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Welcome
Monday, May 12, 2008
Monthly Club Meeting - Wednesday, May 7
Presentation details:
Landon Mayer will give a presentation TBD . Landon is a local guide and prolific writer on the art of fly fishing, having been published in numerous trade publications, including High Country Angler, Fly Fisherman, and American Angler. His first book is entitled "How to Catch the Biggest Trout of Your Life" and is now available. Landon has also completed his first DVD, "Landing the Trout of Your Life.
Check out his web page at http://www.landonmayer.com/home.htm.
FRAUD ALERT
Be aware that e-mails are going around that appear to be from Cabela's but are not. Sample below:
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Hello.
You have been randomly selected to product test 2008-09 equipment and gear. Cabela's Outdoors Online, equipment can range from simple saltwater fishing gear to 2009 New Ford truck. There will be a one page questionnaire or product review with a self addressed stamped envelope that will need to be submitted (all questions answered) within 60 days of receiving the gear.
Please click here: http://cabelastore.com/
Cabela's Store
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If you get one of these, delete it. If you click on the link in the mail, it will take you to a cabelastore.com website and will ask you to fill out some personal information. THIS WEBSITE IS NOT PART OF CABELA'S even though it is using their logo and copyright information. Cabela's is in the process of investing this apparent scam.
Club Bylaws update
The
board has been working on an updated version of our club bylaws. We
will have a membership vote for acceptance of these new bylaws at the
May meeting.
Please take a few minutes to look the new version over. If you have
comments, there is a form that you can fill out and submit to the board.
WE WILL VOTE ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEW BYLAWS AT THE MAY MEETING - PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU WISH TO VOTE.
Click here for bylaws.
Upcoming trip - April 19 - Arkansas River - Canon City and above
The Arkansas trip on April 19 th is still on. The conditions look to be excellent. The water will be dropping from the Twin Lakes. The river is clear, and has been fishing well with BWO's. Some of us will meet at the Royal Gorge Anglers at 8.30 am, or a little later at the Parkdale parking lot at 9.30 am, in the canyon.
For more information or to sign up, contact:
George Martin 596-8246 gjmart146@comcast.net
PPF Welcomes New Casting Program Director - Shane Morrison
Shane has agreed to take over the position recently vacated by Clay Roberts. Our sincere
thanks to Clay and Sandy for providing an outstanding Casting Clinic program over the last several years.
Here's a brief note from Shane:
"For those of you who don't know, I've been an FFF
Certified Casting Instructor (CCI) for about 5 years, and have assisted Clay Roberts with teaching casting for the club over
the last few years. Particularly, for now, I intend to keep to the same schedule as Clay had established. We'll hold casting
clinics the first Saturday after our monthly meeting starting at 9 AM lasting until 11 AM. I intend to start this next month,
first class will be April 5th. I will try not to vary from this schedule, unless special circumstances require it, like
bad weather. For now, I will continue to hold the class on the south west end of Prospect Lake (Memorial Park) unless we move
to the grass. We can reconsider if a better venue presents itself.
Clay has set the standards high, but I hope to continue a quality program. I welcome your input on the casting program, so feel
free to make suggestions. I will probably conduct an informal survey of club members for feedback and to see if there are any
special interests with casting. Although much of our casting focuses on beginners, I would like to see more people get involved
at the intermediate and advanced levels."
Please note, one change to the program is that you will need bring your own equipment to the clinics.
Shane's contact info is: Shane Morrison - (719) 216-2686 - shane@mitre.org
Federation of Fly Fishers considers move to Colorado
click here for details
Trip Director and Trip Captains still needed!!
Step up and be a leader! You don't have to be an expert fly fisher to help organize a
trip.
We are still looking for a Trip Director to help coordinate all the trips and Trip Captains are still needed for several of the
trips, most notably the April trip to the Arkansas between Canon City and Salida.
Trip Director's function will be to help coordinate the trips with the Trip Captains, making sure they have signs if required,
participant info, trip waivers, directions, etc.
Trip Captain's function will be to help coordinate the individuals signed up for the trip they are in charge of. While it
would be best for a captain to be familiar with the area the trip is visiting, that's not absolutely necessary. All
that's needed is a willingness to help organize things a little, like picking out a meeting place to gather at on the day of
the trip, making sure folks have directions to the area being visited and so on.
For more information, contact Leo, (719) 477-6911 poleonapole@q.com or Pat, (719) 331-7274 ppf@mccmi.com
Members Roster
Please go to the members roster located in the Members Only section and verify your
information. Check over your name spelling, and contact information. Each month we get several bounce-back notices
for invalid e-mail addresses. If you are not getting your newsletter via e-mail and would like to do so, drop Gordy or
Pat a note.
Gordy - g.rothoff@comcast.net
Pat - ppf@mccmi.com
LADIES ONLY ***
Sherry and Brad Tomlinson of the Peak Fly Shop have graciously offered to hold another two part Fly Fishing Class for our
ladies.
This will be limited to PPF members and preference will be given to ladies who have not participated previously.
Classroom Instruction: Fundamentals and Rigging - Thursday April 17th, 6:00pm @ N. Academy Shop.
On the River: Saturday April 19th, 7:30am @ Woodland Park Shop. All necessary gear will
be provided that a student does not have. (please indicate on sign-up). Dress with layers for high-country extremes.
Cost:There will be a nominal charge of $20.00 (cash or check) to cover your bag lunch,
flies and tippet materials.
We will have a sign-up sheet at the Auction and /or enroll with Sherry at: thepeakflyshop@gmail.com
Dues are now due and will increase to $24 per year starting July 1!!
Dues for 2008 will be prorated at $20 per year until the 2nd half of 2008. People joining after June 30, 2008 will be
charged a prorated portion of $24 per year for the remainder of the year.
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