| Ray Kidder | president |
| John Eikelman | vice president |
| Denny Rogers | secretary |
| Jack Giles | treasurer |
| George Proctor | director |
| Ken Eugene | director |
| Rod Neubert | director |
In this year, EVERYTHING was a first! And there's not enough room to recount all the events. The first meeting was on April 17, 1977 at the home of the club founder, Ray Kidder, and membership was up to forty by July.
Ken Eugene was the first program chairman, membership was handled by Hal Coelho, and Rod Neubert headed up fishouts and casting. Jack Giles and Bruce Estes are still helping us, too. These gentlemen are still contributing to PFF and deserve special thanks for a decade of service. Bruce helped with fly tying and casting.
Other committee heads were: George Proctor, raffle; Bill Strahm, hospitality; John Eikelman, conservation and NCCFFF rep; Denny Metz, fly tying and rod building; and Russell and Kevin Castle, bulletin assistant and photographer, respectively.
Ray Kidder had the additional duty of bulletin editor, a crucial job for any club, especially a new one. He recounted the simple pleasures of the job in a note he sent to Editor Neubert:
"…I not only financed many costs, but also edited the bulletin, printed and mailed it myself, planned and purchased the raffle prizes, and mopped the floors. But it was my pleasure and the end results were most gratifying."
"Fish stories" became a part of the meetings in December and in January there was an interesting tidbit: "Doug Swisher will be at the Holiday Inn, Belmont - February 16th, 7pm to 10pm. $10.00 Admission." There were no further explanations. I presume that it had to do with fishing!
By 1978, postage was still $0.13 and dues had gone up from $12.50 to $15.00 a year. Meetings were held at the Kiwanis in San Carlos, and the raffles had already become a big success. At a talk by Dan Blanton, Raffle Chairman George Proctor ran out of tickets. There were fly tying and rod building classes. The first meeting of the conservation committee was held.
By May of 1978, the secretary's post as well as casting and membership had changed hands. Bob Shadle took over conservation. Bob has kept a copy of every PFF Bulletin and this memento would not be possible without his help.
Don Kenney and Bob Finan were instrumental in getting the club chartered. And, of course, Gordon Burnett donated the hand-made raffle box which we still use today in lieu of mayonnaise jars (sometimes).
The Monterey Bay BBQ may or may not have been the first club picnic, but the first fishout was at Pyramid Lake (six fish, no casualties) in February 1978. This was followed by bonita at Redondo in March, white bass at Nacimiento in April, and shad at Tehama in June.