| The Central Oregon Flyline
Online Newsletter of the Central Oregon Flyfishers |
| The Central Oregon Flyline
Online Newsletter of the Central Oregon Flyfishers |
December ProgramTYING FLIES IS HAVING FUN!Fly deprived members take heed! Be without no longer. Look, learn, linger, and love tying flies. Some club members will tie their favorite flies, and tell where and how to fish those favorite flies. There will be plenty of tires, and plenty of space to observe techniques. There will be two tables for non tires or beginning tires. You can poke, prod, project, pamper and appreciate the art of tying. Some flies to be tied: The K-Mart, Blue Death, Blue Winged Olive, Wooly Bugger, Black Bogus, Light Cahill, and a mystery fly only to be revealed at the event. A special leader tying table will be manned by Bob Griffin, who will demonstrate how to tie your own custom leaders. Ask questions, get more knowledge. Make it mean something when you wear your cap that says "Fish Fear Me". |
COF Meeting Date and LocationThe Central Oregon Flyfishers meet on the third Wednesday of the month at The Central Oregon Association of Realtors, 2112 N.E. 4th Street, Bend,Oregon. The Monthly gatherings start at 6:30 PM and the program begins at 7:00PM. Everyone is welcome to attend. Invite a neighbor or friend to join us at the next meeting. |
UPSTREAM EVENTSDECEMBER
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Random CastsI was talking to my neighbor the other day about the Deschutes, the steelhead runs, the pleasure of catching them, and he made an interesting comment. He said that he had caught a hatchery fish and decided to keep it. On the way out he was verbally reprimanded by others for keeping the fish. That comment brought to my attention the need to make another effort to educate the public about catch and release versus catch and keep.If you read the regulations you’ll find that yes, you are required to do the catch and release on the native (non-fin clipped) steelhead, but not the fin clipped hatchery fish. When I was instructing at the Women’s Outdoor class at Oak Springs Hatchery one of the areas I addressed was the proper method of handling fish for catch and release. Afterwards I was asked by management there if I would be change the presentation to first, explain how to differentiate between native vs. hatchery fish and, second, stress that the catch and release practice should only has to be used on the native species. The reason was really quite simple: the number of fish returning to the hatchery is too good. The staff at the hatchery told me that there have been returns so great to the hatchery that they have netted some of those returning, loaded them into a transport and taken them back down to the mouth and put them back in the river to run again. Some of those fish have had several marks on their mouths where they have been caught and released before. That is the idea behind the hatcheries: to supply enough fish to the waters to allow those fishing to keep fish without damaging the native population. The other area to consider on the catch and keep of hatchery fish is to reduce the potential of the cross breeding of hatchery with native fish and, despite claims otherwise, no, you can’t taste the difference between hatchery and native steelhead. Look elsewhere in this newsletter for the December program, but plan on being there. Not only can you learn a lot more about tying flies but you can also learn a lot more about which fly to use where, what it works on, when to use it and how to present it. Hope to see you there. Phil @ COF
DON’T FORGET THAT DUES PAID BY THE END OF DECEMBER ARE ONLY $30 AND AFTER THAT THEY ARE $36 A YEAR. Beat the deadline-mail in the dues or bring a check to the December meeting
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COF Board RetreatOn October 4th and 5th your board of directors conducted a retreat at Elk Lake to contemplate the current programs and plans for Central Oregon Flyfishers and attempt to do some long range planning and budgeting. Contrary to the hopes of several participants, the retreat turned into a very focused two day meeting with the only fishing conducted on the pier for about one hour in the evening. Yes, there are a few decent brook trout in Elk Lake!The board directed a considerable amount of attention to restructuring our committees and reviewing the Policies and Procedures Manual to streamline and organize activities. Time was also spent evaluating the types of political stances that the club might take and still remain within our charter as a 501c3 tax free organization. A third major topic was volunteer recruitment and member involvement. Beat the deadline and either mail in the dues or bring a check to the December meeting. A complete review of our activities and programs led to our dropping several activities, specifically the free fish day at Wizard Falls, which never has aligned with our mission statement as a fly fishing club, and the Crooked River cleanup which has turned into a duplication of effort with several other clubs. Potential additions include selecting another river under the “adopt a river” program, sponsoring trips to the FFF Fly Tyers Expo in Eugene and the new FFF enclave in September, adding some extended overnight outings to our day outings, establishing regular beginner and intermediate fly tying programs, and establishing more educational programs at other than meeting times, including programs for women and youth. The board also intends to investigate more “self generated” conservation projects since the lack of ODFW funding and an empty STEP biologist position are leading to fewer joint projects with ODFW. Other important issues included the need for more “local interest” programs at the general membership meetings, the combination of the Fly Tying Demo and Expo into one event, more promotion and explanation of the British Columbia, Canada outing, and completion of the Kokanee Karnival manual. This retreat, along with the surveys that you are now completing, will allow the board to establish policies and programs to better serve all of the members. We ask for your assistance as we work to implement these new plans. |
Volunteers Make Egg Delivery a SuccessAre they alive? How many are there? How do you count them? Where do they come from? When will they hatch? These are some of the questions volunteers answered as they delivered rainbow trout eggs to 13 schools supported by the Kokanee Karnival program in the Bend/Redmond area on October 21. Fish Eggs to Fry, ODFW ‘s classroom fish egg incubation program, lets teachers incorporate lessons in math, science, geography, and other subjects while students monitor the progress of the eggs daily. Teachers and kids love this program!Many thanks to the following volunteers who delivered eggs and equipment to local schools: Ron Anderson, Jeff Grimm, Gene McMullen and Alex Page. Thank you Phil Hager for delivering eggs to Summer Lake to be picked up by schools from Silver Lake and Lakeview. (I hope you got in some good fishing.) Thank you Bob and Tommie Speik for driving, once again, nearly a thousand miles throughout the Oregon outback to deliver eggs to 20 schools in Eastern Oregon. Thank you Patty Bowers for your post-retirement involvement in this project. And, thank you Bill Lundy for making floating egg trays at the last minute. Each of you helped make this project a success. The next egg delivery will be the first or second week in February 2003. If you would like to help with this great program (no special skills needed, minimal time commitment), call (318-0567) or send me an email message (sonata@teleport.com). I’d love to hear from you.
Terri Grimm
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Fly Tyers Rejoice!Come one, come all! Central Oregon Flyfishers is starting a new winter fly tying group!Last April, did you suddenly realize that your fly box was still empty and all those long winter nights had somehow passed you by without putting the vice to good use? Last winter, did you miss the companionship of your fishing buddies and all those tall tails and a few good true stories? Well, set aside your Tuesday nights and we will solve these problems!Every Tuesday night from 6:30PM until 8:30PM, the tying group will meet at the Trap Club of Bend. We will not meet December 24 or 31 due to the holidays. Experienced tiers should bring their vice and tools, plus enough materials to tie one of the flies missing from their box, and perhaps a light. Periodically, one of the group will demonstrate a new fly and provide enough material for everyone to tie a couple if they wish. New tiers should bring themselves for a few lessons with vices, tools and materials furnished by the group. Soon, we hope, you will graduate to the main group where plenty of advice will still be available. Everyone should bring a few tall tails, fishing pictures, newly discovered "holes" etc to keep the discussion lively. This is a meeting of all comers, so don't worry about not being part of a "group". If you are an expert, we hope you will come prepared to give some advice. If you are new, or just "all thumbs", we hope to give you all the help that you need. Whoever you are, bring a coffee cup if you "imbibe". The cost for this program is free, although we may periodically pass the hat or do a project for the Bend Trap Club in return for their kind offer of the use of their facility. The Bend Trap Club is located 0.7 miles East of the Brosterhous and 3rd St. intersection at 61400 Brosterhous Road. As you leave 3rd on Brosterhous headed East, there is a slow 90 degree turn right, followed shortly by a sharp turn left. The club is on the left after several hundred yards. The building is a white wood frame structure with an exterior light and door on the side away from Brosterhous. If you have questions, contact Harry Harbin at 388-8841.
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COF Board and Officers 2003
At the November general meeting, COF members elected the following members to be their Club leaders for 2003:
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Welcome New MembersMichael and Lois BaileyLet’s introduce ourselves. Mike and Lois please remember to pick up your copy of “Harry Teal’s No Nonsense Guide to Fly Fishing Central and Southeastern Oregon” from Bill Lundy at the Welcome Table at the next Meeting on Wednesday December 19, 2002. |
A Tongue-In-Cheek Description
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Internet StuffSome interesting links
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2002 COF Officers & Board MembersOfficers
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COF Committees
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