Being President Tom was out-of-town for a few days, VP Dave
called this evening’s meeting to order at 7:12.
There were 29 members and guest in attendance.
There were 29 members and guest in attendance.
Our first order of business this evening was the election of
club officers. The floor was opened to all in attendance for recommendations
and nominations.
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| President Dave Stemmer |
The 2016 slate of Club Officers available for election became:
President – Dave Stemmer
V. President – Tom Craig
Secretary – Dale McKain
Treasurer – Dr. Doug Coe
A vote by show of hands was made and the slate of Club
Officers were approved, unanimously.
It was then brought to our attention that with the new year
that membership club dues were due - annual dues $15 individual -- $20 family.
Many people made their payments of support this evening.
Our next order of business was a presentation by Bill Filla
from Cross Trail Outfitters (CTO), announcing their
annual fundraising banquet to be held Sunday May 1st, at their meeting facility located at 1010 Valley Chapel
Rd, west of Walla Walla. The Walla Walla Chapter of CTO currently is engaged
with about 200 area kids, age 8-18 years old. Please follow these links to learn more about the national CTO organization, the Walla Walla Chapter and their activites.
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| CTO Northeast OR trout |
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| CTO Southeast WA pheasant |
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| CTO Northeast OR steelhead caught on the fly |
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| CTO Southeast WA elk |
The CTO Walla Walla chapter is a non-denominational religious youth hunting and fishing club for boys and young men. We are "Building Men, Preserving our Heritage and Sharing our Faith. Go with us on real hunting and fishing trips and other exciting outings - including the coolest Summer Camps in the world!" If interested in more details about their program or the May 1st banquet please contact Jason Peterson at 509-876-9285 or jpeterson@teamcto.org.
Next order of business, President Dave brought to our
attention the last Walla Walla 4-H banquet which then President Tom attended.
The club has made donation in time and money to promote the art of fly fishing
and fly tying at this local organization level.
Thereafter President Dave introduced our evening’s speakers
and club members – Grant and Lottie Richie, owners of the Minam Raft Rental
business at Minam, OR.
This evening Grant presented us with an overview of the
fishing, rafting, dining opportunities that are available from their operations
at Minam Junction. Let it be known that Grant and Lottie have worked with our
club and with our club's chapter of Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc to make many
enjoyable outings from their operations at Minam.
Grant and Lottie’s enterprises have been well published via
the Internet and Pacific Northwest publications. With this in mind this writer
will direct everyone’s attention to these very current publications featuring
Grant and Lottie.
This evening Grant and Lottie shared with our group a recap of some of their activities during 2015 via a PPP and Grant shared some advise on the fly and fishing spots to target on the rivers they run. Since a picture is worth 1000 words...
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| Grant's winter steelhead flies |
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| Copper John - Grant's favorite trout fly |
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| Grant's summer dry flies |
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| A Golden Stonefly - late May hatch |
Pictures taken along the river...
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| a July 2015 afternoon |
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| a March steelhead |
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| an August riverside camp |
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| August goat sighting |
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| Ooopps, the one that got away |
Please check out the following links that give current details of the operations centered around the Richie's MINAM STORE…
http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2015/11/02/fall-fishing-in-northeast-oregon/
http://www.minamraftrentals.com/
Thank you Lottie and Grant for this evening's presentation, and the fishing fun that you share with our club on the river.
Our meeting was adjourned at 8:40.
Our meeting was adjourned at 8:40.
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Our next monthly meeting will be held Wednesday. 17 February 2016 at...
Smith's Family Restaurant
Our next monthly meeting will be held Wednesday. 17 February 2016 at...
Smith's Family Restaurant
1425 Pine Street
Walla Wallahttp://www.
Dinner and social at 6:00 pm with meeting following at 7:00 pm
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Respectfully submitted,
Dale McKain
Club Secretary ~ Blog-master
Tight lines and Good Fishing
Tom Craig – President – Dave Stemmer
Dave Stemmer – Vice President – Tom Craig
Doug Coe – Treasurer
Dale McKain – Secretary - Blogmaster
Gerald Newell - PROJECT HEALING WATERS, INC Coordinator
