Penticton Flyfishers Journal
March 2012
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Volume 9, Number 2 March 2012
Penticton Flyfishers Box 354, 113-437 Martin St., Penticton, B.C., V2A 5L1 Editors Nick Pace Ken Woodward Email: pentictonflyfishers@gmail.com
Website www.pentictonflyfishers.ca
President Ryan Winstanley 250-488-8757 ry_winstanley@hotmail.com Vice President Larry Martin 250-497-7881 fs-lemartin@shaw.ca Treasurer Ken Baker 250-493-2926 kbbaker@telus.net Secretary Bob Holley 250-770-8180 Membership Director Tom Knight 250-492-3049 twknight@telus.net
The Penticton Flyfishers are members of: BC Federation of Fly Fishers (BCFFF) BC Wildlife Federation (BCWF) Federation of Fly Fishers (International FFF) Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance (OSCA)
In this issue: President’s Report ........... 3
Tying Bench..................10
Equipment Review .......... 4
Shore Talk ..................... 13
Event Report .................... 6
Trolling for Truth ..........14
Fish Out Schedule............ 7
AGM Minutes ............... 15
Photo Gallery ................... 8
Classifieds ..................... 17
Member Profile ................ 9
Events Calendar ............17
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President’s Report Message from the First Vice-President
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e have a good mix of old and new on the executive along with a healthy slate of directors. I expect this will bring exciting changes to the club. We'll try not to fix what isn't broken, but you can expect we may experiment with the way we do things now. I can give you a perspective of my vision for the club. Each of us will be given the opportunity to become a better fly fisher in some way. We will learn from each other in the club and, when the opportunity arises, from experts. I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming casting clinic and regular fly tying demos. One of the founding principles of the club is to enhance fisheries management and opportunities. To this end we will continue our support of various projects as evidenced by our secured long-term funding for Penticton Creek kokanee enhancement. Let’s not forget fishing, from the more formal club fish outs to encouraging other members to join you. Not an expert at fly fishing? Not a problem. You may think you don't have much to offer but an extra hand to help get the boat to the launch is always appreciated and fair exchange for a few pointers. I encourage you to contact any executive member with ideas to improve a club function or project. Thanks, Larry Martin PS picture is proof I sometimes fish with a fly outfit.
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These Boots Are Made for Fishin’ Simms
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imms has reintroduced felt to a selection of its wading boot line-up, including the Guide Boot Freestone and Headwaters. Felt has solid grip, it’s lightweight, and it
offers advantages in certain wading environments. Please follow clean angling practices, limit felt soles to single watersheds, and help keep these vital resources healthy.
eliminates potential failure points • Regrind rubber toe cap provides an added layer of durability without adding weight • Integrated midsole drainage ports allow water to drain quickly keeping boots lighter
Patagonia Rock Grip wading boot • Aggressive outsole design with multiple aluminum bars mounted on sole provides ultimate traction in extreme wading conditions and will not damage the interior of boats
Chrome Kling on Boot • Fixed sole of tri-zonal KlingOn™ Sticky Rubber for the ultimate in rubber traction and durability
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Chrome Wading Boots • OmniTrax® 3.0 Interchangeable Sole System adapts your traction to meet the performance needs of each river system
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Low profile Boa® speed lacing system for quick on/off and custom fit • Waterproof materials (including sleek synthetic material similar to white water rafts) reduce water absorption, thereby reducing overall weight, and dry faster to help prevent the spread of invasive species • The reduction of stitched seams improves durability and •
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Low profile Boa® speed lacing system for quick on/off and custom fit Waterproof materials (including sleek synthetic material similar to whitewater rafts) reduce water absorption, thereby reducing overall weight, and dry faster to help prevent the spread of invasive species The reduction of stitched seams improves durability and eliminates potential failure points Regrind rubber toe cap provides an added layer of durability without adding weight Compatible with Predator™ screw-in spikes for difficult wading conditions
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Synthetic leather is quick drying and comfortable Compression molded EVA midsole and polypropylene insole/shank combination provides rigidity, support and foot protection Padded ankle and insole provide comfort and arch support Full coverage, glued and stitched rubber rand for excellent abrasion resistance; highly abrasion resistant toe bumper; reinforced toebox and heel counter protect foot Wide last accommodates a neoprene foot wader; sole is designed to hold fin straps Stainless steel lacing loops Synthetic leather upper, with nylon/spandex neoprene in the tongue and polypropylene in the insole board. Full- length, molded EVA midsole
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River Crampon
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fter slipping and sliding through yet another slick, cobbled Skeena run, the Patagonia crew came home determined to find a better traction solution, and they came up with their new River Crampon which they claim is the highest-traction wading device
ever built. The secret is in the widely spaced aluminum-bar treads, which are hard enough to cut through algae and slime, yet soft enough to grip the rock itself. The bars are mounted to a fully adjustable stainless steel frame and held in place with an easy-on, easy-off adjustable harness system. The River Crampon fits over any wading boot and comes in two sizes to fit size 6-14 boots. Simple, easily cleaned design and fastdrying materials help stop invasive species transport. •
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Hard biting aluminum bars perform outstandingly well in virtually all challenging wading conditions Adjustable length adapts to any wading boot with basic tools Non corrosive materials ideally suited to salt water fishing applications Adjustable non corrosive harness system allows the crampon to be removed easily for extended hiking situations Will not damage boat interiors as long as you are mindful.
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Rio Gallegos Waders •
Polyester microfiber shell, with a proprietary waterproof/breathable H2No® Hydrostorm barrier and Deluge® DWR (durable water repellent) finish is highly durable and puncture resistant without excessive multiple layers or added weight; exterior seam reinforcements on inseam of legs for superior abrasion resistance
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Waist-mounted EZ Lock suspenders allow easy conversion from chest to waist height, and provides quick relief without having to remove jacket or fight hard-to-operate zippers; TPU slide and lock design on front and back of suspenders offers security when wading deep and for rolldown, waist-high comfort; full elastic back • Inside welded TPU waterproof pocket provides waterproof protection to camera, cell phone, etc.; chest pocket with water-resistant zipper allows quick access to tippet spools, nippers and floatant • Stretch Wading Belt with a quick-release DuraFlex® •
Stealth-V buckle provides smooth function and an easyto-adjust fit Anatomically curved knees Built-in, heavyweight reinforcement fabric gravel guards with abrasion resistant scuff zones and high filtration drain strip; 1!" gripper elastic gravel guard cuffs; concealed stainless steel, locking boot hooks secure cuff to boot and avoid line catch Custom fit for left and right booties with abrasion-resistant soles; 3mm neoprene booties are lined with our patent pending merino wool grid, which provides the same warmth and better breathability than 5mm neoprene; laser cut Hypalon® utility keeper for easy access to tools, nippers, etc.; removable neoprene knee pads; field repair kit included Upper: 3-layer, 5.2-oz 50denier twill-woven polyester microfiber shell with a proprietary waterproof/breathable H2No® Hydrostorm barrier and Deluge® DWR (durable water repellent) finish. Lower torso, seat and legs: 3-layer, 8.2-oz polyester double weave microfiber reinforcement fabric with proprietary H2No® Hydrostorm barrier and Deluge® DWR finish. Gravel guards: 6.4-oz polyester microfiber double weave with Deluge® DWR finish. Abrasion-resistant exterior tape on inseams and gravel guard with a high-filtration polyester mesh (100% recycled) drainage strip. Booties: Patent-pending merino wool grid-lined 3-mm neoprene with abrasionresistant fabric soles.
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Casting Night at the Adidas Sportsplex
Dennis & Verlie Grant with the Penticton Flyfishers
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common trait amongst accomplished fly anglers is the ability to cast well and, with that in mind, a bunch of us descended upon the Adidas Sportsplex one chilly January evening to get a bit of indoor midwinter practice and work on improving our skills. Happily, joining us were Federation of Fly Fishers Master Casting Instructor Dennis Grant and his wife, Verlie, who is a FFF Certified Casting Instructor herself. Dennis and Verlie own The Atlantic Fly Fishing School in Brookfield, NS, and luckily for us, they come to the south Okanagan to visit family here periodically. We all cast single-hand rods and some of us even got out the twohanders for awhile. Dennis and Verlie gave generously of their time and knowledge, tirelessly making their way to every one of us to give us pointers on how we can improve our casting. One young fellow got to have
professional instruction his very first time casting a fly rod! Dennis gave us a nice demonstration of various casts with both types of rods, too. It is often difficult to determine what one is doing wrong, especially when the mistakes are subtle, so it was great to have someone of Dennis’ caliber critiquing our casting. I always wondered why the end of my forward cast sometimes had a small curve to the right, and no one – even certified instructors – spotted what was causing it, but Dennis did. He had me line up my forward false cast with a line on the field, make a back cast to the rear, drop it and then observe where it landed. Aha! I discovered that my back cast is slightly off to the right, and the unconscious correction I make on the forward cast causes a curve at the end. Now all I have to do is figure out how to avoid the misdirection on the back cast…
Of course, we can’t always have a guy like Dennis handy to watch us, and watching video-recordings of one’s casting and can help a lot. Luckily, Phil Rogers made the rounds to record on video everyone’s casting and he will be showing us those videos at an upcoming club meeting. For more information about The Atlantic Fly Fishing School, visit www.flyschool.net. For more information about FFF Casting Certification, visit fedflyfishers.org/Casting.aspx
Next casting session: Date: March 24, 2012 Time: 4:30 - 6:30 pm Location: Adidas Sportplex at Kings Park (soccer dome) Come on out, get some pointers and get ready for open water! With luck weʼll have some demo rods to try, too!
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Time to Fish in 2012
Link Lake June 2 & 3
Idelback Lake June 16 & 17
Darke Lake May 26
2012 Fish-Outs Penticton Fly Fishers
Salmon Lake Sept 23 & 24
Kettle River July Weekends TBA
Harmon Lake TBA
Leighton Lake w/Ospreys August 18 & 19 (maybe)
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Member Profile: Bruce Turnbull
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his is a new section that we thought would make the newsletter interesting and fun. What we plan on doing is have a profile on a member from the Penticton Flyfishers every newsletter. With our 56 member base I think we are covered for many newsletters to come. So, if you feel you would like us to do a profile on a certain member please contact us at pentictonflyfishers@gmail.com. Please include their accomplishments, stories and general information about the member in the email. Our first submission is reflecting on an outstanding person in our club: Bruce Turnbull, a well respected member both in the club and the community. Tom Dellamater has been kind enough to provide some understanding of Mr. Turnbull. Enjoy this new section of the newsletter. Thanks to Bruce for setting a high standard for club newsletters. We know many other clubs have always enjoyed receiving them via email.
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ruce Turnbull, Editor… I guess that describes it all with a short postscript, “Family, River Fishing and Old Milwaukee Girl Cans.” Bruce joined the Penticton Flyfishers when still water fly fishing and trolling a fly were the mainstays of the fishing activity. Bruce got active right away and took over the editor’s job at the club’s newsletter. His stories around the campfire about his river fishing experiences sparked an interest in many of us to start looking into it. The articles in the newsletter surrounded river fishing and the gear needed to make those great drifts (at that time any drift was a great drift and still is). After one trip down the Kettle River with Raul Pool in his pontoon boats we were hooked on river fishing and proper gear was bought. We were off river fishing, from the Kettle River to the Thompson River (right), and many others throughout Alberta, British Columbia and Washington State. Bruce continued to be a tireless worker on the newsletter, with stories on the Penticton Creek walkway, the rehabilitation of Penticton Creek, the spawning beds for Penticton Creek, Sawmill Lake pipeline, Yellow Lake docks, Yellow Lake new aeration building, Randoff Creek spawning building and, his pet project: environmental damage. He waged a one-man war against the senseless damage caused by mud boggers, ATVs and motor bikes on sensitive habitat and the landscape. His many newsletter articles, radio commentary and documented photos have kept this issue in the forefront. At the various Ministry meetings he drew attention to the problems hoping to get more enforcement on the ground. Bruce has been a solid backer of our club and will continue to do so even though the reins of the newsletter have been turned over. So as he says “so long" to head down to that next fishing hole, let us all give the plaudit he so richly deserves, “Well done thy good and faithful servant”. Tom Dellamater, River Student of B. Turnbull Member: BTRA
Oh, by the way, when is our next trip?
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Tying Bench: Ken Baker on Chironomids
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en has been fly fishing for many years. Rumour has it he taught King Tut how to cast. In that time he learned a thing or two about chironomid fishing and he has been kind enough to share his wisdom with us. Here are his thoughts on chironomid fishing: Some important points: Location is first and foremost. If there are no fish in your immediate area you’re just admiring the scenery. Use your sounder to determine depth, locate structure and, hopefully, fish. Use two anchors to hold your watercraft in position. I usually set up parallel to the shore or facing the wind. As a general rule I do not put too much faith in the sounder for locating fish; I use it more to position myself in the most likely areas. Do not be afraid to move. Moves can be anywhere from a few yards to somewhere else on the lake. Depth is next on the list. I usually start about 18-24” off the bottom and work up. I am a dry line, long leader person. I dislike strike indicators, but I am not averse to using them if the situation requires their use. (Editors’ note: In other words, the guys fishing indicators are badly out fishing him…)
My usual setup is a length of 10 to 14 lb. test fluorocarbon approximately the depth of water I’m in, a swivel and 3 to 8 feet of 4 to 8 lb tippet, depending on the size of fish in the lake. In general, the deeper the water, the longer tippet I use. I would rank fly size next, then colour. However these are sometimes interchangeable and
sometimes do not seem to matter as the fish take anything offered. Other times finds them so selective to be maddening. Now for the flies: Probably the biggest error by tiers is making their patterns too thick. Remember thin is in not only for super models but for chironomids as well. Flies should also have a slight taper to them. Learning to control the amount of material is of paramount importance. On the lake I fish the most, smaller patterns are usually the ticket and proportions often can be very critical for success. The patterns I use fall into three general categories: Gills and no bead, bead with gills and bead with no gills. There are various reasons for this with depth, clarity, or lack of it, of the water to be fished being the primary ones. For gill material I use white Antron, UniStretch, or woolly nylon that can be bought in fabric stores.
Tying the fly pattern: Try to keep your thread “flat” i.e. keep spinning the bobbin to remove the twisting that occurs while you are wrapping it down the shank. I start all my chironomids at the eye of the hook. This allows me to control the taper and, by not tying anything on at the other end, there are no “bumps” on the fly. The only exception to this is overwrapping with anti-static bag or other clear material, notably the non-stretch liner from cardboard keg wines. I will expand on this point later. If the fly is a gill no-bead style put the bead on the hook with the small hole forward. If you are going to use gills put the tapered hole forward. This will allow you to tie the gills on and then push the bead over the thread wraps to hide them. For patterns with no bead you can tie the gills on first or last depending on your preference. For flies that are going to be coated with super glue or clear nail polish
Penticton Flyfishers tying the gills on last makes it easier to avoid getting them contaminated by the coating material. Using as few wraps as possible start the tying thread. Next tie on the rib and then the body material. Holding it up at about a 45 degree angle, bind it down the shank. Build a slight taper as you bring the thread forward and half hitch at the head. Wrap the body material on, secure, follow with the rib, secure, and build a small head. If you are going to cover a thread body with anti-static bag or some other translucent material tie it on the underside before returning the thread to the head, building a slight taper, and throw on a half hitch. Bring the over cover forward in touching turns, secure, and then bring the rib following the edges of the overwrap, secure and build a small head.
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Black Sally and variations:
The original Chromie:
Rib: Red holographic or plain
Also known as the Barber Pole or the Candy Cane. I give full credit to P. Rowley for the general introduction of the “Chromie” as tied by him. However, this pattern was introduced to me at White Lake before Phil published his slightly different version. Originally, it was explained to me as silver tinsel, last two turns showing the gold side, red rib over the silver section. There was no mention of what was used for the rib. I believe it dates back to the late ‘80s. I have, over the years, used wire, thread and Flashabou for the rib and I have substituted a gold bead for the two turns of tinsel.
Flashabou, or red thread for smaller guys, or red tinsel. You also could use these same materials in silver. Body: Black, brown or green thread, plain or holographic Flashabou in same colours. The Richard: Named after a fly guy I met at White Lake who gave me this one.
Bullet-proofing your patterns: There are several methods to make you flies more durable. Cyanoacrylate glues like Krazy Glue and Loc-Tite Super Glue are very good. They are best on materials like stretch-flex or other Lycra type materials as the acetone in nail polish and head cement can cause these materials to disintegrate. Clear nail polish can be applied after super glues have dried to provide more depth and protection if one wishes. Clear epoxy is favoured by some guys I know. You will need a rotary drier for this. Be sure to use the ten-minute or longer curing varieties as the five-minute ones tend to turn yellow over time. Favourite patterns: These can all be tied with or without beads and or gills. You are
Hook: TMC2302, 2457, short curved scud, or any 1-2X long shank, sz. 12-16 Bead: Gold, most important. Thread: Red. Rib: Red wire, red or wine holographic or plain Flashabou.
Hook: TMC 2302 (original) also works on short scud style sz. 12-16. Bead: Black or gunmetal to match hook size. Thread: Dark olive for body, red for butt, black for head. Gills: Antron or UNI-Stretch.
Body: Silver or Holographic Silver Flashabou, Silver Mylar tinsel.
Rib: Fine gold, copper, or red (best) wire.
Best tied thin, fished near or on the bottom in the early season.
Tie on sparse amount of material for gills. Slip bead over. Tie on wire rib with olive thread and bind down as far as hook point and return to bead. Use black thread to tie off olive thread. Wind rib forward with 4 -5 turns. Secure with black thread and whip finish a
Hooks for the following are all the same choices as above. Pick your own poison. Thread to match body colour except where noted.
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very small head. Cut off black thread. Tie red thread on at junction of olive thread at the butt wind down as far as the point right above the barb return towards the olive and end with your whip finish at the olive thread. Finish with a coat of super glue or clear nail polish. Richard swears that the important part is the coating as the olive thread appears to take on a brownish tinge. I feel it is very important to maintain the proportions as outlined. Going beyond the suggested stopping points seems to change the effectiveness of this particular fly. It has been a killer.
red metallic thread if you have it or ordinary tying thread if you don’t. Wind the thread down to the butt and whip finish a red butt. Coat and seal as before.
Hook: TMC2302 or equivalent sz. 12-14. Bead: Black or gunmetal with UNI-Stretch gills. Thread: Blue dun Rib: Fine black wire or red metallic thread. Butt: Red thread Body: Grey UNI-Flexx Other combinations of thread and UNI-Flexx can be used to match colours of chironomids coming off. I would add that the under wrap of thread will have an influence on the colour of the UNI-Flexx.
Patterns using UNI-Flexx: Last year I had considerable success using this product. It comes in various colours and its translucent and stretchable qualities make it an interesting material to work with. I used curved nymph style hooks exclusively for this material as its bulk makes it unsuitable for smaller patterns. The two patterns I had the most success with were grey over blue dun thread. One was reverse-ribbed with a red glitter thread and the other ribbed from the back with black wire. Both had a red butt.
I would add that the two originals of these two patterns took over 60 fish between them before being “retired” to an honoured spot in my fly box.
For the first one tie on gills, slip bead over, tie on thread, add rib, UNI-Flexx chosen and bind both to the hook point, if you are going to have a red butt and to a point directly above the barb if omitting the red butt. Return the thread to the head end and half-hitch. Stretch the UNI-Flexx and wind forward in touching turns relaxing the pressure as you go to build a taper. Secure with a few wraps and half hitch to prevent unraveling. Counter-wind rib, secure and whip finish a small head. Add red thread butt at this point as described previously. Apply a coat of Krazy Glue or equivalent. Do not use head cement or clear nail polish as it will cause the UNI-Flexx to break down. For the other pattern proceed as before but omit the rib. After the UNI-Flexx is tied off, tie on some
I have been experimenting with this material using silver under and spacing the UNI-Flexx to allow a rib over the silver gap. They look good to me but the fish are the ultimate judge. As I said before, you are only limited by your imagination. Try different combinations that represent samples you obtain from throat pumps, or variations of other patterns substituting this material. ____________________________
Sometimes small ones work well, too.
Looking Back: Ice Fishing in Saskatchewan, January 1967 Dave Cookson
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eing a fishing fanatic and a new Canadian, I jumped at the chance to go ice fishing. Myron and I arrived at Suffern Lake. We were alone and had the choice of four cabins. The ice was over two feet thick so we drove the Galaxie 500 onto the lake to check them out. We chose the one that had a pile of firewood outside and a still-warm woodstove inside. There was only a skin of ice where the two foot square hole had been cut with a chain saw. It took a few minutes to get sorted and fishing. Myron chummed some corn and fish appeared immediately. They were stocked rainbows put into the lake after it had been poisoned. After five years there were ‘bows up to 15 pounds being caught. The action this day was fast and furious. We would catch a fish and simply chuck it outside where it was instantly flash-frozen at -30°F. Having caught our limits we decided to call it a day but when I went outside the fish weren’t there. So we caught a couple more, put them outside, closed the cabin door for a few seconds and then opened it quickly. There were two pairs of eyes staring at us from behind a snow bank. Coyotes! As the bite had gone off we
packed up and went home agreeing to come back the next week, but armed. The following week we were back: same hut, same spot. Because the hut was windowless we had a perfect view right to the bottom that was about 15 feet down. One fish arrived and it was a big one, we figured at least 30 inches and probably 15 pounds plus. It wouldn’t bite anything – corn, shrimp, marshmallows or worms. We jiggled baits and he showed some interest, especially in the worm but he just wouldn’t take. Myron jigged his worm and the monster followed it up to the ice again and again, but no bite. Myron, the senior Physics teacher, was staring
at the ballistic data on the box of 303 cartridges. After scratching his head, he said “With a muzzle velocity of 2,770 ft/sec and 2,554 lbs-ft of energy we can shoot the bastard. I’ll tease him up and you have your muzzle six inches from the water and fire when he comes up. We should at least stun him.” So, instead of the coyotes, we were going to shoot a trout. Suffern Lake is just about round with a diameter of
approximately " mile and we were close to the middle. There was a thunderous roar when I fired and we did get a little wet initially. The water became cloudy so we couldn’t see the leviathan. Anyway, the roar continued, but away from us. Then it started to come back until it reached the hole. Suddenly we had a waterspout in the cabin that seemed to come in waves. We jumped outside where it was -40°F – not a good idea. This barely took a few seconds, and Myron said the speed of sound through water is faster than through air. Yep – a Mach 1+ shockwave and a 14” trout flopping around on the cabin floor. So, a good soaking, no fish and no coyotes. We dried ourselves off and left when the car had warmed up enough to prevent us from freezing solid. He took 20 minutes of his Physics 12 on Monday as an opportunity to share his newfound knowledge and experience. Myron went on to become the Saskatchewan Minister of Education in Allan Blakeney’s Government.
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Trolling for Truth (Q&A)
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n this section we will be posting articles that we find on the internet, fly magazines or direct links to fly fishing, environmental concerns etc. So if you have any interesting articles or links, feel free to email us at pentictonflyfishers@gmail.com. First of all, we would like to ask the members of the Penticton Flyfishers what they would like to see in this newsletter. Suggestions and member submissions are always welcome anytime. Bruce Turnbull did a great job during the past years and we would like to continue this success into the future. Our first submission is from a member who wishes to not to be mentioned, so their identity is safe due to our journalistic integrity. (‘Always wanted to say that.) Dear Trolling for Truth, My significant other is always questioning my time spent on the water fly fishing and the amount of money that I spend on my hobby. We are constantly arguing about it and I find that it is really taking a toll on my time trying to tie the thousands of flies that I need. There’s the time needed for cleaning my fishing equipment, and my truck needs repairs as does the camper. Also, the time to plan my trips and do research on the lakes and rivers I want to fish. Oh, and I also need to program my GPS unit for those trips, and then there’s the purchasing of new fly lines, fly rod, reel and the cool newest gadgets out there. Then finally I like to read the nine different fly fishing magazines I get every month. What is his problem? Really, can’t I have some time to myself? Sincerely, AM I MISSING SOMETHING????
Editor’s response: Dear AM I MISSING SOMETHING, Yes, you are missing something. A life!!
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Here is a classic video of one of our own members of the club. So sit back get some popcorn and get ready to replay it over and over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQz3XCrdDO0 Okay here’s another one to watch. Now mind you it’s flawless but you’re only as good as your last cast and it sucks to have someone with a video camera filming it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P969fB0mskc&context=C3c263b7ADOEgsToPDskLqHqrPnS5j5 HnXuAyr3Rhl Finally Todd Oishi’s Vampire leech. For those who remember Todd’s presentation last year, this leech is a proven pattern in the many lakes here in BC. So enjoy and have fun tying and using this cool pattern. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoiRh4oeefo&feature=fvst
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PENTICTON FLYFISHERS CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING February 2, 2012 CALL TO ORDER: 19:09 hrs by President Phil Rogers MINUTES: Motion to accept minutes from AGM of 03 Feb 2011 by Tom Dellamater. 2nd by George Graw - AIF TREASURER’S REPORT: !
Ken Baker reports a current balance. Motion by Ken Baker to accept the unadudited Treasurer’s Report. 2nd by Ron Flack. AIF
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Renewal form from BC Societys Act. Request for help opposing Silver, Tretheway and Shovel Creeks ROR. BCWF – Activity and Executive reportsAGM notice, Lottery notice& BCWF News.
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BCWF – Region 8 report by Tom Dellamater. Okanagan Heritage Trust Fund is still holding the balance of the Penticton Lakeside Resort monies (approx $90,000.00) from the cancelled Pen Creek Restoration project. They have recommended that the Penticton Flyfishers be the Offical Intervener on behalf of the BCWF in allocations of these funds. Region 8 has proposed that Penticton be the site of the BCWF 2014 AGM. They are also looking at Vernon. Tom Dellamater has checked prices at the Community Center and Penticton Lakeside and forwarded them to Region. Region 8 would be the host not Pentiction Flyfishers.
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Fishouts – Darke L. 26 May, Link L. 2 & 3 June; Idelback L. 16 & 17 June; Kettle R. July TBA; Granby R. TBA; Leighton L. 18 & 19 Aug (w/Ospreys) To be confirmed; Salmon L. 22 & 23 Sept.
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Membership - Tom Knight advised current membership is 58. 16 of which have not paid this year’s dues as yet.
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Dinner/Auction – 21 Apr 2012 at Elks Hall
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BCFFF – Email sent to Peter Caverhill asking for info of AGM and who is current membership dir for paying dues. Peter has advised that the date for the AGM has not been set yet, maybe in May. Ken Burgess is still membership director.
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Newsletter – Many thanks to Bruce Turnball for editing newsletter for ten years. New Editors are Kew Woodward and Nick Pace. They need you stories and photos.
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National Park – Provincial Govt has announced they have pulled their support for a national park in South Okanagan. Federal Govt have announced they are stopped any further public input into the park but have not announced that the project is over. Tom Dellamater advised that the South Okangan Indian bands were given $200,000.00 to conduct their own study which is due out in Sept.
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Fly casting at Adidas Sportsplex was very good. Thanks to Dennis and Verlie Grant of Atlantic Casting School for their expert instruction. Phil Rogers is to look into holding a new session at the end of March. Contact Savas at Troutwaters to see if they want to participate. Also contact Ruben Breitkretuz (Vernon) to see if he is interested in instructing.
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Nothing heard from MLFNRO on availability of the pond in OK Falls for Family Fish Day. Phil Rogers will check with MLFNRO on availability. Tom Dellamater advises that nothing has been done with the environmental study as yet so availability is unlikely.
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NEW BUSINESS:
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George Graw will get Jim Duncan to send out an email on next weeks fly tying class
Meeting turned over to Jon Pew for election of New Board of Directors for 2012 NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President - Ryan Winstanley
Vice President – Larry Martin
Secretary – Bob Holley
Treasurer - Ken Baker
Membership Director – Tom Knight
Past President - Phil Rogers
Newsletter Editors – Nick Pace & Ken Woodward Directors: Ron Flack, Jim Duncan, George Graw, Tom Dellamater, Jon Pew, Dean Marchand, Mike Daviduk, Ralph Jolley, Dave Cookson, Jace Dymonds, Tyler Aiko MEETING ADJOURNED AT 20:15 HRS Minutes recorded and typed by Phil Rogers
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Calendar of Events% • PFF Dinner/Auction – April 21st at
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Elks Hall in Penticton% • Free Casting Day at Sutherland Park in Kelowna, April 22nd from 10 am to 3
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pm. It’s a great way to try new rods from companies such as Sage,
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Pieroway, Echo and Winston. Trout
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anyone with questions. Also, Ruben
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823-6633 for details or if you have any questions about the day.% • Learning with the Pros Spring 2012 with Brian Chan & Phil Rowley, April
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28-29, Kelowna. Brian and Phil will be at Trout Waters on Friday, April 27, 7-
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9 pm, too. For more information see http://www.bcoutdoorsmagazine.com/s port-fishing/learning-with-the-
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pros.html% • Do you know about an upcoming
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event? Please let us know before June 1st, 2012. Send the details to pentictonflyfishers@gmail.com.
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