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Grizzly Peak Fly Fishers - Based in Kensington, CA, and serving the surrounding East Bay Area
Web Address: www.grizzlypeakflyfishers.org
March 2016
Outings Reports
Feather & Rogue Rivers
Special Event
Auction Night!
Photo Contest
Keep em wet
The next meeting is our Auction on Saturday March 12.
There is no Wednesday Night meeting.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE MONTHLY CLUB MEETINGS
Second Wednesday of Every Month
March 12 (Sat)- Auction Night
April 13 (Weds)- Meeting Night Kensington Community Center
59 Arlington Ave, Kensington, CA
April 23 (Sat)- Lower Yuba
6:30 PM ~ Dinner and Socializing
April 30-3 (Sat-Tues)- Trinity Alps
7:00 PM ~ Business / Presentation
Cover Photo: Christopher Miller in the Feather Photo here: Chris on the Feather low
River Wildlife Area. Photo by Roger Wachter. flow section. Photo Roger Wachtler.
~ ~ NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Too few Grizzly Peak members are riled up about this year’s DINNER and AUCTION on March 12th. Now is the time to… • Donate an item or service, • Make a financial contribution, and/or • Volunteer. This event’s success depends on your active participation. It also happens to be quite a hoot! Golden West Women Fly Fishers would like to extend an invitation to GPFF women anglers to attend our March 8th meeting in El cerrito at the home of GPFF member Rebecca Blair. Leo Siren, owner of Fish First in Albany will be showing some exciting new products for the 2016 fishing season. Gear included are new rods from Sage and Scott, reels from Lamson and Nautilus, lots of new Patagonia and Simms products, and fun new fishing accessory items. Per Leo, If there is anything you would like to see, let Rebecca know and Fish First will bring it along. Be ready to ask questions. Also feel free to bring in your trout reels for a quick tune-up to get them ready for the season. Dinner and socializing begins at 6pm and the presentation begins at 7pm. Rebecca’s place is located at 6404 Lagunitas Ave in El Cerrito, CA 94530. Please rsvp with her at rjblair54@gmail.com. KEEP ‘EM WET PHOTO CONTEST! Send your fish-in-the-water photos (and stories) to Roger Wachtler, Editor of the Irideus. The Grizzly Peak angler who submits the outstanding Keep ‘Em Wet image will receive a $50 gift certificate this December. BOARD BUSINESS! Big thanks to REBECCA BLAIR for serving as Grizzly Peak’s Secretary for four years - - - wow, such a great job! Thanks also to JOSH GENSER who is retiring as Treasurer! Both of these intrepid anglers intend to spend more time fishing their favorite streams! And welcome to CHARLES WILSON and BRAD GEE, our new Co-Treasurers. The Club still needs a SECRETARY and a MEMBERSHIP CHAIR. For those Grizzly Peak members with close-to-full schedules, job-sharing with a buddy is a great way to help your Club this year! Call WILL MOORE 510-502-1014 for info. QUIET SUPPORTERS! Special thanks to BUDGET SELF STORAGE in Richmond as well as MECHANICS BANK for their month-in/month-out assistance to Grizzly Peak. http://budget-self-storage.com https://www.mechanicsbank.com/mechbank/Mbwebsite.nsf/home/index Let these local merchants know that you appreciate their help!
The 33nd Annual Grizzly Peak Fly Fishers
Auction and Gala Fundraiser!
S at u r d a y M a r ch 1 2 , 2 0 1 6
Kensington Community Center 59 Arlington Ave, Kensington, CA
You are invited for a lively night out, full of fun and excitement and all in support of the many
conservation efforts and educational programs at GPFF. Our Trout in the Classroom Program has
nearly a thousand participating kids in the East Bay and we need your support. We welcome all our
friends, members from other fly fishing clubs and conservation clubs to join us for what is always a
memorable evening!
Many Terrific items will be auctioned such as; rods, reels, flies, lines, books,
prints, casting lessons, 50% off guided trips and fishing destinations, vacation
rentals, gourmet dining, wine, homemade jams, jewelry, handcrafted items,
services by club members, and much more!
Programs and Dinner:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Live Auction Preview, Silent Auction Bidding and
refreshments.
7:30 pm Dinner. BYOW (bring your own wine).
8:00 pm Live Auction.
$30 per person. Pay Online with
RSVP before March 1st. PayPal ™
Advance registration is necessary. No Refunds after March 1st.
Register online at: grizzlypeakflyfishers.org
Send check to: GPFF, P.O. Box 153, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Include names of each person attending. Please check-in at the door.
For more information please contact the event chair person Linda
Friedman at lindabf@comcast.net
Name(s) of Attendess
Amount Enclosed
The 33rd GPFF Auction will be the best,
by far beating all the rest.
Different food will be the fare.
We also provide the dinnerware.
There’ll be more space to view the deals,
and we promise to offer a great many steals.
Likewise, you’ll have more time to make your pitch
for all the items sure to enrich.
We’re even including tables of “straight sale”
A new procedure to unveil.
So register and have a blast,
Making this event unsurpassed!
Yes, this 33rd GPFF FUNDRAISER EVENT gives those registered a tremendous
opportunity to buy a huge number of items (fishing related & non-fishing related) most
at 50% below retail prices.
This FUNDRAISER is the ONLY means to continue the valuable programs that
GPFF offers. We hope that your interest in GPFF is a value to you & that is why
you have joined. Now, we hope you can demonstrate the benefit of membership by
REGISTERING for the event at grizzlypeakflyfishers.org and showing your support.
So, PLEASE, register THIS WEEK. Our food vendor needs a count and the planning
committee requires the number to set up the rooms.
You can still donate items or monetary funds.
Further information:
Many NEW FEATURES will be offered at this year’s event:
* Longer, silent bidding time.
* Innovative menu
* “FOR SALE” tables requiring no bidding. Buy it first-it’s yours!
Less-crowded tables enabling less-congested rooms.
WE HOPE YOU JOIN IN ON THE FUN!
Linda Friedman
By Eric Larson GPFF Creek Work Party at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center! We have organized with the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center to work on the watershed at Green Gulch Farm, located in Marin County, just north of San Francisco, in a valley that opens out onto the Pacific Ocean. The date is April 10, 2016, 12 – 4 pm. The work includes complimentary lunch at 12:15 pm in the dining room, work starts at 1 pm and meets at the stop sign near the Wheelwright Center. As they say at the Zen center, “we feel our muscles stretch and experience the touch and aroma of the soil.” There is even tea and treats after the work! Sign up on the GPFF web site for this work party and feel your spirit refreshed along with the environment. Carpooling is encouraged. Contact Eric Larson to get help in coordinating carpools the week of the event. 510-292-3881. Driving directions at: http://sfzc.org/green-gulch/visits-stays/getting-here
Steelhead Survey Opportunity – Work with CA DFW! California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Yuba River Management Team are conducting a survey to count steelhead redds (spawning beds) on the Lower Yuba River. They need volunteers! This survey is imperative for future management decisions for steelhead that are going to take place on the Yuba River. If you are interested in volunteering, please email Duane Massa: SMassa@psmfc.org. As a volunteer you will be trained by agency biologists to properly identify steelhead redds and called out on specific dates to conduct the survey. Thank you for being a part of this important project! SPAWNERS Earth Day Clean-up Another work party opportunity is on Earth Day (April 23) with the SPAWNERS group that we worked with in October last year. They are a great group working on the San Pablo creek in El Sobrante. This is the same day as our fishing trip to the lower Yuba, but if you aren’t fishing, you can beautify our local creek with SPAWNERS! The event is Saturday, April 23 from 9:30am-noon at the El Sobrante Library; lunch is provided. No sign up is needed, just show up to work. Drop an email to Eric Larson - ericlarson87@gmail.com if you have any questions.
In the Classroom
By Dave Moss
Our 2016 Trout in the Classroom program has begun with our teachers assistants picking up
the eggs and delivering them to the classrooms. Follow the program along this year with the
help of our video cameras in the aquariums and see a short clip of the eggs being placed in the
tank here.
Dave Garfin, Chip Snouffer, and Mike Glasezki Bob Flasher, Ethan Rotman (both from
receive the eggs from Michael Ficele of the CDFW), and Will Moore.
CDFW Hatchery.
Cathy Baker at Grant Elementary in Richmond. Judy Salomon at Tehiya School in El Cerrito.
Custom GPFF Shirts and Gear Grizzly Peak Fly Fishers is proud to announce the customizing of our logo to be embroidered on fishing shirts and many other items in the http://www.cabelas.com catalog of products. How to order for anyone using our logo: For your reference, our customer information is listed below: Customer number: 1584449 Logo ID: 30035220 Grizzly Peak Fly Fishers The cost for the embroidery is $6.50 plus the cost of the item itself. Orders can be processed through the following avenues: Email: Outfit@Cabelas.com Phone: 877-892-4424 Fax: 800-237-4401 Please feel free to contact Cabela’s with any questions. Danica Kaiser Customization Liaison Cabela’s Inc. 877-892-4424 Ext 3268 or Internal 4101-1439 Danica.Kaiser@cabelas.com
Mia Sheppard and Whitney Gould use Spey casting skills
To raise money for Casting for Recovery
Spey-O-Rama--a distance casting competition with a 15 foot, double handed rod and long
belly line-- is right around the corner. It will be held April 22-24, 2016 in San Francisco.
During the competition, Mia Sheppard and Whitney Gould, both past winners of the women’s
division, are teaming up to raise money for a wonderful cause-- Casting for Recovery-- an
organization also supported by GPFF.
Here’s how it works. You determine what you think Mia and for Whitney’s longest cast will
be, add them together, and then make a pledge based on that combined total footage. For
example, if both Whitney and Mia have a longest cast of 130 feet (total =260 feet) and you
donate $1.00/foot then you will donate $260.00 to CFR. Donations raised will be split 50/50
between Northern CA and Northern Oregon CFRs.
The person that comes closest to guessing the combined distance of Whitney and Mia’s
longest cast, will receive a guided trip with Little Creek Outfitters in Oregon. The person who
comes the next closest, will receive a two hour casting instruction from Whitney Gould. Flat
donation amounts are also accepted. Click on this link to make a donation: https://form.
jotform.com/10195517743 .
Everyone making a donation above $25 will also be entered in a raffle to win products from
Simms Fishing, Echo Fly Rods and Nautilus Reels.
For more information on Casting for Recovery, check out http://castingforrecovery.org/breast-
cancer-rcasetreats/northern-california/Club Outing
Feather River
Photos by Roger WachtlerRich Miller on the backside of the
island in the wildlife area.
Rich Miller and Christopher Miller(not related) joined me on this trip to the lower
Feather River. I had scouted the river the previous week with new club member Todd
Pond and found that most of adult steelhead had gathered just below the hatchery
above highway 70. Only a few straglers seemed to be still in wildlife area, so we began
this club trip across from the hatchery in downtown Oroville CA.
At 8AM we were greeted by a throng of other anglers slamming their truck doors and
rushing to claim a spot. There was not much room to move around in the river, but all
anglers were very cordial. Chris had a minor run-in with adult steelhead that shook off
quicky and Rich landed an enormous sucker fish to his amazement! The water was
only slighty off color from the rain. No steelhead were brought to net though. After
lunch we decided to go down to the wildlife area were there would be no sight of any
other anglers. Still no adults were brought to net, but we had much fun releasing many
young smolts and getting to know the river. It was great to meet Chris Miller, a long
time club member whom I had never met before.
~Roger WachtlerChristopher Miller finds an eager smolt to take a rubber leg nymph on the backside of the island on the upper wildlife area.
Club Outing
Rogue River
Rogue River at Elk Picnic Hole.
Photos by Ed Beggs.Our Rogue River Steelhead trip went for five days. Got an early start, and we were able to drop into the Ashland Fly Shop in Oregon and get some info. Info was: river getting into shape and steelhead are on the move. Moving where was our primary concern. The desk-man there at Ashland Fly Shop said “everywhere” but some places are better than others. These places were noted on our Stream Time river access map. As it turned out we went everywhere and numerous locations. First stop was below Dodge Bridge along Agate Road there is a secret place, and we went there. Got to swinging our intruder flies at 3 PM, till dark. Water was a bit fast there. No grabs. We stayed the night at Shady Cove. Next day went to Tou Velle State Park for the morning. No steelhead grabs, but I snagged a sucker fish. We moved on up the river to our next stop, Dodge Bridge. Wading was difficult there so we moved up river to Taskelma County Park. Not good there either for swinging. Water was just too high. Moved up to Casey State Park below the Lost Creek Lake dam and found good water but no willing steelhead. It was decided after our first night in Shady Cove to move our lodging location to Grants Pass. The following days we fished below Grants Pass and fished and scouted many of the river access markings on the map and hit evey location pointed out to us by the Ashland Fly Shop. We went as far down river as Carpenter Island but again way too fast for safe fishing. We did find fishable places on the way back up to Grants Pass, where at Upper Ferry Hole Rich Miller caught two fifteen-inch rainbows in the same place with the same fly (black leach) within forty minutes. Following that, we were scouting places for future fishing because the water was just too high. Our resolve was to get back up river and fish Casey State Park where the waters are lower and slower. Still no grabs there at Casey. Final day gave us half a day of fishing back at Tou Velle State Park that offered a variety of conditions, but no grabs. In summary, the Rogue was shaping up, but rain in the mountains sent down a pulse of water that began to push the river up again just after we arrived. Lots of swinging big flys with sink tips at various depths. Water temperate was a consistent 46 degrees F. River flows went from 2,500 cfs on Feb 15th to 3,700 cfs on Feb 19th at the Dodge Bridge station. So with all this, between Rich and me, we got two fifteen-inch rainbows and a snagged sucker fish. We had a great time and learned a lot for out next adventure up there on the Rogue. Stay away from rising water. ~Ed Beggs
Rogue River at Carpenter Island. Rich Miler and his Steelhead Flies.
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-- by Kirston Koths (with information condensed from The Stonefly
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Editor’s Note: Revised from a previous edition of the Irideus; also
appeared in Golden West Women Fly Fishers' newsletter.
Every time I see photos of the San Francisco Marathon, it reminds
me of an analogy I first heard a decade ago, concerning trout survival
after having been landed on a fly rod: When you land a fish that
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Sierra Trout Camp Open for Enrollment!
Hello Trout Unlimited Members,
We are excited to officially open enrollment for Trout Unlimited’s Sierra Trout Camp for kids ages 9-12! This camp will take place June 18th and
19th from 9 am-5 pm at the trout ponds at the Resort and Squaw Creek and Sawmill Lake in Truckee, CA thanks to Matt Heron Fly Fishing and
Tahoe Fly Fishing Outfitters. The camp costs $150 per person. This fly fishing camp will teach the campers to go from novices to pros within two
days! Some of the skills that the campers will gain include: fly casting, fly tying, hooking and landing fish, reading water, aquatic insect
identification, knot tying, and much more!
Unlike previous camps, this will not be an overnight camp. Replacing this is two days that the campers can fish on private water that is filled with
trout!
If you are interested in signing your child up, or know someone that would be interested in sending their kid to camp, please contact Sam Sedillo:
ssedillo@tu.org, (408) 718 9897. He will send you further information and an application for the camp.
Thank you for your interest and we can’t wait to see your child participate in the camp!GPFF Board Members 2015-16
President Secretary Treasurer Conservation
Will Moore Rebbecca Blair Joshua Genser Chair
Retired Health Care Information Technology Consultant on Social Impact Eric Larson
Professional Membership 6 Yrs. Bond Programs. Membership 3 Yr.
Membership 3 Yr. Loves to fish the Rogue Membership 3 Yr. Loves to for Steelhead on
Loves to fish Deer Creek off River Oregon. Loves to fish Battle Creek. the Trinity River.
of HW32 and Rock Creek MT.
Membership Chair Directer of Events Presentations Directer of Events
Brad Gee Linda Friedman Chair
Inspirational Speaker Dog Care Business Owner Ed Beggs
Membership 3 Yrs. Membership 8 Yrs. Retired Layout Designer for
Loves to fish the Yuba! Loves to fish Waters that HVAC & Piping Systems
have fish! Membership 3 Yrs.
Loves to fish the Trintiy
River.
TIC Co-Chair TIC Co-Chair
Dave Garfin Dave Moss
Retired Industrial Retired High School
Biochemist Superintendent.
Membership 3 Yr. Membership 3 Yrs.
Prefers dry fly on Hot Loves to fish Siskiyou
Creek. County on the Scott River.BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS:
President Will Moore macmoore511@gmail.com
Secretary Rebecca Blair rjblair54@gmail.com
Treasurer Joshua Genser jggenser@gmail.com
CHAIRS:
Presentations Ed Beggs edwardbeggs@comcast.net
Membership Brad Gee bgeeandelee@yahoo.com
Conservation Eric Larson ericlarson87@gmail.com
Trout In The Classroom Dave Moss dave.moss923@gmail.com
Trout In The Classroom Dave Garfin degarfin@sonic.net
DIRECTORS:
Director of Events Linda Friedman lindabf@comcast.net
Director of Events
NON-BOARD CHAIRS
CHAIRS:
Outings Rich Miller outings.gpff@gmail.com
Librarian Bob Marshak
Webmaster Lee Hahn
Newsletter Roger Wachtler theartiszen@comcast.net
For all other inquiries please contact
grizzlypeakflyfishers@gmail.comGrizzly Peak Fly Fishers - Based in Kensington, CA, and serving the surrounding East Bay Area
Web Address: www.grizzlypeakflyfishers.org
Grizzly Peak Flyfishers
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enjoyment of fly fishing and the conservation of California's fisheries resources. Membership is for
the calendar year starting upon the receipt of the membership fee and includes access to excellent
speakers, fly fishing outings and education programs, a book and DVD library, special events, and
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