This evening Co-President Diane called our meeting to order at 7:05. Prior to our meeting Co-President Judy had been greeting everyone at the door and then made a round through the room to make everyone feel welcomed and pass out meeting agendas.
Tonight we had 24 members and guest in attendance.
Our new Treasurer Harold has not yet received a bank
statement, so he was unable to make a report of club funds. Ex-Treasurer Doug
tried to bring up a paperless statement on his phone, but he has been exited
from the bank’s system, so that didn’t happen.
We discussed our future 2019 meeting programs, and wish to let the fly fishing public (pros and
novices) know that they are invited to join us.
February 13th - Rick Hafele
March 20th - Spokane Fly Fishing Women
(and/or)
Eric Hoverson - CTUIR Salmon recovery efforts
April 17th - Grant Richie's guided Grande Ronde River trips
Eric Hoverson - CTUIR Salmon recovery efforts
April 17th - Grant Richie's guided Grande Ronde River trips
May 15th - a fishing trip with Tyson Kopfer
June (first weekend?) - a 2019 Fly Fishing Fair
June (first weekend?) - a 2019 Fly Fishing Fair
Summer - group fishing outings
Secretary Dale was asked to speak about the contact
he had made with Rick Hafele and scheduling our February
meeting. Our February
meeting will be out of our normal scheduling, and will be held on the second Wednesday of February –the 13th–
instead of the third Wednesday. Dale gave some of Rick’s credentials of being a
leading Pacific Northwest stream / river /
stillwater entomologist, author,
lecturer, and fly fisher. This meeting’s program will be at the usual time of
7:00 pm.
Dale also announced that Rick had suggested for a club fundraiser we consider he doing a fly fisher’s habitat workshop before our 6:00 dinner hour.
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Rick offered to conduct one of his 3-hour workshop programs for a fee of $30 per person, of which he would split half ($15 per person) with the club.
Several people have expressed an interest in his workshop, and we will follow-up on this prospect of helping area fly fishers, biologist become better catchers with a broader understanding of the feeding habits of wild fish. Afternoon workshop time will be 2-5 pm. We are hoping 10 to 20 fly fishers will be interested in attending this workshop; which will also take place at Smith's Family Restaurant in Walla Walla on the 13th. Please email wallawalla.flyfishing@gmail.
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Dale also announced that Rick had suggested for a club fundraiser we consider he doing a fly fisher’s habitat workshop before our 6:00 dinner hour.
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Rick offered to conduct one of his 3-hour workshop programs for a fee of $30 per person, of which he would split half ($15 per person) with the club.
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Eric
Hoverson –new Walla Walla Valley TU President– was with us this evening and
said he would be glad to have a meeting program with us in the near future.
Eric works with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
(CTUIR) in the Walla Walla River, Touchet River, and Tucannon River drainages
supervising the tribe’s salmon recovery projects. Again it was mentioned that
the Walla² Fly Fishers would like to have any / all TU members to join with us
to learn more about the pleasure of our fly fishing sport, as you are on and off the river worksites.
Dave
mentioned that he was trying to get a rod building friend of his to make a near
future meeting presentation on Building Bamboo Rods.
Vice
President Tyson and Heidi talked about the effort they are making to update the
club’s library, and making it easier for members to check out literature and
videos between our monthly meetings.
Co-President
Diane announced that she would not be in town for our February meeting. She
will be attending the Kelly Creek Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Conference in
Idaho, and announced that if anyone would be interested in this conference to
speak / contact her for details.
Heidi
again mentioned the concept of creating a "Fly Fishers Mentoring Program" for individuals and group to help new members, and area novice fly fishers to become more familiar with fly fishing, and area
fisheries. This program will be developing soon.
This evening Tom made introduction that we had joining us for dinner and program Capt. Justin Waters (US Coast Guard Certified), to share his experiences of fishing guide on Hood Canal and western Washington waters. With Capt. Justin this evening he had Capt. Mike Hanford who works closely with him. Together their area of fishing expertise is Hood Canal and the Puget Sound.
Capt. Justin, and Capt. Mike tells us the beauty of fishing the Washington westside is one can fish almost everyday of the year and expect to find a specie of fish coming and going in their annual migration.
Contact: Justin@All-Waters.com -or- (360) 318-5664
Our meeting this evening was adjourned at 8:30.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale McKain
Club Secretary
Dale McKain
Club Secretary
Our next meeting will be held at Smith's Family Restaurant on W. 9th Street in Walla Walla --
Wednesday
13 February 2019
6:00 pm Dinner and Social
7:00 Call-to-Order Club Business
6:00 pm Dinner and Social
7:00 Call-to-Order Club Business
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