About Us”, you will find the applications and Re-lease Waiver of Liability form.
Be sure to down load, sign, and turn in the a NEW 2019 Release Waiver of Liability form and with a new emergency contact information. After clarifica-tion with our lawyers, our club will need only one of the these as long as you remain in good standing with the club. If a NON-MEMBER attends a club outing, the coordinator of that outing will be re-sponsible for collecting a non-member outing waiv-er.
PARKING PERMITS REQUIRED FOR
OUR MEETING NIGHTS
Be sure to ask for a 2018 Parking Per-
mit when attending the monthly meetings.
Per City ordinance, all vehicles parked in
parking lots at Fairmount Park from dusk
until dawn, without a permit will be ticket-
ed. There is limited parking available in
front of our clubhouse. Overflow parking is
available directly across the street at Fair-
mont Park Golf Course.
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An article written by Chris Woods from TU concern-ing attending planning meetings with different agen-cies (https://www.tu.org/blog-posts/planning-whats-the-big-deal), is a good article to read. He talked about the US Forest Service and BLM owning 20 percent of the nation’s land. Every 10-15 years these agencies have to come up with a plan to man-age these lands. They ask for public comment. On March 8, 2019 the California Department of Fish and Wildlife sent out a call for Public comment on the State’s new trout fishing regulations. The CADFW has worked for two years to help simplify the regulations. Below is the announcement.
Public Comment Sought on
Statewide Regulation
Changes of Trout Season
Posted by CADFW on 08 Mar 2019 03:09 PM PST
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will host a series of statewide meetings to inform the public and seek input on the proposed new statewide changes for trout fishing regulations. “The California Fish and Game Commission di-rected our department to make the regulations and seasons more simple and easy to understand, while continuing to protect and manage the state’s trout resources,” said Roger Bloom, CDFW Inland Fisher-ies Program Manager. “We look forward to explain-ing how these new changes came about, and how they could be implemented.”
The meetings will focus on the following key areas:
Objectives of the new regulation framework and species management goals
Parameters of the regulation standardization
and consolidation process Review of specific proposed changes to regu-
lations
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
CDFW personnel will be available at information sta-tions to answer questions and listen to stakeholder interests, needs and ideas. All stakeholder input will be taken into consideration as a regulation simplifica-tion package is developed for formal public review through the California Fish and Game Commission. Meetings will be held on the following dates:
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 6-8 p.m. Talman Pavilion, Tricounty Fairgrounds, 1234 Fair St., Bishop Wednesday, March 27, 2019 6-8 p.m. Red-ding Library Community Room, 1100 Parkview Ave., Redding Wednesday, April 3, 2019 6-8 p.m. Betty Ro-driguez Regional Library, 3040 N. Cedar Ave., Fresno Saturday, April 6, 2019 Noon-2 p.m. Bass Pro Shops, 7777 Victoria Gardens Lane, Rancho Cucamonga Wednesday, April 10, 2019 6-8 p.m. Colonial Heights Library Community Room, 4799 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento Tuesday, April 23, 2019. 6-8 p.m. Truckee-Tahoe Airport Community Room, 10356 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee More information is available at www.wildlife.ca.gov/fishing/inland/trout-plan. Meetings are in-person only and no conference line or webcast will be available. Media Contacts: Roger Bloom, CDFW Inland Fisheries Program, (916) 445-3777 Harry Morse, CDFW Communications, (916) 322-8911 Kirsten Macintyre, CDFW Communications, (916) 322-8988
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Department of Fish and Wildlife Meeting- Bishop
3/20/19
By Deb Murphy
Roger Bloom, the state Department of Fish and Wild-
life’s environmental program manager, explained the
fishing season’s start dates were set for holiday week-
ends so folks would remember them. A gruff voice from
the large crowd at Wednesday’s workshop at the Tri-
County Fairgrounds rose up, explaining the East Side
already had a holiday and we called it “Fishmas.”
The proposed CDF&W’s simplified regulations would
merge Fishmas with Memorial Day weekend, also
known as Mule Days. The Saturday before Memorial
Day would mark the start of bait fishing which would
run through September 30. Specific waters would then
begin what amounts to catch and release October 1
through the Saturday before the following Memorial
Day. So, in effect, the Eastern Sierra would have year-
round fishing on some waters, but only offer the style of
fishing that brings the hordes of fishing tourists for four
months of the year.
We’ll post this article and a water-by-water run-down of
seasons and restrictions on our webpage as well as a
link for folks to register.
The packed crowd at the Talman Pavilion wasn’t hap-
py.
Bloom said the changes were devised to clean up a
system that was a mess. Some special waters hadn’t
been looked at in 50 years. “We opened the book
(looked at the regs) and asked why we were doing
that,” he said.
On the face of it, his presentation made sense. Thirty-
three seasons were stripped down to six. Great, until
you looked at the spread sheet.
Another thing that stood out: on the gear restrictions,
there were either no restrictions or limits to artificial
lures with barbless hooks—no mention of flies not
even in Wild Trout areas. That didn’t make the fly fish-
ermen happy. “The zero limit, barbless flies only cate-
gory just vanished,” said Pat Jaeger of Eastern Sierra
Guide Service.
Jaeger’s had two major concerns. First, the obvious
stealth of the Eastern Sierra’s Fishmas and the safety
of anglers on newly-open year-round waters with a
warden system already spread thin. “You’re inviting
people to come up and fish on ice,” he said. “That’s
just nuts.”
Kevin Peterson, guide and ranch manager at Hot
Creek, echoed Jaeger’s concerns. “There aren’t many
good things (in the proposed regulations),” he said, “at
least not good for fishermen.”
Peterson looks on Hot Creek as a sacred waterway
and fly fishing as a different kind of sport. If the regs
are approved by the Fish and Game Commission, the
creek will still be catch and release but artificial lures
with barbless hooks will be approved gear. “This’ll
change the dynamics,” he said.
With years of drought, the Wild Trout fishery was de-
pleted. CDF&W started a three-year stocking program
four years ago, with diploids, trout that can spawn.
“Just last year,” Peterson said, “Hot Creek was back to
historic numbers. What they’re proposing, with artificial
lures, will kill a lot of fish. You can’t take even a barb-
less hook out of a fish’s mouth without tearing it up.
And, the department won’t re-stock.”
Following a series of six town hall-type meetings,
CDF&W could make modifications to the regulations.
Then the document goes to the Fish and Game Com-
mission. According to Peterson, the Commission gen-
erally goes with department recommendations.
Both Jaeger and Peterson stressed the importance of
registering local comments with the California Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
HOT OFF THE PRESS
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PSYCHO PRINCE NYMPH
ORIGINAL by Mike Mercer
Translated by CARL WUEBBEN
The Psycho Prince Nymph is a great trout and steel-
head fly pattern. The Psycho Prince was invented by
the fly tying mastermind Mike Mercer and continues to
push the envelope for innovative Prince Nymph varia-
tions. The Psycho Prince can be tied in several colors
with the most popular being the orange and purple flies.
FLY OF THE MONTH
PATTERN
HOOK – #12-16 Tiemco #3769
THREAD – 8/0 camel Uni-thread
BEAD – Gold brass or to preference
TAIL – Dark brown turkey biot
CARAPACE – Mottled golden brown turkey tail
BODY – Orange ice dub (or purple ice dub)
WING BUDS – Electric banana Angel Hair
WINGS – Tan turkey biots (for purple fly use white
biots)
COLLAR (REAR) – Same as body
COLLAR (FORWARD) – UV brown ice dub
HOW TO TIE Debarb hook, put bead onto hook (small hole first) and mount in vice. Start your thread in behind the beadhead, wrap a thread base rearward and end before the bend of the hook. Tie in two brown biot tails, one on each side and coming straight off of the hook shank (can moisten them with a little wa-ter on a paper towel to make them less brittle). You can tie in both at the same time or one at a time.
Tie in your wire ribbing with the longer piece hang-ing out the back. Then tie in your turkey tail body carapace, just a small amount to cover only the top of the fly. Bring your thread back to the rear.
Make a dubbing noodle with the orange ice dub by twisting it onto the thread with your index finger and your thumb, but just a little, you can always add more if needed. Wrap your noodle forward to about a little bit past the midway point between the bend of the hook and the rear of the bead. Pull the turkey tail carapace forward and tie it down in front
of the orange ice dubbing. Clip off the tag end. Then spiral wrap the ribbing forward and tie off also at the front of the orange dubbing. Clip off the tag end or helicopter off (pulling while twisting).
Tie in the electric banana Angel Hair bursting wing buds on top, and then clip off the tag ends. Cover the tie down area with more orange ice dub for the rear collar by making another dubbing noodle as for the body, but just a small collar (2 or 3 wraps will do). Trim the wing bud about a little more than half the orange body length.
Secure the tan biot wings, one on each side of the body. Make them equal to the length of the wing buds then clip off the tag ends.
Make a dubbing noodle again but use the UV brown ice dub this time. Wrap a collar from the orange ice dub to the bead head. Whip finish and clip thread.
TIE UP A DOZEN OR TWO – AND GO FISHING
But remember to practice C.P.R.
CATCH – PICTURE – RELEASE= KEEP THEM WET
Any questions or comments call or e-mail
CARL WUEBBEN (909) 953-7182 [email protected]
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Trout in the Classroom
March is the busiest month of the year for the vol-unteers and students of our Trout in the Classroom program and this year was no exception. We re-ceived trout eggs from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in January, delivered them to some 25 schools and hundreds of students who studied and raised them over 8 weeks and re-leased them in local waters during the month of March. The trout release is the culmination of the TIC program where teachers and students release their trout in streams, ponds or lakes in these natu-ral environments.
For many of our students, this is the first such ex-perience that they ever had. We have received several thank you notes to our TIC volunteers from students of fellow DCF member Keith Armbrust-er. Keith is a serious flyfisherman who has been sharing his love and knowledge of nature with his students through TIC for many years. On this par-ticular release day, Keith was surprised when he was presented with a birthday cake by appreciative students and their parents.
Thank you Greg for a very informative and interesting Introduction to Fly fishing Clinic.
Introduction to
Fly fishing
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Deep Creek Fly Fishers at the Lower Owens
Annual Trip April 5 to 7, 2019
Sign up at the March 25th meeting
Contact Greg La Polla
Join the annual club outing to the Lower Owens River April 5th to April 7th. Once again we will have a hands on fly fishing class presented by Pat Jaeger on Saturday April 6th.
Everyone taking the class will need to be a current club member and will need to provide their own gear, the cost of the course is $30. This class co-vers the basics of dry fly and nymph fishing in very simple, easy to understand terms. Pat is a gifted instructor, he will help you hone your fishing skills.
Sunday will give everyone a chance to try out their skills in the local waters.
In addition to the Lower Owens, many other fishing opportunities are available in the area. The Upper Owens, Hot Creek and the East Walker are open to year round fishing as well.
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Deep Creek Fly Fishers at the San Juan River
Memorial Day Weekend May 23 to 27, 2019
Fisheads of the San Juan
For those of you that signed up
Balance due by the March 25th meeting
Checks payable to
Deep Creek Fly Fishers
Contact Mark Hopkins
909 633-6778
3 Days Guided Drift Boat Fishing
4 Nights Lodging
4 Gourmet Dinners
4 Breakfasts
3 Box Lunches
Flies and Terminal Tackle included
Arrive at Fisheads for dinner Thursday May 23
Guided Fishing May 24,25, 26
Depart Monday, May 27
Cost $1180 per person
Lance Patterson with a BIG ONE
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2019 Trout Unlimited Western
Regional Rendezvous March 14-17, 2019
Shelton, Washington Join TU volunteer leaders from across the West
for an enlightening and inspirational experience
in the evergreen state March 14-17, 2019 in the
gateway to the Olympic Peninsula along the
South Puget Sound in Shelton, Washington.
The TU Western Rendezvous is an occasion to
be inspired – by tried and true lessons from vol-
unteer leaders, inspiring conversations with
newfound friends and a thoughtful agenda in a
beautiful place. The event will weave the unique
features of Washington state by incorporating
regional culture, tribal relationships and the con-
servation histories of salmon, steelhead and
trout into every facet of your learning experi-
ence. We hope to provide an experience that
inspires you and offers new perspective on the
conservation issues we face while fostering
fresh energy to collectively impact our cold wa-
ter fisheries.
Visit their website: www.tu.org
for more information
October 5-6, 2019 at the centrally located Glendale
Civic Auditorium, across from Glendale Community
College. There will be vendors, classes, demonstra-
tions and everything you need to up your game;
whether an experienced fly angler or someone who
has never picked up a fly rod. We will have it all.
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Bob Marriott’s Fly fishing store
2700 Orangethorpe Fullerton, CA
(714) 525-1827
Bob Marriott’s Fly Fishing Store has everything
you need for fly-fishing. They also have very
good YouTube video’s concerning their prod-
ucts. Check them out.
Bob Marriott’s gives our club 2% rewards for
your purchases. These are used to purchase
products for our Opportunity Drawings and Holi-
day Banquet.
But ALSO they give club members a 5%
rewards towards our own future purchases.
San Diego Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar, CA 92014
Thursday, March 28th 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday, March 29th 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 30th 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 31st
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Check out the Emblem you can order from
https://fishingsymbols.com
Fly Fishing Film Tour 2019 Santa Ana, CA
The Yost Theater 307 N Spurgeon St
Apr 04, 2019 at 7:30 PM (PDT)
You can buy you tickets at
Bob Marriott's
P.O. Box 8203
Redlands, CA 92375