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Spokane Fly Fishers LLC www.spokaneflyfishers.com October, 2019 The Barbless Flyer Our mission is to provide a family friendly organization for promoting the sport of fly fishing through education, application and conservation. October Speaker – Jeff Voigt I am a lifelong fly fisher and fly tier. For over 65 years I have had the good fortune to fish and associate with fly fishers and fly tiers willing to share information and mentor me. For 30 plus years I have resided in Spokane, Washington and Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, Western Montana and Southern British Columbia are my home waters. In this part of the country some of the finest freshwater fly fishing in the United States is readily available. Trout, steelhead, smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike, tiger muskie, salmon, sunfish and more are all there to pursue. I fly fish a lot. The Spokane River is minutes from my home. Three days plus per week on the water is my norm. It is a rare day when I don’t spend some time at the tying bench. In recent years I have become addicted to fly fishing in saltwater. An annual trip is anticipated to places like: • Baja California in Mexico • Padre Island in Texas • Florida • Southern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico The inspiration to research and write the Freeway Fly Fishing Guidebooks series is the result of extensive travel and fly fishing, along the interstate highways of the western states. I have firsthand experience about many of the fly fishing opportunities. Curiosity about all of the other many streams, rivers, creeks, ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and oceans, seen and unseen inspired me to find out more. Spokane Fly Fishers Next Meeting: October 9, 6 – 8 PM St Francis of Assi Church, 1104 W HEROY. Inside... (click on page number) October Speaker – Jeff Voigt........1 Prez Sez....................................... 2 Annual Fly Auction........................ 3 Fly of the Month............................ 4 Book of the Month........................ 6 Conservation Corner.................... 8 Treasurer’s Report........................ 9 Spokane Fly Fishers Board Meeting....................................... 10 Membership................................ 12 Join the SFF Fly Fishers Forum!.13 Outings Schedule – 2019...........14 SFF Outings and Planning Meetings for 2019/2020.............. 17 Officers and Board Members......18 November articles due: October 15th

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Spokane Fly Fishers LLC www.spokaneflyfishers.com October, 2019

The Barbless Flyer Our mission is to provide a family friendly organization for promoting the

sport of fly fishing through education, application and conservation.

October Speaker – Jeff Voigt

I am a lifelong fly fisher and fly tier. Forover 65 years I have had the goodfortune to fish and associate with flyfishers and fly tiers willing to shareinformation and mentor me. For 30 plusyears I have resided in Spokane,Washington and Eastern Washington,Northern Idaho, Western Montana andSouthern British Columbia are myhome waters. In this part of the countrysome of the finest freshwater fly fishingin the United States is readily available. Trout, steelhead,smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike, tiger muskie,salmon, sunfish and more are all there to pursue.I fly fish a lot. The Spokane River is minutes from my home.Three days plus per week on the water is my norm. It is a rareday when I don’t spend some time at the tying bench. In recentyears I have become addicted to fly fishing in saltwater. Anannual trip is anticipated to places like:• Baja California in Mexico• Padre Island in Texas• Florida• Southern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico

The inspiration to research and write the Freeway Fly FishingGuidebooks series is the result of extensive travel and flyfishing, along the interstate highways of the western states. Ihave firsthand experience about many of the fly fishingopportunities. Curiosity about all of the other many streams,rivers, creeks, ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and oceans, seen andunseen inspired me to find out more.

Spokane Fly FishersNext Meeting: October 9, 6 – 8 PM

St Francis of Assi Church, 1104 W HEROY.

Inside...(click on page number)

October Speaker – Jeff Voigt........1

Prez Sez.......................................2

Annual Fly Auction........................3

Fly of the Month............................4

Book of the Month........................6

Conservation Corner....................8

Treasurer’s Report........................9

Spokane Fly Fishers Board Meeting.......................................10

Membership................................12

Join the SFF Fly Fishers Forum!.13

Outings Schedule – 2019...........14

SFF Outings and Planning Meetings for 2019/2020..............17

Officers and Board Members......18

November articles due:

October 15th

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Prez SezBy Paul Olsen

Fall seems to be presenting itself, announcing the end of summer.Fly fishing should improve as waters cool, and fish are trying toprepare for winter. It is time to transition from summer fishing to fall fishing. Our club will return to having monthly meetings for the clubmembers and the board.

The fly-fishing auction will be held at our November meeting. This isone of our major fund raisers for the year. We would like every club member to tie or donate flies for this fund raiser. If you don’t tie flies, I would like you to consider bidding on some of the flies at the auction. Last year we fell short of our projected revenue and the board had to adjust the budget to make up for this unexpected reduction in revenue.

As our club fishing outings wind down for the year. It is time to switch from going on outings tosome of our favorite spots to planning for next year’s outings. Chet Allison will hold the first planning meeting for next year’s outings on Sept 23 at the Southside public library on South Perry St at 5:45 pm to 8 pm. The next meeting will be on Oct. 22 at the same time and place. All members interested in attending are welcome to attend. Plan on coming to both meetings if you can make it.

I want to thank those who attended the Sept. Club meeting. We had an excellent program put on by Jerry and Jule from Spokane River Keeper. I thought it was important to bring a conservation program to our program schedule. It was a very informative program and it brought some excellent information to our club members. Being aware of the challenges presented by poor conservation practices and how they have been threatening the populationand spawning grounds of the Red Band Rainbows on Latah Creek and the Spokane River. I felt much more aware of this organization and the important job they are trying to do protecting the Spokane River and its tributaries.

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Annual Fly AuctionBy Miguel Ferrera

REMINDER!

NOVEMBER 13TH – FLY AUCTION

The Fly Auction, with your donations and winning bids, supports the club’s activities for the year.

Typically flies are auctioned off in one dozen lots with a minimum bid of $15.00.

START TYING NOW AND GET YOUR DONATION READY!!

Flies can also be purchased for donation.

If your flies are ready please bring them to the October meeting.

Questions? Call Miguel Ferrera 509-263-2534

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Fly of the MonthThe Baggie Shrimp is one of the Pacific Northwest’s best scud patterns. The lower scud image displays the prominent orange marsupium or egg pouch, where it gets it’s name.

Materials:Hook: Tiemco 2457 or 3769, #8-#16Thread: Olive 6.0 or 8/0

Rib: Fine copper wireShellback: 1/8” wide Scud Back or plastic stripBody: Seal’s fur or substituteMarsupium: Hot Orange Dubbing

Tying Steps:

Step 1. Debarb hook and weight shank if so desired. Cover the hook shank with thread.

Step 2. Tie in rib material and return thread to eye of hook

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Step 3. Take an 1/8” inch wide Scud Back or plastic strip for the shellback and cut one end to a point like a picket fence.

Reproduced from the book Fly Patterns for Stillwaters by Phil Rowley, with permission.

Submitted by Rolf Marsh

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Step 4. Tie in the prepared plastic strip at the eye of the hook, on top of the hook shank. The balance of the material should point out over the eye of the hook. Return the tying thread to the rear of the hook.

Step 5. Form a dubbing noodle and dub the main body color to the mid-point on the hook.

Step 6. Dub a small ball of hot orange dubbing to form the marsupium, 2 to 3 wraps is sufficient.

Step 7. With the marsupium in place continue dubbing the main bodycolor forward to the eye.

Step 8. Take a half turn of the rib so the coper wire is hanging straight down below the hook point. Pull the shellback along the top of the fly and secure in place by winding the rib material forwards to the eye. The width of the shellback can be altered by the amount of tension applied to it. Tie off ribbing material and break of excess. Trim the shellback even with the bend of the hook. Hold the scissors’points on a 30-40 degree angel away from the hook bend pointing rearward. Trimming the shellback in this manner creates a “V” like

tail imitating the scuds telson. Build a neat head, whip finish and apply head cement. Roughen the body and trim to a scud shape. Place a dab of red nail polish on the eye to identify a weighted fly.

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Book of the MonthBy Larry Ray

A Bible

Thanks to the generosity of one of our members, Rolf Marsh, our Library has come into possession of one of

the most significant modern volumes ever written about North American Salmonids. Trout and Salmon of North America, published in 2002, is considered by many the Bible of North American Salmonid identification and research. It was written by Dr. Robert J. Behnke, the recognized authority on the topic. Behnke, who left us in 2013, was an ichthyologist of world renown. He wrote a column for Trout Magazine, then and still the magazine of Trout Unlimited (TU). He was a professor at Colorado State University. It should also be noted that he was an avid fly fisherman who fished and otherwise rubbed shoulders with other fly-fishing luminaries.

Among Behnke’s most notable achievements is the rediscovery of two cutthroat subspecies that were thought to be extinct. He found pure greenback cutthroats and helped restore them in their native drainages in Colorado (appropriately, the greenback is Colorado’s state fish). Perhaps even more remarkably, for a trophy trout angling perspective, he identified some small trout, caught in a tiny stream near Pilot Peak in Eastern Nevada, as pure, original Pyramid Lake strain Lahontan cutthroats (bless the bucket biologist, whoever he or she might have been, who pulled that one off!). This, in turn, led to the reestablishment of those fish in their original home, Pyramid Lake. That saga has beendescribed in detail elsewhere and it won’t be dwelt on here. But, should you ever venture to Pyramid and catch a cutthroat the size of a chinook salmon (they are now again exceeding twenty pounds!), offer up momentary thanks to the spirit of Robert J. Behnke.

Others have pursued the entire range of salmon and trout in North America and published their efforts.Robert Smith authored Native Trout of North America which chronicled his pursuit of each subspecies,from the Northwest Territories to Mexico (and which I reviewed for this column in September 2012). TROUT: An illustrated History, by James Prosek, follows his travels as he not only tracked all the North American species, as well as Brown Trout and Atlantic Salmon, but as he also painted wonderfulwatercolors of each. (See the April 2013 Barbless for a review of that work.)

Behnke’s work is set apart, though, by his own expertise and detailed yet concise natural histories. One might expect the work of one of such preeminence to be technical and difficult, but such is not thecase at all. Behnke’s writing is clear and very easy to read. Just as importantly, the illustrations provided by Joe Tommeleri, perhaps the greatest detailed trout portraitist ever, further elevate this work. Indeed, one has to look closely at Tommeleri’s illustrations to be sure they aren’t photographs, until one realizes that each portrait is too perfect to be a photo! It’s as though he actually paints each individual scale…

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Some of the subspecies descriptions are especially touching, even haunting. One of the extinct species of cutthroats is the Yellowfin, a trout unique to the Twin Lakes at the headwaters of the Arkansas River in Colorado. There it co-existed with the greenbacks that were also in the lake, which it probably preyed upon since it was markedly larger than its green backed cousins. Before much timehad passed, both the yellowfins and the greenbacks had disappeared from the Twin Lakes. The yellowfins simply disappeared, in less than twenty years, at a time before enough knowledge of it could be obtained to protect it, and before such efforts were even thought to be important.

Introduction of non-native trout, and even Atlantic salmon, into the lakes were probably the primary culprits. What is known of them has been gleaned from a few specimens, now over 100 years old, preserved in formaldehyde at the Smithsonian. Behnke, where he describes these ghosts, speaks touchingly of his hope that somewhere, as was the case with the Lahontan, a relict population might still be located. He treats another extinct subspecies, The Alvord Basin cutthroats, which was lost much more recently in the 1980s from its home waters near the Steens Mountains in Southeast Oregon, in a similar compassionate tone.

In summary, this work must be read by anyone with an interest in the distribution and natural histories of all our native char, trout, and salmon. The illustrations alone are worth the read but there is so much more. Robert J. Behnke was as unique in his knowledge of this topic as are all the various subspecies to their individual drainages. We would be diminished by the loss of either and, thankfully, with the publication of Trout and Salmon of North America, we are assured of the preservation of Behnke’s expertise.

(Note: All the volumes and authors noted above are available in your SFF Library!)

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Conservation CornerBy Claude Kistler, Chairman

The Whooshh Salmon Cannon

At the September regular club meeting a comment was made regarding theproposed Whooshh Salmon Cannon System. Coincidentally, just that morn-ing the Spokesman Review included an article about the new system de-signed to assist salmon to breach Columbia River dams.

Vincent Bryant III, President and CEO of Whooshh Innovations Originally designed the system to as-sist apple growers safely move product and prevent bruising damage. Working with engineers, Bryant sketched out a concepts for modifying the apple movement system to assist salmon reach dams simi-lar to the system he designed to protect apples.

The Whooshh Passage Portal was born as the “salmon cannon”, pushing fish through a tube which combines the flexibility of rubber and the durability of PVC pipe up and over a dam without making the salmon struggle up through rushing water like the fish are forced to do on existing fish ladders. after a salmon enters the system, the fishes scanned by six cameras at three different angles, instantly tellinga computer whether the fish is a salmon or an invasive species, like bass, which are diverted. The tube can then send the bass back to the water or to a grinder to be eliminated from the system.

If the scanned fish is a salmon, it gets a boost by what’s known as the “burst buster“, a system that pumps mist and cool air to prevent the fish from suffering temperature shock. Pressure equaling a pound per square inch since the fish sliding in gliding at about 25 feet per second. The system can send a salmon through the 1000 foot long tube in less than a minute. There is no need for the salmon to rest and recover - “They just go on their way”, Bryant says.

The construction of fish ladders can be very expensive, costing as much as $160 million or more. Whooshh technology can be employed for as little as $14 million at each location and be employed in as little as three months.

Salmon typically stop eating once they reach the freshwater of the Columbia river, they must rely on fat reserves to return to their spawning grounds. In 2016 the company tagged several salmon they sent through the Whooshh Portal and tracked how they did compared with salmon that fought their way through an existing fish ladder. The Whooshh salmon ended up 100 miles ahead of the fish that went through the ladder. “We think this will have a pretty big impact on spawning success - that’s the key for improving runs.” Bryant states.

Editor’s Note: The preceding article appeared in the The Spokesman-Review., September 11, 2019

Article submitted by Len Zickler

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Treasurer’s ReportBy Brian Soth, Treasurer

The following report is submitted in a spirit of transparency. Any member is welcome to ask questions about our income, expenses and assets. (As a reminder, our current fiscal year runs from June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020.) If you do have questions or comments, please email Treasurer Brian Soth at [email protected].

Balances as of September 16, 2019:

Checking $17,358Money Market Fund $10,157Jim Gooley Conservation Fund

$ 1,001

Inflows and Outflows, August 2019:Inflows $ 197Outflows $ 116Net Income $ 81

Inflows and Outflows, Fiscal Year to Date as of August 31, 2019:Inflows $ 367Outflows $ 3,076Net Income ($2,709)

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Spokane Fly Fishers Board Meeting

By Len Zickler

324 North Mullen Rd., Spokane Valley, WA

Members present:

Paul Olsen, Doug Keene, Rick Newman, Brian Soth, Devon Gregerbiehl, Claude Kistler, Dan Wight, Len Zickler.

Prior to the meeting being called to order, Dan Wight submitted his verbal resignation as program chair.

Meeting was called to order at 5:55 PM.

1) Routine Business:

A. Minutes Approval:

The minutes of the May 21, 2019 meeting were approved unanimously. (Keene moved, Soth second)

B. Treasurers Report

Brian Soth presented treasurers report. Total assets and liabilities: $28,875.77; Net income: $80.91; noted regarding profit and loss versus actual – it is early in the accrual year. Net in-come -$1994.19.

(Devon moved, Keene seconded acceptance of treasurers report)

2) Old Business:

C. Barbless editorial committee status

Paul Olsen and Doug Keene led a general discussion regarding the need for a volunteer com-mittee to review content of the Barbless. Discussion surrounding a desire for recommendationson cohesive content, timing of content, advice on the length of the newsletter, consistency in the appearance of all publications, recommendations on advertising, interface with social me-dia, and general policies on publication guidelines.

D. A general discussion ensued regarding the number of hats sold and accounting for the hats sold. Brian Soth will follow up with parties to gather information.

E. The Board discussed establishing a regular date and time for future Board meetings. It was agreed to meet the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 PM.

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3. New Business

F. Library cart committee recommendation. Claude Kistler and Rick Newman presented de-tailed information on alternatives for repair and upgrade of the library carts. The committee rec-ommended a purchase of two new cabinets set on dolly trays at a cost of approximately $900. Rick Newman presented a proposal for the restoration of a third existing cabinet with a new wheel assembly for $150. (Keene moved, Newman seconded approval for purchase of the new library cart trays for a cost of $900 and $150 for the restored tray wheels) (Newman moved, Keene seconded the money will come from the reserve account).G. New member pamphlet. Rick Newman indicated a club member pamphlet had already beendesigned. A brochure has already been mocked up. A general discussion ensued regarding the usefulness of both a simple postcard, advertising special club events and a trifold brochure including a membership application for broader distribution to potential new members. Devon will follow up on this item for future updates.

H. Education/Conservation committee discussion. Rick Newman and Doug Keene led a dis-cussion regarding the need to identify volunteers for the education committee. The discussion included a suggestion to also incorporate conservation issues within the scope this committee. It was agreed Claude Kistler, Rick Newman, Len Zickler, and Chet Allison should meet to be-gin discussions regarding the scope of the committee work.

I. Outings Committee. A general discussion occurred regarding how to support the outings committee in encouraging better participation and communication with club members. Paul Olsen will reach out to Chet Allison to discuss issues and options. It was suggested a survey ofmembers regarding outing interest might be helpful.

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MembershipBy Jon Bowne

Remember that September is when you pay your dues for the year.

You can send them in by check or go on line and pay with a credit card by going to (click to follow the link):

https://www.spokaneflyfishers.com/links-club-documents

Scroll down and click on the line that says “Make credit card payments here.” You can also pay at our first meeting. New 2019 Fly School members (those not already members) are already paid for 2019/20 period so do not have to worry.

I hope your summer was fishy. Mine was. Fishing in the Okanogan area in May was great. I caught lots of trout, smallies, and the worst food poisoning of my life. I fished one small lake that I actually got tired of hauling in fish on. Buy me a bottle of Tito’s and I might tell you whichone it was.

Later I found out that late July is the wrong time to fish tributaries of the Clark Fork. The trout head for the main river to cool down. But parts of the Clark Fork is wade-able that time of year which made up for it. The best part was that we found a $1,500 rod and reel that someone left behind. We took it to Joe Cantrell’s fly shop figuring that word might get around about it and maybe the owner could be found. Miraculously, the owner called that fly shop to ask if they could go to where he thought he left it and see if it was still there. “No need. Got it right here.” The guy was gobsmacked and called me and thanked me profusely. Our fly fishing community is great.

Shortly after you read this I’ll be headed for the Absarokee region of Montana to fish some seldom fished rivers and streams. I’ll tell you all about it next time.

Tight lines,Jon

  

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Join the SFF Fly Fishers Forum!

Sign up athttps://spokaneflyfishersc.wixsite.com/forum

(for signup problems notify [email protected])

Sections for fishing talk, finding fishing buddies, selling equipment, and general flyfishing information.

Available on either your desktop, your laptop, your Tablet, or your smart phone.

Join the 70+ other members who have signed up, and used the site more than 1800 times since March of this year.

Note that the SFF Forum and Blog are provided as a service to SFF members. Spokane Fly Fishers, LLC is not responsible for anyactivities of members on this site. All meet-ups, outings, items for sale, etc. are solely the responsibility of members making these

arrangements. Privacy of members is assured in accordance with the privacy statement available on the site.

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Outings Schedule – 2019by Chet and JoAnn Allison, Co-Chairpersons

Date Location Host Rating/Explanation

Sept 27-29 Kootenai, MT Dan Wight 1-3 – Float: Rapids

(For Rating/Explanation, see Page 15)

Due to weather, runoff and conditions, dates or locations may be changed and members will be notified.

We hope to have fun and catch lots of fish and build friendships at the “Outings” offered for 2020.If you have any questions contact Chet or JoAnn Allison ([email protected])

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To meet the requirements of the clubs insurance policy, the Board has determined that Outings that do not have a Host by the meeting preceding the Outing will be cancelled. This means that by the close of the May meeting, all June, July, August and September Outings must have a host appearing on the Outings signup sheet(s) and the information posted on the club’s website.

The SFF Outing committee has completed the 2019 calendar. After looking at the survey info the committee chose the lakes and rivers that are posted in the Barbless Flyer. The four lakes and four rivers are mentioned in the survey. We hope to add different lakes and rivers next year with more SFF members volunteering to host the waters that they know and are familiar with. There were not enough host offerings to add more lakes or rivers. Hosts need to be familiar with the waters offered as “Outings”.

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Kootenai River (2-3 Float & Wade Fishing)Date: September 27-29Host: Dan Wight (509) 447-2881

For those that have not been on an outing to the Kootenai River in Montana the options are many and all are good. At this time of the year I like to run the upper section which is just below the Libby Dam.

Directions: For those of you that haven’t driven through Sandpoint for a while, they finished the road construction in Sandpoint so that you don't have to drive through downtown if you are coming from the south out of Coeur d’Alene. Stay to the main highway and it will lead you up over the railroad after you cross the long bridge as you come into town. There are two routes to Libby.

Route #1: Drive through Sandpoint on the main highway and north to Bonners Ferry, crossing the river there continuing north until you reach the junction, turning right on highway #2 and traveling east through the valley to Troy and on then to Libby.

Route #2: This route takes you from the new interchange north of Sandpoint on highway 200 around the north shore of Pend Oreille Lake with some spectacular scenery through the town of Clark Fork, Idaho. You will drive past the Cabinet Gorge Dam continuing upriver to the Bull Lake Road which turnsleft or North and intersects with highway #2 just east of Troy Montana. Here, you turn right or east and continue on your way past Kootenai Falls to Libby. On California Ave. which is the highway #37 intersection, turn left or North through downtown and follow the river north toward the Dam.

We will do our own shuttles. Campgrounds: There are two campgrounds below the Libby Dam both free and have paved boat launches. The campgrounds are well cared for and have nice toilets and are level and on the riverbank. I will be staying at the lower of the two campgrounds which is the Blackwell Flats unit which is accessed by way of National Forestry road #228 which is on your left a few miles upriver from the forest service headquarters center just before you cross the Fisher River Bridge. This road runs up thewest side of the lake behind the dam. If you cross the bridge you have missed the turn off to the campground and if you look across the river to your left you can see it. The second campground is a mile or so up the road and on your left, on the east side of the river.

For those that do not camp out (I'm sorry about that.) there are motels available in Libby which is about 20 miles from the Dam.

Note: The last stop for groceries is Libby. BRING DRINKING WATER as the campgrounds don't have wells, but are great otherwise. The free camping will pay for your out of state license which is inexpensive. Fishing licenses can be acquired on line or in Troy or Libby. There is a tackle and fly shopa short distance north of Libby on your left.

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Note: For questions call me, Dan Wight at 509 447-2881 or [email protected] I always go over one or two days before the outing starts to get the site I like for the base camp. Food: We will have a potluck dinner on Saturday night.

Float Trip: You will need a drift boat or a pontoon boat. Float tubes will not work here. There are several places to wade or fish from the bank. Bring your life jackets.

Flies: Elk Hair Caddis, Prince Nymphs, Black Chernobyl Ants, Pale Morning Dun, Stimulators, Pheasant Tail Nymph, Parachute Adams, Emergers, Rusty spinners, all forms of caddis, Bead Head Pheasant Tail, Stoneflies and Prince, San Juan worms, Wooly buggers, Ants, Hoppers and Tarantulas. It has been recommended that you use Royal Ruffs, PMDs and Hoppers, as these usuallywork well on this river. Also recommended is a bead head rubber leg Stone nymphs they make a great lead fly with a lightning bug or smaller nymph behind it below an indicator.

Show Your Pride

If you are a Spokane Fly Fisher Member you are a member of one of the top fly fishing clubsin the Northwest. You rub elbows with some of the most skilled fly fishers in the Northwest. You get the best fly fishing education, and no other club comes close to the level of monthlyguest speakers that we host. It’s the best. You are the best!

Put an iron on patch on your fishing shirt, jacket, or hat, and add a few logo stickers to your fishing box, your rod carrier, your fly tying case, your car, or your truck, or your beer glass.

Buy these at the Membership Table at meetings. Its OK to show off!

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SFF Outings and Planning Meetings for 2019/2020

Summer is almost over with fall fishing just around the corner. Fall colors of foliage as well as the fish in our lakes and rivers will be fabulous this fall.

I would like to take this time to say Thank you and what a great job all of the Hosts did this year. We had some new hosts and many experienced hosts this year and all of you did a great job.

As I look at my first year as Outings Chairman and the very late start I got on this task all of the Hosts put a very good Outings program together for the summer. I was to a few of the events and saw some fishers catching big fish, some fishers catching lots of fish and some fishers staying out in back to back hail storms just to catch that last fish. I think we all had fun and got to build on our fishing relationships. I am looking forward to 2020 for another fun year of fishing.

I have scheduled Sept 23 and Oct 22 at the South Hill Library at 33rd and Perry from5:45PM to 8 PM for Outings meetings for the 2020 season. More will be said at the Sept SFF meeting. Please mark these dates if you are interested in hosting, planning or just being a part of the planning process. Please note sometimes the public use of these rooms may get bumped. I will do my best to notify everyone should that happen and will make other arrangements. The dates will remain the same.

Some request have been made in the recent survey that was on our web site, for lakesthat we did not go to this year. If you are one of those that did not get your favorite fishing spoton the list of Outings, these meetings are for you to attend and offer to host to get your favorite fishing hole on the calendar for 2020. As a rule hosts go to fishing holes that they know and like and are able to assist new fly fishers with where to fish, what to use and what lines to use. Also what the camping situations are for those staying overnight. So please attend these meetings to get all your favorite fishing holes on the agenda and become a part of the planning process.

Thank you,

Outings ChairmanChet Allison

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Officers and Board Members

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OFFICERS

President: Paul OlsenVice President: OpenTreasurer: Brian Soth Secretary: Len ZicklerBoard Position 1: Randy Ishihara Board Position 2: David Marshall Board Position 3: Devon Greyerbiehl Past President: Doug KeeneSgt. At Arms: Rick Newman

Contact us at: P. O. Box 4141 Spokane, WA 99220 or [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Programs: OpenBarbless Flyer Editor: Rolf MarshPublications Committee: TBDConservation: Claude Kistler Outings: Chet and JoAnn Allison Education: OpenMembership: Jon Bowne Fly Fishing School: TBDLibrarian: Larry Ray PHW Contact: George Foster FFI Liaison: Rick Newman Beg. Fly Tying: Mary Kovatch Int. Fly Tying: TBD Casting for Recovery: Mary Kovatch A/V Coordinator: David Marshall

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