Steve Joyce, Expert Spey Caster - Spokane Fly Fishers
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Steve Joyce, Expert Spey Caster
We are going to have Steve
Joyce one of the partners of
Red's Fly shop talk to us about
using new fishing methods to
go after trout in rivers like the
Yakima River. If you have ever
seen Red's Fly Shop's web
page you may have seen some
of the YouTube videos that they
use to provide instruction and new product descriptions. I have
found their website to be informative and educational. I would rate
them some of my favorite videos to watch of all the fly shops in
our general area. They are located south of Ellensburg right on
the Yakima river. They can provide guide services, rooms, great
fly equipment, and they have a very good mail order service if you
are not interested in driving to their shop. They also offer different
kinds of instruction in different areas of fly fishing including spey
fishing.
Steve Joyce of Red's Fly Shop will be giving a talk on trout spey
fishing on January 9th. Whether you're fishing the Yakima River
or the trout streams of Western Montana, trout spey has become
one of the most popular ways to fish during the late Fall, Winter,
and early Spring season. Many anglers who have developed a
love for swinging spey rods for steelhead have found swinging
flies for trout using light two handed rods is not only enjoyable but
can also be very productive. The technology in two handed
fishing has moved so fast that it has been hard for anglers to keep
up with. This talk is going to focus on key fundamentals that will
lead to more successful spey fishing. After years of teaching new
anglers to spey cast, Steve understands the importance of
simplicity and operates with the philosophy that there is a big
difference between casting and fishing.
Whether you are an experienced spey caster or have never held
a two handed rod before, you will find benefit in this presentation.
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The Prez Sez
by Doug Keene
December was a busy time at the Club, with so much going on both at home and at the
Club. There just never seems to be enough time to do everything we would like to.
Preparing for Fly Tying classes, tying flies for the 2019 season, presenting the Holiday
Party, and so much more, Like every year we somehow manage to get everything
done, including all of our personal shopping for the Holidays. Humans are amazing.
The Holiday Party was well attended this year, and a new format was tried with a lot of success. Devon
Greyerbiehl did a fantastic job of pulling together a team of helpers who made it all happen. Great food,
with lots of hand made goodies, and some main dish meats provided by the club. The gift exchange was
very active this year and the Toys for Tots collection was huge. We had a new act this year. Jon Bowne,
our Membership Chairman, was there in his hot purple suit and derby to present a humorous magic act.
The "Snapshots" presented their traditional holiday repertoire in close harmony, bringing smiles and warm
feelings to all. Super thanks to Devon and all of her helpers for making the event a true success.
We have a few announcements to make: Rolf Marsh, a relatively new member, has taken on the task of
Barbless Flyer Editor, filling in the opening created when Linda and Fred Howe recently retired from the
job. Rolf has a technology background and is currently trying to develop his skills in long pole nymph
fishing. Chet and Jo Ann Allison are taking on the position of Outings Committee Chairman for the new
year, replacing John Hudson who did an outstanding job bringing us great outings during 2018. Chet and
Jo Ann do their volunteering as a couple, which will get us a 2 for 1 deal on Outings. Chet and Jo Ann, by
the way, were members in the founding year of the club in 1977, and they received the first Fly Fisher of
the Year Award in that same year. Needless to say, they know their fly fishing.
The Outings Committee will be meeting in a few weeks to start the planning of the 2019 Outings schedule.
You are all members of that committee so please join in on the fun as the locations are suggested and the
list is refined. This is your chance to influence the decisions.
The beginning and intermediate fly tying classes are starting really early in January, so it you haven't
signed up yet, please contact the Chairman to get your name on the list. Remember, the intermediate class
is more of a fly tying club than a class, and it can be attended year after year to keep adding more new flies
to your collection with new and skilled instructors at each meeting with video to assist the tyers. Also,
don't forget that the Fly School starts in February, so time to sign up and secure a position.
When you get this issue, it will be the new year, which is going to be one of the best in the club's history
thanks to the many volunteers who work hard to make it happen. Be sure and give them a thank you now
and then. For volunteers it's almost as good as getting paid. I said almost!
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Important: New Dates For Paying Your Dues
Most of you know that for years the club has started collecting dues for the next year all the way back in
March through May, or even later. This year we still had some paying their dues as late as October. The
club fiscal year starts in June and ends in May. Each fiscal year we have to create a new set of financial
books starting over each June. The Dues income is being spread all over two fiscal years and we never
know in which month the money is coming in. Hard to plan when you have that kind of situation.
The problem is that the dues pay for a large amount of our expenses for the next fiscal year, but the dues
are coming in during the prior fiscal year. Each of the parts of our club have a budget that they prepare and
have to follow during the year. The amount they receive to do their work is related to the amount of money
expected to come in. It has been very difficult to plan these budgets properly when we don't really know
when dues will be paid, or when they are paid in a previous year and our expenses are in the current year.
The board of directors has decided to make a change that will make this process more credible and easier to
manage. This only affects renewals, not new members.
For this fiscal year, dues for renewal of membership will not be collected during this fiscal year. Plain
English: No payments prior to June. All dues for the next fiscal year, June 2019 through May 2020, will
only be collected from June till September 30. That will allow all dues collected to be used for expenses in
the same fiscal year. Any dues that come in after September will be charged a late fee of $10.00. Just for
this year, late fees apply after October 31. Just like with all of the rest of your bills, being late has a cost.
Note: We will not be accepting payments of dues for renewal prior to June 1.
There may be some concerns about how not collecting dues during this fiscal year will affect our finances.
The board is aware that there will be a one time partial reduction in revenue. It has been determined by our
treasurer that we can handle this reduction without hurting the club's financial position. This is a one-time
change, but the results of this change will make a large amount of our financial planning a lot better.
If you want to see how this change is detailed in the Club Standing Rules please visit our website at
https://www.spokaneflyfishers.com/bylaws/ . It is defined in Section I.
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Holiday Party Pictures
Holiday Party director, Devon Greyerbiehl, addressing the well fed crowd.
Great turnout for the Annual Holiday Party
The "Snapchats" musical group brought smiles for the Holidays Magician Jon Bowne provided smiles and laughs.
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SFF 2019 FLY FISHING SCHOOL
By: Claude Kistler and Rick Newman
The SFF Fly Fishing School starts on February 20th
and again includes a great lineup of program presenters
who will provide class time both indoors and outdoors.
The indoor sessions will be held at the Inland
Northwest Wildlife Council Building at 6116 North
Market Street.
Outdoor casting classes are held on the three Saturdays listed below at Franklin Park in north Spokane.
Outdoor Casting (9:00 AM – 11:00 PM).
Casting #1 - Saturday, March 16th,
Casting #2 –Saturday, March 23rd,
Casting #3– Saturday, March 30th.
The final class is Saturday, April 6th at Waterfront Park at Medical Lake.
This class includes some basic field instruction as well as casting on the water. The day closes with pizza
and soft drinks.
The indoor class dates are as follows. All indoor classes are from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Please come early
and help setup the classroom and stay a bit to help tear down.
Class #1 - Wednesday, February 20th,
Class #2 -Thursday, February 28th,
Class #3 – Wednesday, March 6th,
Class #4 – Thursday, March 14th,
Class #5 – Wednesday, March 20th,
Class #6 – Friday, March 29th,
Class #7 -- Wednesday, April 3rd.
The school is a great opportunity to learn a lifetime skill at a great price. SFF members who have joined
prior to the end of December 2018, pay only $80.00* for you and/or your spouse. The non-member fee is
$130.00* for ages 18 and over and $65.00* for ages 12 through 17. The non-member fee includes a club
membership through May 2020. This also allows new members to participate in club outings where they
can grow their knowledge and skills and join other SFF fly fishing enthusiasts on area rivers, streams and
lakes. * Additional $22.00 fee for an outstanding textbook.
If interested, contact Claude Kistler by phone at (509) 747-2268 or email to:fs@spokaneflyfishers.com
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2019 INTERMEDIATE FLY TYING
By: Rick Newman
There are still openings in the 2019 Intermediate Fly Tying Class. We
welcome fly-tiers that have some experience tying and are familiar with
the basics. We will be tying flies that the instructors have successfully
used to catch fish. Secondly, the skills required to tie these flies will
expand your skills and are beyond beginner level. We tie each fly twice so
you can practice at least once with guidance from the instructors.
To register contact Rick Newman at driftboatrick@icloud.com or
intermediate_fly_tying@spokaneflyfishers.com or call him at (509) 990-0286.
Payment can be made during the first night of class using a credit/debit card or with cash or
check.
Classes will be held at the INWC (Inland Northwest Wildlife Center), 6116 North Market Street,
Spokane, WA 99208.
The class lasts 6 weeks on the following evenings from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM:
Wednesday, January 2nd
Thursday, January 10th
Wednesday, January 16th
Wednesday, January 23rd
Thursday, January 31st
Wednesday, February 6th.
The best of this is that the cost is still $35.00. Students are responsible for bringing their own vise
and basic tying tools. A tying light and an extension cord are very helpful.
Each week we provide the materials required and you bring any special tying thread which will be
listed on the website prior to the tying session.
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2019 Outings Planning Has Started and needs YOU!
Our club is well known for offering the largest number of club sponsored
outings each year, compared to other clubs and organizations. We cover
lakes and rivers that are close and far, easy to fish and some for more
expert fishing camp-outs and 1 day meets. We try to cover every diverse
interest among our 200+ members. The list of outings is not an easy
product to create, so it involves a group of members who sit down every
year in one or two meetings to add in their preferences, make a big list,
and then pare it down to a level that is realistic and will assure that
sufficient members will attend. It’s a fun process, and the members say it feels good to contribute to the
final list and then go to the outings that they planned.
It’s time to start that process right now. We just brought on a new Chairman for the Outings Committee,
actually two people, Chet and Jo Anne Allison, and they will be leading this quest for "The List". The first
meeting will be at Spokane Valley Library basement meeting room on January 3rd at 6:30 PM. If you are
interested in getting your favorite places on the list I'd suggest you make it to this meeting. Please RSVP to
outings@spokaneflyfishers.com so we can plan an appropriate sized meeting space. If other meetings are
needed we will announce time and place at that meeting.
Annual Outings Preferences Survey
Win $10.00 Gift Card
In recent years the club has taken various surveys of our members, for speaker subject matter, and for
preferences for outings. They have been very useful in making the decisions that are made in the planning
of our meetings and outings However, our survey methods have been pretty minimal, with handouts to fill
out and a process that made it very difficult to analyze in any detail. We also didn't get a very good return
rate, so it was difficult to know if the respondents reflected the club members as a whole.
This year we are doing something different. We are using a professional survey tool that will allow a better
survey, and has built in analysis tools..This survey is going to all members with an email address. Please
click on the link below. When you click on the link, the survey will appear in your browser and all you
have to do is fill out the check boxes. This shouldn't take more than about 5 minutes. The deadline for
completing survey is December 31.
The link: https://goo.gl/forms/9HsU8I4Z3IdJqR8B3
We are asking that you fill out your email address at the beginning of the survey. Why the email address?
As an incentive to fill out the survey, we will be randomly drawing two (2) of the email addresses that are
submitted with a survey and giving them a $10.00 Gift Card to a local fly shop. If you don't complete the
survey, you won't be eligible for the drawing. If survey is completed after Dec. 31 results will be viewed
but late surveys will not be eligible for the drawing.
Looking forward to your responses.
SFF Outings Committee
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CONSERVATION CORNER
by: Claude Kistler, Chairman
The annual Raffle to support SFF Conservation and Education activities will be
held at our March 13th meeting. To support this highly anticipated raffle, we contact local fly shops and
sporting goods stores to seek donations in support of our activities. More importantly, we also ask our
members to donate new or gently used items and or services in support of the raffle. Previous raffles have
included member donated fishing trips, fly fishing equipment, clothing, books, flies and tying material. The
club also supports the raffle via the purchase of a pontoon boat. The raffle is near the completion of the
annual fly fishing school, so this is a great opportunity for class members to get a jump start on acquiring
equipment as they continue to pursue this great sport. If you have items to donate, please feel free to
contact me at (509) 747-2268.
To get a jump start on organizing items, we will be accepting items at our February 13th meeting. Also,
those who get their donated items in early by March 8th, will be eligible for a drawing for a $50 gift card.
For those who are new to the raffle, this is an excellent opportunity to acquire equipment or trips that will
enhance your enjoyment of fly fishing. The raffle begins with the purchase of raffle tickets (can be
purchased at the February meeting) and dropping tickets in bags representing the items. The evening is full
of anticipation as ticket buyers eagerly await their chance to take home great items.
PLEASE consider donating an item or two in order to support this important club fund raiser. Remember,
to avoid ticket lines at the March raffle, come prepared to purchase your tickets at the February meeting.
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What's going on with the SFF
Blog/Forum?
The new web application for an SFF Blog and Forum was described in the
December Barbless, but since then we have had a lot of activity in its
development. You may remember that this is an application that many have
requested that would allow some online information sharing for those who
want to find fishing buddies between club outings. We have added a few
other features.
Well, the software is currently in "beta test", meaning that we open it up to users and let them find any bugs
or issues, but also to suggest improvements. We currently have 13 folks who are helping us test the app by
sending posts, commenting, and just trying to use all the different functions. This has resulted in several
changes to improve the operation and some additions to make it more useful. Activity is increasing as
people get familiar with the app.
Logging in has apparently been the area that has led to the most questions. When you open up the app for
the first time you will be able to see the Home page. When you use the Menu Bar at the top and select
either the Blog or Forum, it asks you to register with your email address and a password that only you will
know. When you do this it tells the site administrator that you are requesting registration and he approves
you. When you get the notice that you are approved, you log in with the email and password you created
and you are a member with all access to the site.
Another area of questions is related to the difference between a blog and a forum. A Blog is a place where
the administrator posts various articles that are hopefully of interest to the members. Could be articles on
fishing, on local or upcoming events, or about some experience with a recent fishing trip. Currently there
are articles on a fly box deal at Costco, an article about 2019 Outings, and another about a local lake
experience. The members can comment by posting under the article. Members can contribute articles too,
but by sending them to the administrator who will do the posting. A Forum is a place to share information
among members. the app has different categories for posting: 1. General Fishing Discussion, 2. Finding
Fishing Buddies and 3. Fishing Equipment for sale or trade.
We need more testers so click on the link below and join the rest of the beta testers in playing with this
application and helping us to make it better. After a period of testing we will "go live" and the site will be
open for regular business.
https://spokaneflyfishersc.wixsite.com/forum
If any questions, send a note to Doug Keene at Keene4616@comcast.net
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Book of the Month
by Larry Ray
When Claude Kistler donated America’s Favorite Flies I thought I would include
it in an upcoming review of recently received tying manuals. Then, when I
actually sat down to read it I found that it was so comprehensive and unique that I
would have to devote an entire review to it alone. The more I read, the more
impressed and fascinated I became. Far from being a tying guide or other
reference for fly patterns (it contains no recipes at all), it is a wonderfully
fascinating description of favorite flies by those devoted to their use and he then
moves into many more equally fascinating, related topics. It’s style and scope,
including much wonderful artwork, are such that we should all be standing in line for a chance to read it!
Have you ever, like me, when briefly thumbing through a book to check level of interest, skipped by the
forward or any dedications? Well, don’t do that with this one! This book is dedicated to Norman Maclean,
author of A River Runs Through It. Essays from his surviving children, Jean Maclean Snyder and John N.
Maclean, confirm the dedication in loving, touching tones. Reading these will prepare the reader to proceed
through this work with the proper reverence. The volume is certainly worthy of such.
America’s Favorite Flies e nhances the reader’s fascination with the flies themselves by first displaying
them in a way I have never seen – huge photographs of each individual fly described, shown one per page,
and showing the incredible detail found in fishing flies. For example, the Royal Wulff is displayed on two
different plates, but the two examples (one by Joan Wulff, wife of the late originator of this pattern) are
hardly identical – one shows almost double the hackle as the other, and the peacock hurl bodies also differ.
Yet both are beautiful when displayed in such detail. Such large photographs reveal nuances in patterns and
individual ties that are not readily discernible when one looks at patterns in hand.
Mid-book, there are special essays regarding various fly-fishing topics, mostly by people prominent in the
sport. Some describe their experiences with other noted innovative fly fishers (such as Jack Dennis on Curt
Gowdy, and David McNeese on Syd Glasso). Others tackle related topics like a guide’s perspective,
streamside etiquette, or misguided, ill-informed conservation groups who object to the use of rotenone.
The last half of the volume contains descriptions by fly fishing anglers of their favorite flies, all of which
are displayed in the color plates described above. These writers appear alphabetically, for easy reference
should one want to see if a favorite angler is shown. Some are fly fishers of note while others are not so
well known (one contributor has been fly-fishing for less than two years!). Which only adds to the
enjoyment to be derived by displaying fresh outlooks and opinions. Some are very brief; others delve into
fly fishing experiences and issues in detail. The sum is a very refreshing collection of candid views and
experiences. It is also revealing. Did you know, for example, that Huey Lewis, of the rock band Huey
Lewis and the News, is also a fly fisher? Or that author and novelist Thomas McGuane, who wrote of
fishing in the Florida Keys and similar destinations, also fishes for trout and salmon in his native
Michigan? Or, that former Secretary of the Interior Paul Volcker is also an avid fly fisher?The Barbless Flyer Page 11
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Of particular interests to members of the Spokane Fly Fishers, one of our own is a contributor to this
volume. This member describes a favorite fly and how it is best enjoyed, and where. I won’t spoil it for the
reader by revealing the member’s identity here – if curious, you will have to borrow this book and find the
member’s identity yourself! Such research will be a delightful exercise…
I want to close this review by quoting an opinion from the book by Thomas McGuane, regarding the
difference between catching giant trout in Argentina and catching trout in one’s home waters: “A 5-year
old brown (in Argentina) weighs 10+ pounds. On my home river in MT a 5-year old brown is 15” and is
just as hard to catch. Maybe it is age related but I’m somewhat over huge, innocent fish in remote places.
An actual 18” trout on a dry fly on public water is what I now consider an event.”
Thanks To All Who Made the Holiday Party Possible
By Devon Greyerbiehl
Wonderful Holiday party! One more round of thanks! To the board members who pulled heavy
weight, Doug Keene, Paul Olsen, Rick Newman (who held my hand a lot), Claude Kistler, Dave
Marshall, and Connie Tedrow. Also to Carla Ferguson and Linda Howe, with great institutional
knowledge, and hands on help, and those of you who stepped up and stepped in the kitchen and
the party room too..with clean up and setup..AMAZING!
Thank you to Cheryl Allen and the Snap Shots, and Jon Bowne, great entertainment, and George
Davis as Santa, what a guy! Thank you All!!
For those of you who missed it , I'm sorry! There's always next year. By then we'll have the whole
act tightened up a bit and it will be even better.The Barbless Flyer Page 12
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