CENTRAL OREGON VOL. 43 | NUMBER 5 | MAY 2018 Flyfisher President’s Message Hope everyone is getting out and fishing. The Annual COF Banquet was held Saturday April 14th, at the River House Convention Center. Over 130 folks attended and enjoyed a great evening. A huge Thank You 1 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE to Tom Wideman and his team for putting together such Contents a great event. At the event, the club recognized Debbie 2 OUTINGS Long Hollow Ranch Norton and Cliff Price as Fly-fishers of the year. We also The Lower “Sac” Outing recognized and thanked Charlie Schillinsky for his many Captain Caddis Crappie fantastic hand made rods he has donated to the club over British Columbia Trip the years. Frank Turek was granted Lifetime Member Status 5 NEXT CAST FLYFISHERS for all of his contributions to the club over many years. World Youth Fly Fishing Champion Congratulations to all! Upcoming Activities As I mentioned at the banquet, the club needs someone 6 MEMBERSHIP to step up and take over leading this event for 2019. A 6 LIBRARY substantial percentage of the clubs annual budget is a 7 COF BOARD MEMBERS result of this event. This is a perfect way to make a difference not only to the club but also our entire Central 8 TYER’S CORNER Oregon Community. Kokanee Karnaval, Next Cast, Wild Adult Black Buzzer Women of the Water and all of our community outreach 9 EDUCATION projects are funded by this event. The tasks involved could Casting Classes very well be shared among two or more folks. Tour of PGE Lake Billy Chinook Several great outings are coming up soon, Check out the 9 WILD WOMEN OF THE WATER Club Calendar so you can make plans to attend one of 10 OTHER NEWS these events. Casting Call Website Calendar Thanks to all who participated in the Spring Clean-up of the Crooked River. Accolades are due to Pete Martin and 11 CLASSIFIEDS his team for organizing this twice a year event. 11 PHOTO GALLERY Thanks to everyone who help make this a great club. 12 BANQUET WRAP-UP See you on the river. “I’m goin fishin, yes I’m goin fishin and my babies going fishin too” Taj Mahal - Allen Caudle facebook.com/CentralOregonFlyfishersClub linkedin.com/company/central-oregon-flyfishers An Active Member Club GENERAL MEETING: MAY 16 | 7:00 P.M. GENERAL MEETING | BEND SENIOR CENTER, 1600 S.E. REED MARKET ROAD, BEND Wyoming. Craig brings to play his interest in the totality of the sport through writing, fly tying, entomology, guiding, education, and conservation. As a guide, Craig, spends all of his time guiding on the Williamson and Wood rivers in Southern Oregon. Craig began his career in writing in 2006 and is the author of numerous books including Get Started in Fly Fishing and 40 Great American Trout Flies. In 2015, he was appointed editor of Fly Fishing eturning this May to speak and Washington. When Craig was and Tying Journal (Frank Amato Rto the club will be Craig 10 years old he was initiated into Publication) Schuhmann, owner of Guided his own passion for fly fishing with Craig holds a Master of Art Waters Fly Fishing of Klamath Falls, his father on the Owens River degree in Theology from the who will give a presentation on in California and again on the University of Portland and is the Oregon’s fabled Williamson River. steelhead rivers in the Columbia Director of Outreach for Integral Craig moved to Oregon with Basin. He has managed to keep Youth Services in Klamath Falls. his family in 1980. The families his fly rod working ever since. move was partly to accommodate Taking interest in trout, he has his father’s passion for steelhead spent numerous seasons living and fishing on the waters of Oregon fishing in Idaho, Montana, and 18-2 1 17-26 SAY SACRAMENTO, CA BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA LOWER SACRAMENTO TRIP KAMLOOPS TO yesNEW 50 miles of river! Bring your drift boat or hire Annual lake fishing trip to the lakes in the Ka- a guide for the ultimate experience with other maloops ares. Enjoy 8 days of fishing! ADVENTURES COF members on this blue ribbon fishery. LEE ANN ROSS MIKE MCCLEAN 2 9-1 MAY EAST LAKE JUNE EAST LAKE 2 NIGHT OUTING 12 Enjoy this multi-day campout and an array of SISTERS, OR 8-10 fish that grace the East Lake. LONG HOLLOW RANCH PRINEVILLE ERIC STEELE Fish two of the ranch reservoirs stocked with CAPTAIN CADDIS CRAPPIE Rainbow trout and another has an abundance of Annual Capt’ Caddis Crappie on-a-fly Challenge TO SIGN UP OR FOR MORE INFO EMAIL: Large Mouth Bass. at the Prineville Reservoir Resort. [email protected] RON KAYE BETSY MULLONG 2 The Central Oregon Flyfisher | MAY 2018 blue ribbon fishery. We invite you dishes, salads, bread, & deserts, along to join leader Mike McClean on with plates, bowls, and utensils will this COF outing. be provided. Volunteers will be Logistics will be solidified based needed to help with set up, cook- on the interest from the club ing, and clean up for both dinners. members. The Best Western The meals will be run out of my Hilltop is a nice and reasonable campsite. place to stay if you’re not camping. COF RSVP: Eric Steele steele- It provides good meeting place for [email protected] 541-549-2072. end of the day fish tales! This is Make check to “COF” for $10 and Long Hollow Ranch a great way to meet fellow COF “East Lake Outing” on notation May 12 members and perhaps a future fish- line. Mail to Eric Steele, 69077 Long Hollow Ranch Rainbow Trout ing buddy? Let’s see if we can make Chestnut Place, Sisters, OR 97759. fly fishing is a great way to spend these 2 days of fishing happen! Education: Quiton Stanko has once some relaxing time. Two of the ranch - MIKE MCCLEAN again volunteered to present a “how reservoirs are stocked with Rainbow [email protected] to” for fly fishing East Lake. It will trout and another has an abun- be 45min long & will take place dance of primarily Large Mouth prior to the June monthly mtg. at Bass. Here’s an opportunity to fish East Lake 2 Night the Senior Center. More specifics to a couple of private and local well Outing follow. stocked lakes. Fishing from 9:00 am Camping: Everyone is responsible June 29-July 1 st to 5:00 pm. Limited to the first 10 for obtaining their own campsite. email responses. Access provided thru This is the 3rd year for this outing Each campsite is for up to 6 people The Fly Fishers Place. Cost is $150 that has grown to over 55 people and can facilitate one RV/trailer each person, please bring your lunch. enjoying this beautiful place so and a couple of tents. Partner up Respond via email to Ron to secure close to us. This is a multi-day cam- with a fellow COF flyfisher and we your spot. Only 2 spots left! pout at East Lake. The lake provides can maximize the number of people the perfect setting to fish from boat, – RON KAYE in close proximity to the COF ac- float tube or the shoreline. Boats are [email protected] tivities. There are reserve & non-re- available to rent at East Lake Resort. serve sites in this area. In addition, The lake supports rainbow trout, East Lake Resort has cabins and an brown trout and kokanee salmon. RV site with power & water hook- It is an ideal setting for multiple ups that are a very short drive away types of fishing including stream- that enables you to join us around er, nymphing (great chironomid the meal table and the campfire water), the callibaetis emerger & ring. The COF Next Cast Youth dry fly, and top it off with terrestri- Group needs two adjacent sites and als (ant. beetle, damsel). Go down I will need a centralized site for the into the cold depths or ply your fly Meals. We are asking that you leave Lower “Sac” Outing along the weed beds and up close to May 18-21 campsites #27, 28, 29 & 30 for this the lake bank along the steep drop purpose. Just a 5 hour drive from Bend to offs. Information on the campground: Redding, California. That’s where Food: Breakfast, lunch, snacks, http://hoodoorecreation.com/ you’ll find 50 miles of river with and beverages are bring your own. campgrounds/deschutes/bend-fort- wild rainbows and fishing from the There will be a group meal for rock-district/newberry-caldera-ar- boat. Friday Dinner at 5:30 and an early ea/cinder-hill/ Hire a guide or bring your drift Saturday Dinner at 4:00. There will Camp Site Reservation: Nor- boat and experience. Controlled be a total fee of $10 to pay for the mally, the reservation system would water flows and a very temperate food & supplies. Main course, side be open for East Lake for our fish- climate make the Lower Sac a MAY 2018 | The Central Oregon Flyfisher 3 ing trip. However, for 2018 it will safety and forest health. As a result, https://www.recreation.gov/camp- be somewhat convoluted. reservations will be opened for this ing/cinder-hill-campground/r/ From the HOODOO website - campground in 2018 only after campgroundDetails.do?contract- reservation restrictions are still in the trees have been removed. Sites Code=NRSO&parkId=72092 place for Cinder Hill campground are available on a first-come, first- If you plan on staying at the East as noted at the bottom of this page.