Website: www.wffc.com Member of MMXXI No. 2 February, 2021 2021 WFFC Budget. President’s What to go fishing? Dave Schorsch will begin pub- Riffle lishing a monthly “Do-it-Yourself” Outing recommen- Have you got your dation until we can start holding Club Outings once vaccination shot yet? again. His first DIY fishing opportunities overview is Being in the B1 age included in this Creel Notes edition [pages 4 & 5] and group, I have had my it is terrific! first shot and will get I hope to see you all at the February 16th Zoom my second shot later Monthly Meeting. At that meeting I will give a short this month. Hopefully all of you will be able to receive report on what the outlook for the club to resume your shot(s) by the end of this summer so we may be in person Dinner Meetings, Outings and Education able to get together once again to go “fishing” in the Classes this year. Following the business part of our Fall and hold the Christmas Holiday Fundraiser in meeting, David Williams will be the zoom meeting’s December. speaker and will talk to us about the where and how to At the February 2nd Board Meeting, the proposed catch bass in Eastern Washington. 2021 WFFC Revenue and Expenses Budget was pre- Don’t forget to pay your 2021 WFFC Dues, they are sented and approved by the Board. It will be presented only $40 this year! to the membership for approval or rejection by an Stay Safe, get your vaccine shot and Tight Lines - emailed ballot at the end of this month, per the WFFC Jim Goedhart WFFC President Bylaws requirements. To view the proposed 2020 WFFC Revenue and Expenses Budget, log into the Members Only wffc. com website, click on the BOARD & COMMITTEE Inside this Issue MEMBERS pictured tile, then scroll down the page to the MOST RECENT WFFC FINANCIAL section Page 3 Boyd Aigner Fly Tying and then click on “February” within the 2021 WFFC FINANCIALS ARCHIVE. Competition Rules Please read over the 2021 Budget Assumptions that the Board agreed upon for establishing this Page 4-5 DYI Outings year’s Budget. The budget is greatly impacted by the COVID-19 WA group gathering restriction. Our hope is that we will be able to hold in person events during Page 6-7 Klosterman Cleans Out the latter part of this year. the Attic, Finding Club All Active and Senior WFFC Members will receive e-ballot, in the last week of February, to vote on the History very cold upper surface water will Fishing Report sink and upwell the warmer bottom Creel Notes water. When this occures you may Getting Ready for Spring start to see rising fish more often is the official publication of the and you need to revert to upper Washington Fly Fishing Club. Now that everyone is over the water levels but not necessarily the Subscription is free with membership. election and are tired of Covid surface. President news ,lets focus on the spring fish- As far as equipment goes you Jim Goedhart ing season. will need a full sink line for deep What should one do to get trolling and a dry line with a long 1st Vice President (Membership) ready? I usually start by under- leader to fish chronomidges. Dexter Brown standing that fishing will start Check our your supply of pat- off slowly because of cold water terns and consider some new ones 2nd Vice President (Programs) Neal Hoffberg temperatures. Therefore the method like the “boobie” or even a “ mop to have any early success is finding fly” these are described in youtube 3rd Vice President (Christmas the warmer water. There are many videos . Party) search methods but a thermome- One additional thing you need Lily Cutler ter is a good start . Now look for to do always is sharpen your hook water in the warmest areas. The points. Often the “take “in cold Treasurer next approach would be to fish water is very subtle so a sharp hook David Spratt very deep and slowly as the fish are can make a big difference in catch- usually on the bottom for much of ing rate. Secretary early spring. The selection of flies One last bit of advice is “ always Deborah Katz is simple as chronomidge flies in “ wear a life jacket ! Cold water Ghillie 1 either the bloodworm or pupa form is a killer and the shock of going Marsha Kindinger are a good choice. Next is a wooly- overboard will cause you to gasp, bugger or leech pattern again fished ingesting water. Ghillie 2 deep and “ slow” . Remember This is a quick overview but a Ben Porter insects aren’t fast movers either. little research into other sources As spring time progresses a lake will enhance your knowledge. Creel Notes Editors will turn over . This is where the Chuck Ballard David Ehrich [email protected] Conservation Angler Shares Agenda Trustees John Gravendyk, Past President; January 2021 was hectic! The • Evaluated emerging natural John Narver ‘21; James Young ‘21; Conservation Angler hit the ground resource proposals and agency Greg Crumbaker ‘22; Dick Brening ready to go. budgets, sharing our findings with ‘22; Tom Neu ‘23; Gary Bergquist ‘23 Oregon legislative committees and • Testimony helped send poorly other advocates. formed Oregon regulations for non- mal angling sanctuaries to protect native game fish management back • Urged the OR Fish & Wildlife wild steelhead and salmon using to the drawing board. Commission to consider a broader cold water refugia along the Co- evaluation of hatchery facilities and lumbia at select Washington rivers. • Joined with allies before the operations in watersheds affect- Washington Legislature in support ed by September wildfires on the Thank you for your support! of critical conservation angling Santiam, McKenzie and North Pete Soverel, David Moskowitz and regulations protecting Olympic Umpqua Rivers. Sarah Lonigro Peninsula wild steelhead, pushing back against unsupported allega- • Asked the Washington Fish and tions against WDFW staff. Wildlife Commission to adopt ther- Page 2 “At last month’s meeting we rec- listen except for dogs barking in On the Fly ognized Jim Goedhart, Neal Hoff- the background. Greg helped us get berg, David Ehrich, Lily Cutler, once again to that place where sci- Going Virtual Dick Brening, and Chuck Ballard ence, and experience, history come for outstanding service in guiding into confluence, in other words, the by David Ehrich the Club and keeping the Mem- WFFC. Global thinkers asked what bers engaged during the covid-19 can we do to help? January 19, 2021 pandemic.” Donnations. More pragmatic Our speakers tonight included anglers wanted to know, where can Lo and behold, Sarah Cloud, ExO of the Deschutes we fish now? Fish the pockets after I attended my first River Alliance and President, Greg riffles, mid-day with emergers. virtual WFFC meeting. Perhaps McMillan. Greg titled his presen- you too have been reticent, over tation “Cooler, Cleaner H2O” or WFFC Fly Tiers zoomed, or just plain shy. But, take their goal for the Deschutes River my word; it ain’t bad. system. Hopefully the covid-19 thing is The meeting started with warm Greg started with the science winding down, but we still have greetings, shared humor, and a few after a brief introduction from Sar- idle hands. To keep them occupied, faces I haven’t seen in some time. ah. What used to be on the Lower I can think of nothing better than Taking us to task, President Goed- Deschutes: a vigorous salmon fly tying flies. hart, reviewed a very successful hatch, clear water, a variety of So, the 2021 Boyd Aigner Fly and optimistic budget. One advan- year-round hatches, clean rocks Tying Competition is underway. tage of sitting at home tying flies holding larvae. What is now: algae Here are the patterns: instead of going to meetings and growth on rocks, murky waters, UV resin gammarus shrimp, size 8 outtings is we save money. We also and golden-brown slime from Flying carpenter ant, size 12 shared in making this Christmas nuisance algae choking nymphs. In Royal humpy, size 12 fundraiser a great success behind other words, near total collapse. the great efforts of Lily Cutler, The culprit? The usual; the damn Flies will be due at the time of who took home a small present Round Butte dam. Closing off the the April 20th Members’ Zoom from the club for her efforts. All wild water of the warm Crooked Continued on Page 5 told, the budget is solid, dues have and cold Metolius rivers, engineers been reduced for now, and the club built a tower to take fish down Club Aims and Purposes is looking for ways to support the the dam, inadvertently taking the fly-fishing community warm, dam heated water off the The purpose of this club shall be: Bill O’Neal chaired an un- top, while the healthy cold water of 1. To improve and increase the sport usual Awards Night. As far as I the mountain born Metolius river of Fly Fishing in the State of Washington. could tell, I was the only one who sits at the bottom of the lake. showed up in the mandatory formal All of us know the dangers of 2. To promote and work for the attire. I won’t tell you what I had betterment of trout streams and rising water temperatures to our lakes. on below the screen, but I did don favorite game fish, but few imag- the “mandatory” formal wear. ined the total collapse brought on 3. To encourage and advocate the con- servation and increase of trout, In a season with constraints by algae choked waters.