Short Casts February 2020

CHICO AREA FLYFISHERS

Next meeting: February 12th 6:30 Fly tying 7:30 at Califorina Park Pavillion

Our Wed, Feb 12th, 2020 Speaker is Dirty Mike from Montana!!!Please tell your friends, this is a once in a life time experience; he is flying into Sacramento Just to talk to our club!!! His bio is attached here in the news letter.Our Crab dinner is coming up, “FRIDAY” March 6th: RESERVATIONS at a discount will be ending Jan 31st. And, by purchasing your reservations by Jan 31st, you will, also be put into a special $540.00 raffle prize drawing.The dinner will have live music: country western music guitarist and singer Gene Kelly!!! He will be playing and singing from 4:30 pm - 6pm.We have some GREAT gifts coming in: two pontoon boats!! outdoor umbrella’s; flies in nice boxes; rods and reels; guide trips; duck hunt; and a lot more. Though, your donation is still appreciated! I look forward to seeing you there at the Crab/Shrimp Annual Fundraiser Dinner, oh did I mention Tortellini? We

always have tortellini for those allergic to shell fish or just prefer tortellini. Thank you for helping by gaining donations; by helping set up Friday the morning of the event or helping to encourage your neighbors to come to this worthwhile event!!Project Healing Waters, will be starting rod building in Feb at the Vet Center on Rio Lindo. We’re all very excited about that, including me. Already I feel the knowledge I’m gaining from the rod building portion: but, there will still be those working out at the Rod and Gun Club for the “new” PHWFF group that may come for their first time. They will be working on fly tying, etc. Thus, we’ll be having two locations and teams working at the same time. Thanks to all the volunteers from the club that are making this possible!!!!!!We just gave a substantial check to Almanor Fishing Association: they have 50,000 trout going into the pens; 22,000 browns from the Chester High School (4-6 inches) going into the 2 new cages that are coming, at a cost of $25,000 including delivery, from Susanville.We still support Salmon In The Classroom; Casting For Recovery; Hooked on Fishing and PHWFF, Project Healing Waters Fly fishing, (Disabled American Veterans) our newest program.I hear fishing at Baum has picked up; but, be careful!!! I just heard of a potentially serious accident that occurred when a gentleman stood up in his boat to??? and the boat tipped over. He had hundreds and hundreds of flies; numerous rods and other gear went floating away. They were able to save the man...but, he wasn’t able to swim and between all the boats and people helping they did get him to shore and into a warm truck...Be aware, this isn’t the time “you” want to go swimming....Please check out the fly fishing trips listed in this news letter and call the person in charge of that trip for questions...Thank you!!!Please feel free to vote for Awards to the person “you” feel deserves a special recognition as well, classifications attached.

Respectfully, Pat Sleeper President, CAF

The Presidents Line By

Lincoln GrayThis month saw a return to the beautiful fall colors, cold mornings and steelhead fishing, trout fishing on local streams and lakes. Please do remember that this time of year is a exceptional time of year for fishing all your local waters. Feather River, LowerSacramento River, Butte Creek, Big Chico Creek, De Sabla Reservoir and many others and it is also the time of year that BaumLake really gets going. This year the dinner date is March 6th, mark your calendars early. If any of you would like to be involved in the dinner committee please drop me an email and I will get you on the list. (lincoln@tie-fast.com) Our first dinner committee meeting will be on December 4th at 5:30pm at Don & Pat Sleeper’s house. Do not forget that the general meeting in December is the Anchovy Feed at Round Table Pizza. That is Thursday night the 11th. Also, if you get your reservations forthe dinner in before the end of the year, you will be eligible for the Early Bird raffle.Like always, I hope all of you have a greatHoliday Season.

I look forward to seeing ALL of you at the Anchovy Feed.

short casts December 2008

General Meeting: Annual Anchovy feed at the Round Table Pizza in the Almond

Orchard Shopping Mall Starts @ 6:30 pmCome Hungry, see you there!

SECRETARIES SECRETS By

Pat Sleeper

Meeting called to order: Lincoln Gray, President; @ Don and

Pat Sleeper’s home – 5:30.

Attending: Joe Garza, Eric See, Dennis Boyd,Gonzo Gonzales, Don Sleeper, Pat Sleeper, Lincoln Gray, Scott Joyce & Scott Hood. Minutes of Sept, 2008 M/S/P Dennis/Eric.

M/S/P Joe/Pat Meetings will now be held on first and second Thursdays – General meeting being second Thursday of eachmonth starting with the Anchovy feed inDec.

Hack Vance is now in charge of fly-tying swap. Gonzo will now be in charge of the library and

to purchase DVD’s, etc. The annual dinner to be held March 6th this year

at the Masonic Temple and Frank Spitari catering as usual…yum!

Eric reported on the Big Chico Creek fishout for Nov. 16th, Sun. Jeff Mott hosting.

December advisory meeting will focus mainlyon the March 6th Dinner planning @ Don and Pat’s anyone wishing to help iswelcome.

Special thanks to Rickey Mitchell for comingand speaking at our General Meeting on the diverse opportunities that come from combining the two arts of fly fishing and kayaking.

Pat Sleeper

Our youth program is in need of prizes for the Annual Dinner on March 6, 2009. Flies, hats, leaders, tippets, rods reels, chest packs, tools, tying kits, $, take a child and parent on a fishout, teach a fly tying class. Anything that can be donated will be greatly appreciated. Please contact Joe Garza at (530) 897-0978 if you are able to make a donation or if youknow someone that can help with a donation. Thanks.

be updated and maintained along with our newsletter. There will no longer be a contact person for this project. Dinner: Remember This years Dinner is March 6th, A FRIDAY. That is a change in time for this year. Doors open at 4:30 PM. There will be live music. Grand Prize is a pontoon boat. We have voted for tickets to be 5$ apiece with various in-centives to buy more. Also there is a second pontoon boat (this one is used but in excellent shape); will be auc-tioned for to help support Healing Waters Activi-ties Lionel Valley: gave a report for donations for the dinner, pre-ceding along. There will be again available a 2-day Weekend Duck Hunting Event Trip available. This is for up to 6 people, 2 Blinds, Big House accommodations Food has been ordered: Crab and shrimp as if anybody didn’t already know. Planning about 25 Rods for the dinner Staff for Check-in table confirmed Decorations reviewed, and we always need support staff to set up for the Dinner on Fri-day. Contact any Board Member. Fish pictures: Will be on display as per usual. Please send new and interesting ones to Er-ic See; this includes any video clips. STARS: Will provide security. Adjourned 8:19 PM David McKinney Sec. CAF Award Committee Convened at 8:20 PMDavid, Pat S, Tom, Pat H, Terry, Eric, Peter Categories were reviewed and approved Awards nominations reviewed Awards voted (Find out at the dinner) Adjourned at 8:35 PM David McKinney Sec. CAF

CAF Minutes01/22/2020Called to Order 6:21 PM by Pat Sleeper, PresidentFebruary Meeting is being held early to start Dinner planning and to approve awards presentation.In attendance. Pat Sleeper, Terry Mich, Eric See, Don Sleeper, Pat Hallin, Tom Rosenow, David McKinney, Larry Willis, Peter Wiik, LionelValley Secretary Report; David McKinney. Minutes Published inNewsletter. Accepted as published Moved, Seconded. Passed. Trea-sures Report. Don Sleeper Accepted. Moved, Seconded. Passed Currently purchasing items for the Dinner meeting. Accounts otherwise stable Vice President’s Report Upcoming meetings without any changes, published in the newsletter. Montana guide, Mike Elliot; Madison River; tying flies as well. Elden will pick-up, transport for our speaker. Action Item: Vote to approve Eldens gas and meal expense for the speaker. Outreach. Outreach co-chair, Pat Hallin working on donor list for the dinner. Project Healing Waters. Pete Wiik Meet-ings are proceeding, we have good support, but additional helpers are always useful. We will be meeting with their representative in April to go over some new aspects of the program—-More to come. Eric See reported to Peter several sites that are being investigated for Healing Water Fishout Outing(s). Web Page Has been updated Scott will now

Mike Elliott aka Dirty Mike Discover Montana Outfitting’s owner and operator, Mike Elliott, is com-monly known around the Madison Valley as “Dirty Mike.” Mike has been a licensed Montana guide for over a decade, and passed his outfitter exam in 2017 (Montana Outfitter #30309).His passion for fly fishing started long before he turned it into a career. He spent his childhood tying flies and exploring Northwest Montana on his pedal bike, fishing pole in hand. He graduated from Polson High School, and found his way to the Bear tooth Wilderness and Yellowstone National Park guiding back country hunting and fishing trips.He moved to Ennis in 2011, and has spent every year since learning the ins and outs of the Madison River, as well as the other waterways Southwest Montana offers.In the fall season, Mike is busy operating his hunting outfitting camp. After the last clients leave for the season he hunts everything from big game to birds. By hosting fly fishing trips to South America, he is able to warm back up in winter. He also does ranch work in the winter and spring, spending his days with cows, calves and his horses.

CAF Dinner Awards: *2020 The Chico Area Flyfishers Club presents awards to members who have distinguished themselves during the year, at the annual The Hall of Fame Award: This award is presented to the member who has distinguished him or herself through significant accom-plishments in promoting the sport of fly fishing. Past winners:1990 Walton Powell & Gene Mercer; 1991 Denton Hill; 1992 Earline Powell; 1993 Tom Peppas; 1994 Chuck DeJournette; 1995 Dr. Charles Beach; 1996 Ray Narbaitz; 1997 Press Powell; 1998 Jim Gaumer; 1999 Herm Sterner; 2000 Milt Jensen; 2001 Wayne Syn; 2002 Mark Adams; 2003 Ed Bruno; 2004 Randy McKean. 2005-06 no/award 2007 Dick Murrell; 2008 Ed Bruno; 2009 Eric See; Lincoln Gray 2010; Pat Sleeper 2011; Larry Willis 2012; Redge Hawkley 2013; 2014 Lance Gray; 2015 Don Sleeper; 2016 Lionel Valley; 2017 Steve Bohnemeyer; 2018 Terry Mich; 2019 Dave McKinney The Saber Tooth Award: This award is presented to the member who has worked over the years to promote our sport through participation in club activities. Past winners: 1993 Rex Thompson; 1995 Lee Dickey; 1995 Randy McKean; 1995 Jan Lang; 1996 Bob Smith; 1997 Bert Robinson; 1998 Ron Leger; 1999 Roger Bevers; 2000 Denny Toddhunter; 2001 Marv Turner; 2002 Lionel Valley; 2003 Paul Hendricks; 2004 Mark Adams; 2005 none; 2006 Dana Miller; 2007 Val Bowlby; 2008 Don Sleeper; 2009 Dennis Boyd; 2010 Pat Sleeper; 2011 Terry Mich; 2012 Eric See; 2013 Larry Willis 2014; Frank Spiteri; 2015 NONE; 2016 Tom Rosenow; 2017 Elden Hinkle; 2018 Lincoln Gray; 2019 Keith KellyThe Youth Hall of Fame Award: The Youth Hall of Fame was a direct response to the many hours of dedication and interest that Denton Hill gave to the Youth Group, which was stated in 1986. Denton donated time, fly tying experience and rod building skills to the classes at the meetings for the children. Recipients of the award can be club members, for support of the youth group, or youth group members themselves who have contributed to their fellow youth member’s. Past winners: 1998 Denton Hill; 1999 Roger Bevers; 2000 Tom Peppas; 2009 Joe Garza; Christopher Hubbard 2010; 2017 Kayla KelloggThe Press Powell Lifetime Achievement Award: The newest award to be given out by Chico Area Flyfishers beginning in 2006. This award is a local community award given out based on the person having a major effect and contribution to fly fishing Industry; as example Press is the ideal standard for this award, since he has given so much of himself in the form of education, technology, develop-ment of equipment distribution and promotion of his love for the sport. Past winners: 2006 Ray Narbaitz; 2007 Ron Lewis; 2008 Randy McKean; 2009 Jim Clarkson; 2010 Lance Gray; 2011 Tim Fox; 2012 Allen Clemons; 2013 Lincoln Gray; 2014 Larry Bould; 2015 Mac Nobal; 2016 Eric See; 2017 Bob Baiocchi; 2018 Toby Uppinghouse; 2019 Wayne Syn.Walt Kobler Memorial Award aka The Golden Zipper Award: This is the oldest award! Traditionally it was given to the person who “screwed up” the most on the opening day fishout. As the story goes…Walt Kobler fell in Hat Creek on opening day. That night while sitting around the campfire having some liquid refreshments he laid his wet Levi’s near the fire to dry out. The next morning all that was left of the Levi’s was the “zipper”. Hence, the name! The award is presented to the lucky member by the previous year’s recipient. He/she forms a team of three to search out the deserving individual. Past winners: 1985 Charlie Beach; 1986 Ron Leger; 1987 Bert Robinson; 1988 Dick Murrill; 1989 Rex Thompson; 1990 Mike & Scott McEnepsy; 1991 Ray Narbaitz; 1992 Jere Lang; 1993 Al Coulon; 1994 Dave Raven; 1995 Bob Smith; 1996 Pat Corbett; 1999 Mark Adams; 2000 Paul Hendricks; 2001 Redge Hawkley; 2002 Ed Bruno; 2003 Steve Bohnemeyer; 2004 Dick Murrill; 2005 -07 none; 2008 Joe Garza; 2009 Frank Spiteri; 2010 Don Sleeper; 2011 Scott Hood; 2012 Scott Joyce; 2013 Joe Kelley; Remembrance award to Walt’s son 2014; Mac Nobal 2015; 2016 Terry Mich; 2017 Frank Spiteri; 2018 Dan Reese

Standing Award Committee: Chairman, Terry Mich.Terry Mich, Larry Willis, Pat Hallin, Dave McKinney, Pete Wiik, Pat Sleeper

The committee reviews all nominations entered by the members of the Chico Area Fly Fishers Club; and, selects the recipients for the awards and reveals the winners at the Annual Dinner.

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Fishing in the Beautiful Month of January

Well, it is now the new year and a new season of fishing, by the way, do not just run out of the house without buying a new license, as I almost did. Fishing in January usually con-sists a fisherman using a variety of highly specialized tech-niques to catch a cold. A few of us, the ones who view this as an extreme sport, like to flirt with hypothermia, trench foot, and frost bite as well. There is something very special in my mind about fishing in conditions so cold that it would scare

off most people, standing in a freezing river, hoping for an occasional fish. Some of this may be my general philosophy about steelhead fishing; You know, less is more. As fate would have it, I was downtown at the outdoors store retuning some things when I happened upon a conver-sation between a young man and the store clerk about winter fishing. It seems this pleasant fellow was off for his first steel-head adventure and was seeking advise on footwear. He had already bought the usual things, boots, insulated waders, but was concerned that his feet would still be cold. The clerk was

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CAF General Meeting Speaker List 2020 CAF meets 9 months out of the year; and, presents a variety of exciting fly fishing-related programs throughout the year. The meet¬ings also include monthly fly tying demonstrations, raffle prizes, refreshments, and the very best stories about Northern California Fly fishing. Meetings are being held on the second Wednesday of the month at “The California Park Pavilion”. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting and hearing “your” fishing stories! Fly tying is at 6:30 p.m.; general meeting @ 7:30 p.m. Location: California Park Pavilion: 2565 California Park Drive Chico.

Date Speaker ProgramWed, Feb. 12 Montana guide, Mike Elliot; Madison River; tying flies as well.

Friday, March 6 CAF Crab Fundraiser Dinner; Masonic Lodge; 4:30 doors open

Chico Area Flyfisher’s Fishout Schedule 2019 Future outings that Chico Area Flyfisher’s provide to its Membership: These Club Fish-outs are designed to give fly fishers the best opportunity to catch fish and enjoy the outdoors. Our Club has many accomplished anglers who are willing to share their skills with others and you are only limited by willingness to become involved. From selecting promising locations and time, to helping those mem-bers new to the sport, we try to make these trips fun, exciting and successful. Elden Hinkle and Tom Rosenow are our fish-out leaders. If you have one of those favorite spots that you don’t mind sharing with others and would like to lead our fellow CAF members for a day of fishing, and fellowship contact Elden Hinkle ehinkle@aaproduction.com or Tom Rosenow trosenow.chico@gmail.comThis schedule may change depending on the fish bite or weather conditions. Date Location Fishout Leader

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March 6 Crab/Shrimp Annual Fundraiser dinner @ Masonic Lodge Contact: Pat or Don Sleeper 530-345-1197 March 14-15 Pyramid Lake, Club fishout; Elden: ehinkle@aaproduction.com Club sponsored: Sat night spaghetti dinner by Sleepers: weather permitting

April 29th Trout opener: Tom Rosemow: trosenow.chico@gmail.com

May 9-16, 2020 Rooster fishing: Sea of Cortez...... Prime time!! Openings Contact: Pat & Don: www.patsflyfishing.com; 530-345-1197

May 16-17 Wild horse Reservoir Elden: ehinkle@aaproduction.com

May 27-? Crane Prairie Lake, Oregon: Rock Creek campground psleeper@sbcglobal.net

June 20,2020 Lake Almanor “Hex hatch” @ Frank Spitari’s in Almanor RSVP: BBQ lunch included. Elden: ehinkle@aaproduction.com

Aug 29 - Sep 5 Dorado fishing: La Ventana, Mexico (3 seperate weeks available)

Sep 5 - 12 Exciting 7 nights/6 dys fishing, meals, shuttle svc.

Sep 12 - 19 Double occupancy; w/group. Information:

Sep 19 - 26?? Don & Pat; 345-1197; www.patsflyfishing.com

Nov TBD Big Chico Creek, Ecological Reserve;

Dec TBA, 2019 Baum Lake Elden: ehinkle@aaproduction.com

Bass fishing Lake Picachos Jan 8-13, 2020: By Pat & Don Our group of 12, had a wonderful time; and, we’re all talking about the next trip Jan 2021 to Lake Picachos owned by Angler’s Inn, Mexico.The weather was cloudy most of the time though the temperature ranged in the low 80’s. Fishing this lake is quite fun as the water has a tea like color in most areas due to the abundance of foliage around the lake sides; though there are sandy beaches, as well, where you can drag your fly into the water from and, catch quite frequently a nice bass with a clouser, popper or minnow imitation; Hitting some of the surrounding foliage, this time, seamed to be a favorite of mine; and then…most days, it would fall into the water with a bit of “mild” finesse; and, ohhhh….snag! I believe this and taking into consider-ation the lake was full, with water going over the dam, gave us more fishing locations allowing its maze of islands we daily fished around, exist. Our group of Fly fishermen and women who caught and released over 2000 Black Bass in 4 days of fishing had our arms and backs a bit sore; and all this with only one broken fly rod. The fish ranged between 1 lb and 7 lbs. We used poppers, small minnow patterns and clousers. Don & Pat did a lot of popper dropper fishing and caught a great deal of doubles: our first day had 7 to the boat. The majority of our fish were caught on the surface using poppers. Angler’s Inn International owned by Billy Chapman “always” pro-vides the most outstanding service of any lodge we have ever fished out of!!! Next year we’ll be back again with outfitter: https://patsflyfishing.com

Cook, Giovani

Fred Richelieu

Lionel ValleyDon Sleeper catching two at a time.

Group at our meals

Fly of the Month, February, 2020The Found LinkBlue Wing Olive is the generic name for the Mayfly more cor-rectly known as a Baetis. In fly fishing books you will see both terms as well as the shortened BWO used, but they all mean the same thing. It’s a small, more or less olive colored, Mayfly. The heaviest hatches of BWO’s occur from late fall, through the winter and early spring. The best condition for getting into a hatch is an overcast chilly day. In fact, a light snow storm will often bring them out in big numbers. While usually associ-ated with moving water, there are times when their imitations will work in a lake. An obvious example is Baum Lake with its moving current. However, a couple of years ago, I had run out of WD40’s on Manzanita lake, The closest I could come was the Olive, and they took it without hesitation.Over the years, there have been several postings in the FOTM featuring different stages of this bug. Among them are the WD40 in November of 2012 and Higa’s SOS in April of 2015. That’s what caught my eye when I saw the video on the Evil Olive. The video was done by Tim Flagler. Again, if you aren’t familiar with him, correct that oversight as soon as possible. In my opinion, he puts out some of the clearest, most succinct tying videos available today. Putting his name in the search box of You Tube will keep you occupied for some time. In the video, Flagler points out he likes the fly because it is a composite of two of his favorite flies, the above mentioned SOS and WD40. He also states he isn’t sure if it is really a BWO imitation, or just a good attractor pattern. My experience on Manzanita might suggest it’s both.Hook: Scud type hook like a TMC 2488 16 & 18. The hook has a 2X short shank, so it’s smaller than the number indicates.Bead: Black 5/64 or 2mm.Thread: 8/0 Ultra in Light Olive Rib: Gold wire, size smallTail and Wing Case: Wood Duck flank or Mallard Flank, dyed Wood DuckAbdomen: Tying threadThorax: SLF dubbing in Olive, or similarLegs: 2 strands of Pearl Krystal FlashBubble: UV Resin

1. Debarb the hook, thread on the bead and place the hook in the vise.

2. Start your thread right behind the bead and take a few wraps down the shank, then cut off the excess tag.

3. Tie in your ribbing wire by placing the end inside the bead, and then wrap it down, with touching wraps, all the way to a point well down the bend of the hook. Allow the thread torque to take the wire to the side of the hook away from you.

4. Pull a good sized clump of the Wood Duck or Mallard, trying to keep the tips as even as possible. Tie it in where you ended tying down the wire with a couple of fairly loose wraps. It’s easier if you tie it down much longer than you are going to need and then pull the clump forward until the tail is about a hook gap long.

5. Wrap the material, again with touching wraps, all the way to the bead, keeping the feathers on the top of the hook. Leave them sticking out over the bead.

6. Wrap your thread all the way back to the tie in point of the tail, and then wrap up and back forming a slight taper toward the head. If using Ultra Thread or UTC, wrap it back to the tail, and spin it counter clockwise. This will flatten it out, and as you wrap back up to the bead, give you a nice, smooth body.

7. Spiral wrap the wire up to the bead. Tie it off and helicopter it so it breaks off.

8. Now wrap your thread back so it hangs just a bit behind the hook point.

9. Pull the tail material back to that point and tie it down, keeping it on top of the hook. Wrap your thread back and forth a couple of times to give you a smooth base.

10. While Flagler calls for Olive SLF dubbing, I didn’t have any, and didn’t want to track some down to buy it. I used Olive Ice Dub, and so far, the fish don’t seem to have penalized me for doing so. Dub a very slim noodle on your thread, and wrap in the Thorax.

11. Take two strands of the Krystal Flash and tie them in right behind the bead. Use a couple of figure eight wraps to hold them down. You should then be able to manipulate them a bit to pull them to the sides of the hook. Use a couple of thread wraps to hold them there.

12. Pull the wing case feathers back to the bead and tie them down. Cut off the excess and then whip finish your thread and cut it off.

13. Pull the Krystal Flash back and using the back of the hook as a guide, cut them off there.

14. Place a good drop of the UV Resin over the Wing Case. Use your Bodkin to spread it around a bit so it covers all the feathers. Make sure it goes over the front so it is also on the bead.

15. Cure the Resin and the fly is done.

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