THE IRIDEUS - MARCH 2020
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GPFF Battle Creek Outing! June 12-14
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t is once again time to be thinking of where we’re going to fish come spring and summer, and where better than on two miles of private river in Northern California, where there is no competition for the trout and the trout are not so jaded as to ignore your fly? That place would be Josh and Elaina Genser’s property on the South Fork of Battle Creek.
Getting to the property is a four-hour drive, not including stops to eat, use the restroom and get gas. To get there requires a real fourwheel drive vehicle, because the last four miles are cross country. We have at least two vehicles with capacity for 13 people, so you can come even if you don’t own your own 4WD. There is no cell phone service, but we have running water, hot water, a shower and a flush toilet. I must warn you, though, that hiking up and down the creek can be challenging. If you have mobility issues you probably should not come. But everyone else should try it at least once. Two years ago, GPFF member Luong Tam went on this outing and he created and posted this beautiful video: https://www.dropbox. co m /s/ 9 q c s z1 k i5 t4 g l vg/ B att l e Cre ek- 3 . mov?dl=0. Tight lines!
This is also the Grizzly Peak Fly Fisher Club’s biggest fund-raiser of the year. A place on the trip costs $200. Now, that’s a lot more than any of the other GPFF trips cost, but a lot less than you’d pay to stay and fish at any other fishing resort, including the two that are on Battle Creek, the Fly Shop’s Battle Creek Ranch and Oasis Springs. The trip will be June 12-14, 2020. Sign up on the GPFF web site just as you would for any other outing, except that the
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