September 2005

Announcements
 

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 September Speaker
who: Ken Hanley
what: Ken Hanley is the newest inductee into the Northern California FFF Hall of Fame. Ken is an old friend of PFF and is looking forward to his visit. He is an author of six fly fishing books and writes and provides photographs for both national and regional outdoor publications. He has been places I can only dream of. And he probably got paid for doing it. Ken will give a talk on Saltwater Stripers. It should be a fun time!!
where: Highlands Community Club
contact: , Speaker Chairman
 October Speaker (tentative)
who: Hogan Brown
what: Hogan is a Chico area guide specializing in California steelhead
where: Highlands Community Club
contact: , Speaker Chairman
  Upper Sac Fishout with Nymphing Clinic (This Weekend!)
what: Join the PFF'ers on the Upper Sac this Saturday (Sept 17th) for a nymphing clinic taught by local Dunsmuir guide and expert, Ron Hart. The demonstration class will run from 9 AM to 12 Noon when Ron will cover topics including: stream entomology, water reading, rigging, casting and releasing fish. After lunch we will continue fishing the Upper Sac and a group of us will be hiking up to the spectacular Mossbrae Falls.
details: More details about gear, accomodations, and the schedule are available in this handout (pdf file). The weather has turned colder which means the fish have started feeding aggressively. There are some big fish in that section of the river, and they readily fall for nymphs - if you know how.
fee: There is a $20 tuition fee payable to the Peninsula Fly Fishers. Please give funds to Rodney to reserve your space.
date: Saturday, September 17; Class from 9 AM to 12 Noon.
contact: , Fishmaster
 Fly Tying Class Sessions To Start November
what: The beginners and intermediate/advanced fly tying classes will start with November's workshop, and will meet once a month through May, 2006. Last year over 10 beginners started tying and we had numerous guest tiers in the intermediate class.
teachers: Harold Patterson, 2004 NCCFFF Fly Tier of the Year, will again be teaching the beginners class, and Dave Kruss, 2003 NCCFFF Fly Tier of the Year, will teach the intermediate–advanced sessions. Watch this space for upcoming syllabi and related announcements.
contact: , Workshop Chair
 New Roster System to Start This Month
what: The web editor will be rolling out a new roster system sometime this month. The new system will allow PFF members to change their own personal information over the internet by filling in easy-to-use forms. It will also be more secure than our current static roster web page.
when: A generous group of volunteers have already entered most of the new roster data into the database. In a week or so, I will have set up the user-permissions so each member can log-in and edit/check their own entries. When this is ready to go, I will notify the membership by email.
contact: , Webmaster
  NCCFFF Conclave In Redding
what: "A Festival of Fly Fishing" at the Redding Convention Center

This year's featured speakers are Ken Hanley, Jay Murakoshi, Henry Hoffman Hal Janssen, Mike Mercer, and John Shewey. Lot's of demos, booths, on-stream classes (the Lower Sac is just outside the Convention Center's doors), and seminars. A great weekend of speakers, activities, raffles and auctions, and socialization. Have fun and help our local fisheries.
date: Friday & Saturday, October 14 & 15
full info: NCCFFF Conclave Website
  Dan Blanton's Striperfest and BBQ 2005
what: In 1997, the saltwater fly fishing community centered around the Dan Blanton web board started this tradition to physically gather all the posters together in one place. It has grown and evolved to the current event which features fishing, fundraising and a grand BBQ in the Delta. The fine folks at the Sugar Barge will be preparing a mouth-watering buffet including St. Louis Style Ribs, Cajon Charbroiled Chicken, Tex Smoked Brisket and all the extras. The funds raised at the event will agin be given to the the Bay/Delta Conservation Committee of the Northern California Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers.
date: Saturday, November 5; starts a 4:00 pm at the Sugar Barge Restuarant on Bethel Island.
cost: $25 per person.
more info: Dan Blanton 2005 Striperfest Announcement
  Call for Volunteer Section Editors for Website
background: The website work has grown to be an enormous monthly task and we are still looking for volunteer editors to maintain the site.
what: Before asking the Board to reduce the frequency of publication, I agreed that I would try dividing the work into smaller pieces and canvass volunteers to act as section editors. These positions require absolutely no internet or web skills or experience. Rather, we need creative individuals who will source, organize, edit, and create interesting articles for our site. Each section editor will handle a particular section (Fishing Tales, Announcements, How-To, Fly Tying, Tackle, Short-Report, and Conservation). All materials can be prepared and delivered as ordinary text editor files (e.g. MS Word) and standard graphics files (jpeg, gifs, etc). A large part of the job will be finding and working with other members who have content to add to the site. For instance, the Short-Report editor will be reponsible for keeping an ear open during meetings or other events, and following up on members' fishing trips.

Once articles are written or edited, the editors will email the final articles to me (in Ms Word format) so I can convert them into our standard web-friendly format. So absolutely no coding or special internet skills are needed -- just an interest in working on content and contributing to an excellent fly fishing resource.
action: If you are interested in taking responsibility for one section (Fishing Tales, How-To, Fly Tying, Tackle, Short-Report, and Conservation), please contact me by the end of September. Again, the positions do not entail any web or internet coding – except, maybe, sending me emails with articles and pictures.
contact: , Editor
  Pictures Of New PFF Officers and Volunteers
what: Since we have a new crew of volunteers (officers, directors, and/or committee chairs), we need to get a picture of you for the website so we can update the website. Rodney will be available to take a nice portrait of you at any club meeting or event -- so dress nicely!
contact: , Photo Buff
 Free Back Issues of Assorted Fly Fishing Magazines
what: Kelly Bandlow and I have assembled a large collection of assorted back issues of many fly fishing magazines. We will set them out at the next general meeting, first-come first-serve. (Actually, if you have any similar publications you might want to share with other members, feel free to add them to the stack.)
contact: , Junk-meister
  PFF Patches And Pins & Club Logo Clothing
what: Absolutely necessary sartorial enhancements! Embroidered, white-on-blue patches and enamelled, silver-on-blue pins are always available from J. C. Poulton. $3 for either; $5 for both. Clothing and other items from Cabella's can be ordered with an embroidered PFF patch. Rich Holubek can give you the details.
contact: for patches and pins
for help with Cabella's orders