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“President’s Message” Chapter 8 by: Richard Higgins
2016 Board Mem-
bers
Richard Higgins: 750-9132
President
Jay Jefferson: 809-0290
V.P.
Greg Smith: 595-4406
Treasure
Dave Gambetta 970-5065
Secretary
Tracy da Silva : 229-9568
Lou da Silva: 444-2744
Mike Gilroy:(425)418-8164
Richard Wilson:758-5313
Bill Pshide: 424-3063
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Rick McCombs
(209) 267-8088
Newsletter Editor
Mike Gilroy
Web Master
Bill Pshide
424-3063
Fly Tying Chairman
FFLYLY TTIMESIMES
SALINAS VALLEY FLY FISHERS September 2016
President’s message 1
Fly of the Month 2
Monthly Program 3
Sponsors 3
Outing Schedule 3
News and Sponsor 4
Maps 5
Events 6
Inside this issue:
“Time to Step Up” If you missed the August general meeting, you missed a fantastic presentation on surf, fly fishing, by Mark Won and Richard Gilliam. They did an outstanding job covering how to read the cur-rents, swells, tides, marine life and birds, to determine possible feed-ing and holding areas for fish. Mark and Richard fish the Mon-terey Bay waters frequently as well as the surf all the way from Big Sur to Marin County. They shared in-formation on fly line types, leaders, tippets and how to set them up, also: types of rod/reels that have proven the ability to withstand the surf and a variety of flies . You can check out more information on Marks web site at: www.surf-perch.net or watch their video clips on YouTube by searching “Fly Fishing Monterey Bay”. Mark and Richard have agreed to work with the club on an outing to do a hands on surf fly fishing session. Stay tuned for a date and more de-tails. Once again thanks to Mark
and Richard for the excellent pres-entation. Rod building class went off without a hitch. On the first night, Jay showed us his techniques for locating the rod spline, and handle and reel seat placement. We spent a good two-hours on the handles and reel seats and we were able to let the glue set over night. The next morning he went over guide measurements, proper guide wrap-ping and epoxy application. We spent the next six hours wrapping the guides, taking them off and re-wrapping them. At the end of the day we decided to finish our rods at home. I spent an additional four hours adding a multi-color dia-mond wrap on the butt section and another hour applying epoxy over the wraps and then used a flame to get rid of the air bubbles. I am glad I built my own rod wrapping station with power rod turner. (thanks YouTube) I think the rod came out pretty nice for my first time. We will be displaying our pro-jects at the next (continued on page 2)
Eagle Lake Recovery
This month, TU Field Director, Dave Lass, will report on the recent decision to
list the Eagle Lake Trout as an endangered species and the recovery plans for
Eagle Lake. In addition to an informative presentation, come join in for planning
for the Merced River outing, good food, friends and a great raffle.
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Dr. Bill’s Fly of the Month
Recipe Foam Hopper
(prez. message cont.) meeting so don’t laugh too hard. As Greg Smith says, “becoming a fly fishing purist, tying your own flies and building your own rods, Hell, I just have to learn how to catch more fish”….. We managed to get the door open to the conference room this month for fly tying class. Bill went over the steps on tying the foam back humpy. One with a foam wing and the other with crystal flash wings. Tricks of fly tying that completely changed the whole fly. Next month he will be tying the foam grasshopper. Stop by if you can. The guest speaker for September will be Dave Lass. Dave is a T.U. Biologist and will be talk-ing about the recovery efforts for Eagle Lake. Be prepared to ask questions about Eagle lake or and other body of water that you’re interested in. September’s outing is scheduled for Sept 16-18th. The guys will be fishing the Merced River. Give Jay a call for more details. The board needs your help. It’s time to step up and help your club out. We have two posi-tions to fill next year. The Treasure and Raffle Chairmen. This is a two-year term, so let us know if you are interested. I would like to welcome our newest member, Eric Bailey. If you make it to the next meeting, be sure to introduce yourself and say hello. Welcome aboard Eric! That’s all for now, so keep your rod tips up and your lines tight! Richard
Hook: TMC 5263 size 6-12-
Thread: White or tan 6/0
Body: White and tan foam
Over Wing: Orange foam
Front leg pair: Round rubber legs
Back Legs: Knotted rubber
Eye: Magic marker :”dot”
Fishing Report from Hennan Lake
On Thursday September 8th. Rick McCombs and Sutter Creek’s Tim Murphy headed over Carson Pass to Do
a little fishing at Heenan Lake and Indian Creek Reservoir. Heenan was in good shape. No algae bloom and
the water was very clear. Weeds along the bank didn’t present a problem and seemed to hold fish. Observed
lots of fish feeding on the surface, some were feeding on floating snail and other on blood midge adults. The
parking lot was full and most anglers seemed to be catching fish. We caught 4 fish. The biggest was 27 inches.
The flies that seemed to be catching fish included: the Prince Nymph, Copper John, and the Olive Wooley
Bugger. Indian Creek was also in good shape with average water level. Fishing was on the slow side, DFG has
apparently been planting Cutthoats instead of Rainbow in the last two years and the reports reflect much
slower fishing then in past 2 years, We got just a few grabs and managed to land a couple fish, one rainbow
around 12 inches and a 16 inch Cutthroat. Contact Rick if you’re planning to go to Heenan Lake.
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Salinas Valley Fly Fishers**2016 Outing, Events and Programs
Wednesday
Sept 12th.
General
Meeting
Landing Zone
Restaurant
Dave Lass
Trout Unlimited
Richard
Higgins
750-9132
Sept. 16-18th. Club Outing Merced River Trout Jay Jefferson 809-0290
Wednesday
Sept 21st.
Fly Tying Airport
Board Room
Foam Grass
Hopper
Bill Pshide 424-3063
Wednesday
Sept 28th.
Board meeting Landing Zone
Restaurant
All members
welcome
Richard
Higgins
750-9132
Oct 12th. General
Meeting
Landing Zone
Restaurant
California
Fly Shop
Richard
Higgins
750-9132
Oct. 19th. Fly Tying Airport
Board Room
TBD Bill Pshide 424-3063
Oct. 21-23 Club Outing Lower
Sacramento
Trout TBD
Nov 11-13th. Club Outing Kings River Trout TBD
Upcoming Events
A Note From ed.
Despite Club Secretary, Dave Gambetta’s assertion that I have been elected as lifetime Newsletter Editor, It
seems that after near abouts 20 years of boring the socks off you folks, it must be time for a change. Since
moving to Sutter Creek, I’ve not been able to attend meeting and I think that the club would be better served
by someone who is more actively involved. I would like one of the newer members to step up and take over
the reins. But, what the hell, one of you old guys could probably do it to. Qualification include: a 5th grade
vocabulary, slight knowledge of fishing terminology and techniques, descent sense of humor, irreverence for
tradition and social norms and a healthy lack of sensitivity to criticism. Pussies need not apply. If you think
you that you might have what it take to write trash and dribble contact Rick (ed) @ (209) 267-8088..or just
respond to the e-mail when you get this newsletter. I mean, really, what do you have to lose?
Heenan Lake Egg Collecting Station—History
The Heenan Lake station is at about 7,000 ft elevation in the Sierra Nevada range. The egg collection station was
opened in April 1939 on an experimental basis to collect Lahontan Cutthroat Trout eggs. This first year's take was
added to that collected at the regular station at upper Blue Lake. In 1940, a small tenthouse was constructed for the
station operator, and about 700,000 eggs were collected between April 17 and May 12.
The station was closed in 1943 because of World War II manpower shortages. Operations were resumed after the war
ended. The station is operated only during April and May and currently produces from 750,000 to 1,000,000 cutthroat
trout eggs each year. The Nevada Fish and Game Commission also procures eggs here.
Don’t forget your Birthday Month… Get 12 free raffle tickets...But, bring your I.D…..
Special thanks to James and Helen at the Landing Zone Restaurant for support of the Salinas Valley Fly Fishers. We are sad to see then leave and
wish then the very best in the future
Welcome New Member:
Eric Bailey to the Salinas Valley Fly
Fishers
From the Board Room
1. At last month’s board meeting Secretary Dave put on an amazing 30 minute Power Point presentation of
his 5 minute secretary’s report ( a fact: most secretaries are girls)
2. Treasure’s report: Greg Smith reports that the club has enough money to triple the Newsletter Editors sal-
ary Greg made a motion to do so, but it died for lack of a second.
3. Mike is still locked out of the web site..What give? I think there is a conspiracy.. Dave look in to it!
4. Paul Dobin won the fly box and needs to add 6 new flies to the box. Paul, Paul...Paul, did you hear that..
Paul turn up your hearing aid
5. Dave sent the minutes to Editor Rick so fast that a sonic boom was heard over Pinto Lake.
Salinas Valley Fly Fishers
P.O Box 1793
Salinas, CA 93902
Editor: Rick McCombs
Email: [email protected]
"All You Need to Know"
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Merced Outing
September 16-18th.
Indian Flats RV park
Next General Meeting
Sept 14th.
@
the Landing Zone
Fly Tying Wednesday September 21st.
Board room @ the Airport
Non-tyers always welcome
Board of Directors
Meeting @ 6:00 pm
Landing Zone
September28th.