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MMXXI No. 5 May, 2021 Have a Fundraiser dinner at the STC on Decem- President’s ber 14th and hold the Raffle ticket drawings for Riffle Fly Boxes, the Raffle Tables, live auction and the Have you been Foundation’s Raise-the-Paddle donations. out yet? I had a trip on the Yak Plan B – No Holiday Fundraiser Dinner: Hold during the skwala the WFFC virtual Silent Auction and the Foun- hatch and caught dation Rase-the-Paddle Donations December 5th some nice fish on nymphs and drys, my first time though the 11th. on the river in a year. Ryan Smith, of The Avid Anglers Fly Shop, will I am hoping that Dave Schorsh will be able to be the May 18th zoom meeting Speaker and will organize the Lake Hannan outing this month, but talk to us about in Puget Sound. it may be in June. We are awaiting word from the Catholic Diocese that runs their youth camp for Stay Safe, get your vaccine shot and Tight Lines approval of the event. - Jim Goedhart WFFC President As I mentioned in my April Riffle, we were awaiting word from the April 29th Seattle Tennis Club’s Board Meeting on their plans for holding banquet dinners this year. Currently, the club is still holding off starting banqueted dinners due Inside this Issue to the current Covid WA restriction group size limitations. We are still optimistic that we will be Page 2 Reports able to hold the Holiday Fundraiser Dinner on De- cember 14th. Lilly Cutler and I are working on a Plan A and B for this year’s Fundraiser depending Page 3 Roger Brings us the on if we are able to hold the Holiday Dinner at the Sequel: Mayfly II Seattle Tennis Cub or not.

Plan A – Hold Holiday Fundraiser Dinner: Run Page 4 Featured Fly: Olive the Silent Auction December 7th to 13th virtually. Emerger I put on a yellow carry fly and Reports a dry line and finally caught 5 in a Creel Notes row and two more later on. Most of Rat Lake these fish were 12-13” with a few is the official publication of the 8” planters. Washington Fly Fishing Club. Ron Tscheder and I fished Rat A great way to enjoy April fools Subscription is free with membership. lake on April fools day. We had day! President great weather low 60s and no Chuck Ballard Jim Goedhart wind!!! The day started very slow for me as Ron had his first fish in 5 Speed Control 1st Vice President (Membership) minutes after launch. I didn’t touch Dexter Brown a fish till early afternoon . Ron had I put down my rod this spring a small yellowish nymph on a slow to get better at another vocation 2nd Vice President (Programs) Neal Hoffberg sink line and when I caught up to I enjoy and need more practice: him he had caught several includ- teaching motorcycle safety. The average class starts in the 3rd Vice President (Christmas ing two brook . These were Party) classroom and then moves to the coming in from the Whitestone Lily Cutler creek that fills the lake. range for the second half of the day. On the range, prospec- Treasurer tive permit holders get fitted David Spratt for a motorcycle appropriate to learners, start with basic Secretary controls and over the course of Deborah Katz two days (10 hours) learn how to control a tricky machine that Ghillie 1 could easily kill you. Marsha Kindinger Aside from the killing part, Ghillie 2 I have found mastering the Ben Porter vocation similiar to learning to fly fish well in moving water Creel Notes Editors under changing conditions. Club Aims and Purposes David Ehrich A good stream cast that has a [email protected] The purpose of this club shall be: high probability of catching fish, 1. To improve and increase the sport not unlike a well executed high Trustees of Fly Fishing in the State of speed turn, requires the participant John Gravendyk, Past President; Washington. to take into consideration dozens, John Narver ‘21; James Young ‘21; 2. To promote and work for the if not hundreds of variable. Unlike Greg Crumbaker ‘22; Dick Brening betterment of trout streams and ‘22; Tom Neu ‘23; Gary Bergquist ‘23 lakes. a poor cast, a poorly executed turn doesn’t always get a re-do. 3. To encourage and advocate the con- Thus I have learned to teach servation and increase of trout, ions with video and erganomic steelhead, and in state morotcylce with a percision that feedback, a typical rider, will see a waters. I have rarely, if ever, applied to turn, make a judgement, and hope 4. To promote a campaign of education a good cast. Typically, I wear the they get it right, or at least right against pollution in streams, lakes trout down with repetition. I tie on enough to survive. or Sound waters of the State of Washington. a new fly, add a dropper, adjust my My point? Learning is fun and swing, have something to eat, try keeps me sharp. Getting better as a 5. To encourage and assist others — again, and then finally put on a San particularly young persons of high rider and teacher of riders requires school age—to become fly fishers Juan worm. me to tighten up my act; an act that and true conservationists. Although a racer will perfect a I need to apply to fishing. course through hundreds of repet- David Ehrich Page 2 Brown Dun Ameletus Mayflies: The Sequel Mahogany Dun Paraleptophlebia Speckle-Wing Callibaetis by Roger Rohrbeck Brown Drake Ephemera Pale Morning Dun Ephemerella Blue-Winged Red Quill Cinygmula North American Mayflies Big Yellow May Hexagenia As currently classified on Mayfly Central website, Pale Evening Dun Heptagenia which is affiliated with the Department of Entomolo- Gray Drake Siphlonurus gy at Purdue University, there are (23) families, (108) Western Green Drake Drunella genera, and (658) species of mayflies in North Ameri- White-Winged Sulphur Caenis ca. Trico Tricorythodes Small Blue-Winged Olive Attenella Washington Mayflies Western Dark Hendrickson Ephemerella Yellow Quill Epeorus Of the (658) North American species, based on re- Great Red Quill Timpanoga cords maintained on www.FlyfishingEntomology.com Slate-Winged Olive Drunella website, there are (12) families, (30) genera, and (114) species present in the state of Washington. Adult Mayfly Identification

WA Mayfly Common Names Entomology texts traditionally rely on a long series of couplets (either this or that) to identify organisms. The below table lists the most popularly imitated Frequently, one is not able to successfully navigate mayflies for the state of Washington in order of their these couplets. This may be because one has only calendar emergence. The Common Names listed in a memory or a photo of the insect, and the feature the table are in the same order as they are in my WA in question cannot be seen in the photo; or because Aquatic Insect Emergence Chart, which can be ac- dissection and/or a microscope are required, and one cessed by one simply copying and pasting - doesn’t have that equipment or those skills. So, in or- der to assist fly fisher identification of adult mayflies, http://www.FlyfishingEntomolgy/WA Hatch an online query was developed. It is only necessary to Chart.com enter the easily some easily observable adult mayfly attributes to narrow down the possibilities. However, - into the address bar of one’s web browser. Doing it is not necessary to enter any attributes in order to so will allow to access all the emergence data, which use this identification tool, as one can simply click includes the insect’s common name, its taxonomic the Lookup button. Used thusly, it is a very effective name, whether or not it is present in flowing water, tool for familiarizing oneself with attributes of the vast whether or not it is present in still water, time of day majority of mayfly genera inhabiting N. American it is likely to emerge, and time of year it is likely to states and provinces. This tool can be accessed by one emerge. And, if one clicks on the insect name appear- simply copying and pasting: http://www.flyfishingen- ing in the Taxon column of the chart, the chart links tomology.com/Adult Mayfly Identification.htm into to photos of the insect in both its aquatic and winged the address bar of one’s web browser. lifestages. And clicking on a photo will take one to ------the photo’s source. Questions about this article emailed to Flyfishin- [email protected] will receive a prompt reply. Common Name Taxon Mayfly Ephemeroptera Blue-Winged Olive Baetis complex Western March Brown Rhithrogena Page 4 Good afternoon, Fly Tyers! Featured Fly Our next Forum is Wednesday, May 19th. We will con- inue with Split Thread Technique. This time will will tie a CDC parachute; that is the wing will be CDC. Below is the receipe. You may substitute as necessary. For expample, your wing post can be foam, as noted below, or you can use Poly para post or CDC feathers as we have done in the past. I will discuss both materials. The important element is split thread with CDC. I think you will really enjoy tying and fishing this fly. Hook: Dry fly BL. Experiment. You may use an Emerger, Klinkhammer. #16 or smaller Thread: Olive. Must be flat! 70 denier April 21 Featured Fly: Body: Thread or material of your choice; duck quills, Pol- Olive Klinkhammer Emerger ish quills, etc. Wing post: Wapsi Foam Cylinders 1/16 dia. Substitute as you like. CDC feathers, poly para post, McFlylon, ect. https://zoom.us/j/99167285517?pwd=SXk4WFZ3S2x1aW- Wing: CDC. Dun color any shade. Z0Nmh1OUlYQk92UT09 Topic: Neal Hoffberg’s Zoom Meeting - Forum Meeting ID: 991 6728 5517 Time: May 19, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Can- Passcode: 180307+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ada) Meeting ID: 918 7430 5838 Neal Hoffberg is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meet- Passcode: 346824 ing.

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May 18, 2021 Our next virtual meeting will feature Ryan Smith, of the Avid Anglers, will be the May 18th zoom meeting’s Speaker and will talk to us about and where to fly fish in the Puget Sound. Ryan brings a background in biology, conservation and photography. Since he can remem- ber, fishing and appreciating the outdoors has been a way of life. Growing up in Oregon and college in Colorado led to living in Montana, Idaho and Wyo- ming before moving to the Puget Sound in 2002. Guiding fly anglers has taken a backseat, and you will find Ryan at the fly shop, teaching Spey or chasing fish with his young fami- ly. Ryan is a certified casting instructor through the FFI.

Meetings have been temporarily cancelled in person at the Seattle Tennis Club, but club life goes on with new members joinging, zoom meetings, fly-tying webinars, board meet- ings, and regualr updates to the the club web pages. Page 7