Next Meeting Oct. 2, 7:00 2 Flatland Fly Fish- Women’S Fly Fishing Clinic Casting Activities for Fall Banquet
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Wichita, Kansas www.flatlandflyfishers.org V o l u m e 13 Issue 10 Presidents Line October, 2008 The last couple of meetings INSIDE THIS ISSUE I have been approached by Women’s Clinic new members who expressed Casting Games their appreciation for all the October Meeting information that the club has taught them and how much they Photography have enjoyed being a part of Page 2 our organization. At times over ___________________ the last couple of years I have Fall Banquet thought whether we were doing Stuart with a nice Striper Page 3 enough for them, making them feel welcome and if they were ____________________ learning. All whom I had talked to assured me that they were learning, and Park Cliff Cabins did feel a part of our organization. The difficult part of an organization such as Page 4 ours is trying to incorporate programs that involve all levels of understanding. ____________________ We have to make them interesting to the advanced and intermediate fly fishers Roaring River Fishing but not overwhelming to those new to the sport. I am a firm believer that you Page 5 take away what you put into something, so if you really want to learn you will apply your self taking the time to read and investigate anything that you don’t ____________________ understand. Our club is a great resource with a wealth of information, for Slough Creek Work Day someone in the club has probably done it or experienced it. We are a diverse Page 6 organization and you should not feel intimidated by anyone because we were ____________________ all novices at one time, ask questions from others to gain information on types Winter Program of flies, locations, or techniques. You never stop learning in this sport and Page 7 you never will. ___________________ One thing that I will do is to urge new members to give back to the club by Club News writing an article for the newsletter or run for a position on the board. Please Page 8 share your experiences thru an article or run for an officer position. You need only a desire to share your ideas and opinions. See you soon. Election of Officers Stuart at November meeting Get your Newsletter in Color Anyone who would like to share pictures or articles for the http://www.flatlandflyfishers.org/ Newsletter should contact the editors at: [email protected] Next Meeting Oct. 2, 7:00 2 Flatland Fly Fish- Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic Casting Activities for Fall Banquet The casting games for this year will be held in the same area as last year. We will begin at 12:00 noon. · Learn to tye flies and how to fish them. There will be a golf course, accuracy challenge, and · Learn to cast a fly rod. several distance challenges, to make things interesting. · Fish for trout at Slough Creek in The golf course will consist of four holes and will be our Sedgwick County Park with a guide. first activity. Two person teams will be determined by · Complementary 1 year club membership. drawing after qualifying casts have been recorded. The distance challenges will include a regular forward cast, a forward cast through a hoop, a backward cast, and a blind folded cast. For those who wish to show off a Friday November 7 bit, there will also be a distance challenge for unlimited Fly Tying rod/ line weight. Each of the courses and challenges 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm will have separate sign up sheets. All of the games, Greaat Plains Nature Center 6232 E. 29th St. N. Wichita with the exception of the unlimited distance bracket, hold a limit to a maximum of nine foot, six weight fly rod outfits, with six weight floating lines. This means Saturday November 8 contestants will be allowed to use a six weight rod and Casting and Fishing 8:00 am - 2:00 pm line or less. Remember, these games are being held to Sedgwick County Park have a good time, not for competition, so come out, Horseshoe Cabin sign up, and enjoy a little camaraderie. $50.00 Enrollment Fee October Meeting Enrollment is limited to 12 students Lunch on Saturday included Photography You are going on a trip and you decide it is time to purchase a camera so you can remember the Current Kansas fishing license and trout permit experience in pictures. You take your time and with required for fishing Slough Creek. the information you have you purchase the camera. For For more information contact Ken McCloskey practice you take pictures of your wife, kids, grandkids, (316) 284 - 0762 pets and they to turn out pretty good. It is finally time for your trip and on the trip you see an amazing sight or catch the trout of your dreams and out comes the camera. Now What? Registration Deadline is October 31 The program for the October meeting might help you get the picture that you are wanting. Our speaker Name___________________________________ will be Dr. Richard Kuhnz, who will be giving a slide show presentation on photography. This should be a Address_________________________________ very educational event, as Dr. Kuhnz has extensive Phone#__________________________________ experience in the field of outdoor photography. Hope to see you all there. Make check to Flatland Fly Fishers Mail to P.O. Box 49164 Wichita, Ks. 67210 Flatland Fly Fish- 3 Fall Banquet The Club Fall Banquet will be Saturday October 25th, 2008. Following last year’s successful and well attended event the plan for 2008 is much the same. We will meet at the same venue as one year ago, Camp Hiawatha, 1601 W. 51st St. North. Doors will open 9:00 a.m. with the day’s events kicking off around noon. Rory Wiske has planned casting and tying games that will challenge your skills. Details can be found in a separate article in this issue. A non-alcoholic social hour is planned from 5:00-6:00 p.m. This will be a good time to swap lies with fellow club members or check out this year’s raffle items. Dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m. Last year’s meal from “It’s Dunn Catering” was well received so they will make a return visit. The menu will be chicken and beef brisket with three sides. Dwan Welty is baking cobbler for desert. Last year it disappeared fast. The club has again gathered some great prizes for the raffles. The raffle items will be displayed during the day. Raffle tickets for everything except the bamboo rod will be $ 1.00 each and will be on sale all day. Containers will placed in front of the raffle items and you will be able to drop your winning ticket into that prizes respective can. Curt Elder has agreed to donate another bamboo fly rod for this year’s event. If you were at the September meeting and saw Curt’s presentation on how he builds his rods, you could see firsthand the dedication and craftsmanship he puts into each rod. Tickets for the bamboo rod will be $10.00 each. At 7:00 p.m. our guest speaker Archie Adams will present an adventure fly fishing program highlighting his travels around the world. Archie has fished many of fly fishing’s fabled destinations. It should be fun and informative. After the program the raffles will begin. The following is a partial list of raffle items. TFO TICrX 9 ft. 5 wt. rod Winston 9ft. 8 wt.blank,built as a custom rod by Neal Hall Guided fly fishing trip from Royal Gorge Anglers, Canon City, Colorado Ross fly reel Galvan fly reel Renzetti Vise Fly lines in various weights Clothing, Hats, etc. Collectable books from the club library Miscellaneous small items, tools, gadgets Curt Elder bamboo fly rod FLATLAND FLY FISHERS FALL BANQUET RESERVATIONS OCTOBER 25, 2008 SALVATION SALVATION ARMY CAMP HIAWATHA 1605 W 51ST NORTH NUMBER OF PERSONS ATTENDING______@ $25.00______ NUMBER OF CHILDREN 12 and under____@ $8.50_______ RESERVED TABLE (maximum 8 people) @ $175.00______ TOTAL ENCLOSED Names of those attending Make checks payable to Flatland Fly Fishers P.O. Box 49164 Wichita,KS 67201 4 Flatland Fly Fish- Park Cliff Cabins (Roaring River) Dwan Welty Roaring River State Park in Missouri has been a popular site for club members to visit and many have submitted articles for the newsletter. The articles talk about the water, the flies used and the fish that were caught and for fly fisherman that is all we care about. Club member Robert Bolin, his wife, Jeanetta, my wife, Linda and myself went to Roaring River the weekend of September 19 and had a wonderful experience partly due to the living accommodations. We had talked about tent camping (we tent camped last year) but this year we thought we would do something different I did some research and found Roaring River had some options for accommodations that did not involve camping. You could stay in a Cassville hotel or motel which is about 6 miles from Roaring River. Another is Roaring River has a motel/convention center and also have cabins for rent or you go up Highway 112 about a quarter mile from the entrance of Roaring River and stay in Park Cliff Log Cabins. We decided to stay at the Park Cliff Log Cabins and even though I enjoy tent camping the cabins were very nice and enjoyable. If you want more information about Park Cliff Log Cabins visit there website www.parkcliff.com or if you want a more personal touch talk with me.