2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS � ROGUE FLYFISHERS
(If you have questions or would like to host or volunteer, call Kellie
Christensen @ 779-5038)
These outings are still on:
Saturday, August 22nd and Sunday August 23rd SKY LAKES WILDERNESS CAMP/FISH
TRIP Joint venture with SOFF-Day fishing or overnight camping.
Further details appear in this newsletter!
Tuesday, Sept. 8th through Sunday, Sept.13th CENTRAL OREGON "LOT OF LAKES"
OUTING Begins day after Labor Day. Week long camp trip with fishing at several different and
beautiful lakes! Bring your cameras! Contact Phil Hager for more details.
September 26th/2009 ROGUE RIVER ANNUAL STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT
(Your chance for a great "Fish Story") See the articles in this month's newsletter!
Wednesday, October 7th "HALFPOUNDERS HAUL" ON THE LOWER ROGUE
*Need a host for this event * Need drift boats and oarsmen.
Saturday, October 17th HOLY WATER "WALK AND STALK * need a host for this event
AWARDS CEREMONY FOR THE STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT
To be conducted at the monthly RFF dinner (Wed, Oct. 21st) * Need volunteers!
Saturday, November 14th KLAMATH RIVER "SALMON FRENZY"- Joint venture with SOFF
* Need a host for this event.
* Need drift boats and oarsmen
Saturday, November 21st "UPPER ROGUE COHO HUNT" * Need a host for this event.
John MacDiarmind is still providing casting lessons at Hawthorne Park on Wednesdays at 6PM
except for the night of our dinner meetings. With the Steelhead Tournament just around the
corner, now would bea good time to partake of this opportunity.
Lee, Marcia Connolly, Dan Guy and Jim Shute all enjoyed casting flies and catching trout at the
SMALL STREAMS outing on July 26th. It was hot in the valleys, but they all enjoyed a cooler
day at the higher elevation and everyone caught some fish. Well done all!
Reports are in from the attendees of the Lonesome Duck Weekend Event. Ken Clarke,
Bill Ackerman, Mike LeTourneau, Wayne Taylor, Jon Iverson and Duane Chebul of SOFF all
attended and had an amazing weekend. Mike said "the accommodations were beautiful, the
food was excellent and we were treated like "kings". The fishing was fabulous as Ken can attest
To: landing a 7 pound wild trout which he worked tirelessly and successfully to land with a
little netting help from Wayne. Mike said he was so impressed with the place that he tried to
stay on a few more days, but they were all booked up and he had to come home. We will
DEFINITELY be going back next year and opening up any unfilled spots to our friends at SOFF.
You will find photos of some of these marvelous fish caught by our "peeps" in this newsletter
So check them out!
The Rogue Flyfishers are proud to be working with Waterwatch at their Celebration of the
Savage Rapid Dam Removal shindig on October 10th. You will find all of the details in this
Newsletter and it promises to be a great event!
Don't be a ninny and skim through this newsletter. You will miss important information by not
Reading it cover to cover.
You may also hurt the editor's feelings and you don't want to do that!
SKY LAKES WILDERNESS OUTING
Due to the popularity of last year's trip, we will join the Southern Oregon Fly Fishers again this
year for an outing to the Sky Lakes Wilderness Area. On August 22, we will hike into the
Blue Lakes Basin. This beautiful basin has a number of lakes and is the headwaters of the South
Fork of the Rogue River. The lakes have good populations of brook trout and a few rainbows
as well.. From the Blue Rock trailhead, it is an easy hike of less than three miles into the basin.
Those that want to spend the night in the basin will need to bring the appropriate backpacking
gear. For those that don't, it is short enough hike that it is easy to make a day trip.
We will meet at the Apple Peddler Restaurant in White City (On the west side of the
Hwy 62/Hwy140 intersection). Come at 7:00 AM if you want to eat breakfast. Otherwise, be there by 8:00 AM.
Bring your usual Stillwater trout gear: 3 to 5 weight rods, floating, clear intermediate, and
sinking lines, and an assortment of flies. The brook trout in these high lakes tend to be
opportunistic feeders, so a wide variety of flies will likely work. Small black or olive,
woolly buggers and leeches, small nymphs, midge patterns, damselfies, callabaetis emergers
and adults, and terrestrial patterns (Ants, beetles, yellow jackets) would be good choices.
bright attractor patterns can also be effective.
You can fish from the shore at most of the lakes, but having a float tube will give you
better access to the water. Be sure to bring sunscreen, insect repellant, food, water, and appropriate
hiking gear.
There will be a sign-up sheet at the August meeting. Contact David Haight if you have questions.
David Haight
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Board Notes February 4, 2009
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Attendees:
Directors Bill Ackermann, Dick Chambers, Bill Childress, Kellie Christensen, Pat Hurley, John Ward
and Lee Wedberg.
Guests Jim Harleman and Bill Rittenhouse.
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Treasurer's Report:
As of 28 Feb 09 -- Checking account $2,098.69 and Vanguard Money Market Fund $13,834.05.
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Communications:
Not discussed
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Reports:
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Programs:
It is anticipated that Jon Hazlett will be a great presenter for our March program. The greeter for March
will be Dick Chambers. Everyone seems in agreement that having a greeter for visitors-new members is
working well.
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Outings:
No changes in the outings schedule, but we have some scrambling to do to make arrangements for the March
21st outing (identified in the schedule as "Miguel's Cup" Steelhead Tournament. Kellie Christensen is
working on this.
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Conservation :
Conservation Chairman John Ward passed around a hard-copy report on the Conservation Committee activities.
Items of concern: 1) Board requests (opposition to BLM "WOPR" per request from McKenzie Fly Fishers
and approval for RFF members to assist in a blackberry removal-tree planting project in Ashland); 2)
Current Issues (Jordan Cove LNG pipeline; Rogue River Basin Draft TMDL and Water Quality Management
Plan; Removal of dams on the Klamath River; Oregon Solutions Applegate Sustainable Aggregate Project; and
Reed Ryan Conservation Fund). Discussions followed on several of the topics mentioned above. John also
presented a Declaration of Cooperation draft for the Board to review with regard to the Oregon Solutions
Applegate Sustainable Aggregate Project, and the draft was regarded favorably.
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Holy Water Taskforce:
Guest Jim Harleman explained the process for handling Holy Water fishing surveys. Jim said that we are
not receiving many surveys. Lots of RFF anglers are fishing there, but the survey response is low.
We will have a drawing at the March meeting to give a $50 gift certificate to each of two anglers selected
from the pool of those who submitted survey forms. Also, at the March meeting, Jim will have hard-copy
survey forms for anglers without computer access.
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Fund Raising Committee:
Kellie Christensen led the discussions on the fundraising issues, along with inputs from Board members.
Much time-discussion was spent on whether or not to have the auction dinner and fundraiser at the Red Lion
Hotel or at the Rogue Valley Country Club (RVCC). Many opinions on the good and bad features of both
locations were bantered about. Discussed, also, was whether or not to move the club dinner meetings to RVCC
instead of the Red Lion Hotel (this was bantered about also). Pat Hurley, who is familiar with the Country
Club, said it had all the benefits that the Red Lion Hotel is providing for our meetings plus some
advantages. The Board discussed these issues, considered the pros and cons of the choice between the RVCC
and the Red Lion Hotel, and a decision regarding where to hold the auction dinner and fundraiser will be
made Friday, March 6th after holding conferences with RVCC and the Red Lion Hotel management. We will defer
the decision regarding club-meeting change of venue until later. Kellie said that she has a source for
purchasing good quality wine for the auction night dinner at a very low cost and that she will pursue this
further. Kellie has, also, agreed to make all required changes to the auction poster and to provide to Bill
Rittenhouse, for inclusion in the club newsletters, a newsletter-sized version of the poster.
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Old Business:
� Regarding cost savings realized by labeling and processing club newsletters using volunteer help instead
of having it done by Pronto Print, we will defer the decision until after the May fundraiser.
� President Lee talked to Chuck Closterman (Middle Rogue Steelheaders) regarding qualifying oarsmen for
Tournament rowing, and Closterman said that he personally observed the abilities of the perspective
candidates. Lee said that he would consider doing something similar to qualify oarsmen. On the same
subject, Chick Parsons suggested, via written communication, using the Coast Guard Boaters Safety
Checklist for this purpose.
� Treasurer Pat Hurley reported that we now have much improved liability insurance for our club outings and
liability coverage for Directors and Officers. We have binding coverage effective 3-1-09.
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New Business & OtherRemarks:
� The Board agreed to support the opposition to BLM "WOPR" though signing on as supporting the litigation
opposing WOPR via action to be taken by Western Environmental Law Center. Some other supporters include:
Pacific Rivers Council, Steamboaters, and McKenzie Fly Fishers.
� The Board agreed to have a signup sheet put out at the March meeting for volunteers to help remove
blackberry bushes and to plant trees along Wrights Creek in Ashland.
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"From The President"
"Upcoming Activities"
and
"Volunteer Activity Log"
can be found
on the Home Page
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CELEBRATION OF SAVAGE RAPIDS DAM REMOVAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Mark your calendars. On Saturday, October 10th, the Rogue River will be running free over
Savage Rapids for the first time since 1921. Waterwatch is putting together a float and dinner
to celebrate this historic river restoration project, and invites everyone who is interested to
participate. The day will be kicked off with a morning float through the dam site ( from
Coyote Evans City Park in Rogue River to Pierce Riffle), and end with an outdoor dinner,
music, and silent auction at Eden Valley Winery (Voorhies Mansion), 2310 Voorhies Road,
Medford. More details of the event will soon to be posted at: WWW.Waterwatch.org
It is hoped that a large flotilla of boats, rafts, kayaks, and tahitis can be assembled for this
historic event, and that Rogue FlyFishers will participate in the float and attend the dinner.
The cost of the dinner will be $25.00.
Volunteers are needed to: Take along passengers on the float who do not have a boat, help with
the shuttle for those participating in the float, help with setting up the silent auction, and assist
the caterer in setting up. If you are interested in volunteering for taking people on the float,
or shuttling cars, please contact John MacDiarmid at 840-0183, and if you are interested in
volunteering for assisting with setting things up for the silent auction or assisting with the
caterer, please contact Kellie Christensen at 776-4094. For any questions in connection with the
event, please contact Bob Hunter at 826-4399.
The Rogue Flyfishers and its members played a very important role in the ultimate removal of
Savage Rapids Dam. The process or the removal was initiated in 1988 when Water Watch, the
Rogue Flyfishers and the Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society protested a water
right application of the Grants Pass Irrigation (GPID), and insisted that the fish passage problems
at the dam be resolved. After a lengthy political and legal battle, an agreement was finally reached with GPID to remove the dam and replace it with pumps.
The Rogue Flyfishers and its members worked with WaterWatch to provide much of the needed
support that ultimately led to the dam's removal. The club and members wrote countless letters
at critical times supporting removal and funding for the removal, and advocated for removal
at meetings before State and Federal agencies and before the State Legislature. The result of
these efforts are now about to be realized. The pumps are now operating and two-thirds of the
dam has already been removed behind a coffer dam constructed around the dam as part of the
removal process. The coffer dam is to be removed by October 9th. Join WaterWatch in
celebrating a major victory for the Rogue River and it's fish.
NOTE FROM THE RFF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
The 2009 recipient of the Rogue Flyfishers Scholarship, Brett Anderson, sent the club the following note:
Rogue Flyfishers:
I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for awarding me with your club's scholarship.
with your help, I now have the available money to pay for a final year of tuition. I am proud to
represent your organization as an award recipient. The conservation goals of your club match
My ideals concerning the protection of our precious fish stocks. Upon graduation and with the
start of a new career, I look forward to working with concerned individuals as yourselves.
Continue your good work and once again thank you so much.
Sincerely,
Brett Anderson
Brett plans to attend one of our club meetings next fall, so we will have the opportunity to meet
him in person.
David Haight
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