NEWS, NOTES & RANDOM CASTS

FLY TYING GATHERING September 4th 6:30pm-ish Join other fly tiers at 1062 Park Hills road in Berkeley, CA. RSVP at (510) 548-7894.

SOLANO STROLL September 8th 10am-4pm Solano Ave, Albany/Berkeley, CA It’s that time of the year again for our BIGGEST opportunity to recruit new members! Stop by our booth, talk with our club’s volunteer ambassadors: Gary Bard, Linda Friedman, Dave Garfin, Scott Harrison, Kirston Koths, Eric Larson, Mark Likos and Gary Template. Our booth is will be at the corner of Carmel and Solano, prominently displaying our banner and our message of Conservation (TIC information and our participation in creek/ stream restoration), Education (information on learning to fly fish, tie flies, knot tying and more) and Fellowship (through fly fishing outing, conservation activities and meeting new friends through our educational programs). We stage this event just ahead of our Open House where we put our best foot forward to show all the great benefits of joining our club. It’s an all-day event (10am to 4pm) September 8th, 2019. Please be sure to send Mark Likos an email (mlikos@comcast. net ) to sign up, or sign up at our next club meeting. We need our club members to give out information and answer questions in the area of Conservation, Fly tying, Fly fishing and to promote and discuss club outings. PLEASE signup, both men and women are needed to reflect what our diverse club has to offer!

SEPTEmBER CLuBmEETING & OPEN HOuSE September 10th 6:30pm-9pm Arlington Community Church Kensington, CA The Open House will highlight ALL that the club offers with FREE Hot Dogs & Soda for all attendees. Thanks to a generous discount from Fish First the club is able to award a Fly Rig to the lucky winner of the new member drawing. Once again, the Club thanks Fish First for its ongoing support.

Golden Gate Trout unlimited Annual First Cast Day September 15, 8:30am-1pm marin Civic Center Lagoon Young people ages 10-18, will learn about casting, equipment, knots, and conservation. For more details and to register go to: https://www.youthflyfishers.org/calendar-

Bay Area Youth Fly Fishing September 22 Oakland Casting Ponds, mcCrea Park mOuNTAIN HARDWARE/COLumBIA mEmBERS OPEN OuTLET SALE Date TBD 1410 Harbour Way S. #1010 Richmond, CA

As a part of encouraging new young faces to get into the sport of fly fishing, we will be teaching young people ages 9-12 the basics of fly casting and fly fishing at the Oakland Casting Ponds at McCrea Park, Carson Avenue at Elinora Ave. We need volunteers at the event to promote GPFF to attendees and guests participating in the casting clinic.

Contact Gary Bard at ncaflyfisher@gmail.com or by phone at (510) 301-2005, for more details about the event and to volunteer for this great cause.

YuBA FEST, October 12 Sycamore Ranch County Park Browns Valley, CA Clay Hash, the chairman of the Yuba Fest 2019 Organizational committee welcomes you all to attend Yuba Fest 2019. Yuba Fest 2019 is cohosted by Fly Fishers Internation, Northern California Council, Gold Country Fly Fishers as well as Fly Fishing Traditions. The event will be held at Sycamore Ranch County Park located in beautiful Browns Valley. Here you will learn about current conservation projects on the Lower Yuba, hone in your casting skills, tie flies and learn about the entomology of this river. You will have a chance to connect with local conservation groups, your fellow anglers and with educators who can give you that upper edge you need to fish this river. For more information, see flyer at the end of the News, Notes & Random Casts. Members! Keep your eyes and ears on these dates as the Mountain Hardware and Columbia Employee Store will once again open its doors to us to take advantage of its very generous employee discount. This is a great opportunity to do some christmas shopping for family and friends who love being in the outdoors as much as you do. We will send you an email notification once more details are available.

Trout in the Classroom Coaching Opportunities This is the time to become a Trout in the Classroom Coach. Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is GPFF’s main educational/charity function. The aim of TIC is to create the next generation of river stewards from among elementary and middle school students. Teachers are very enthusiastic about our TIC program and there is a waiting list of teachers to join. What keeps us from taking on more classrooms than we have (about 27) is a lack of GPFF volunteer coaches. Our coaches are the facilitators who spend 6-16 hours spread over the 12-16 weeks the program runs to bring the tanks and eggs to classrooms and to assist teachers as requested. I invite you to become a coach. It will be good for kids, teachers, and the club, and good for you as well. To answer your questions or to volunteer feel free to contact me, David Garfin, at degarfin@sonic.net