August 2018 Newsletter

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1 August 2018 Newsletter P.O. Box 8203, Redlands, CA INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Page 2: Presidents Message, & Board of Directors Page 3: Meetings, Speakers, Club Store & Opportunity Drawing Page 4: Education & Outings, Membership registration Page 5: Hopper fishing in Mammoth Labor Day weekend WELCOME August 2018 Speaker Tom Atchly Tom will be speaking on the early days of fishing at Millcreek, Santa Ana River and Big Bear. Page 6: 2018 Holiday Banquet Page 7: Fly Tying Events, Local Fly fishing trips Page 8-10: Fly of the Month Page 11: Silver Creek Project Page 12: Southwest Council Fly fishers International Page 13: Bob Marriot s Fly shop discounts Tom began working seasonally for the United States Forest Service in the summer of 1968 and continued this summer service until He worked on Trail Crew, Road Crew and interpretive naturalist for the Visitor Information Service in Barton Flats. In 1988, Tom became a Forest Service Concessionaire and managed Heart Bar Campground for three years. He continued the Concessionaire business at Serrano Campground in Big Bear and then Barton Flats until He was responsible for the Interpretive Programs, host program, water system and overall management of the Forest Service facilities including Jenks Lake, Council Camp, Barton Flats Camp, San Gorgonio Campground, Lobo and Oso Group Camps, South Fork Camp, Heart Bar Camp, and Heart Bar Horse Camp. Tom was a teacher for the Redlands Unified School District since 1973 and taught at Cope Junior High and Redlands High School from 1979 to June 3, He has taught World History, American History, local history, anthropology, basic law, American Government and Economics. Tom has, though out the years, presented at multiple speaking engagements, written multiple publications and has been involved in multiple organizations related to the San Bernardino and Redlands history including founding member of Redlands Area Historical Society 1972 and past president from Meet the Speaker for Dinner All members are invited to meet and have dinner with this month s speaker. Meet us at Art s Bar and Grill, dinner will be at 4:00 pm. The food is great and the prices are very reasonable - each member pays for their own meal and any drinks. Art s Bar & Grill 3357 University Avenue, Riverside

2 President s Message From Jerry Searcy All of us in Deep Creek Fly Fishers experienced our first angling adventure at some time in our life whether it be as a child or perhaps after reaching adulthood. Whichever it was, most all of us did so because someone invited us to go with them. Since we all are still fishing and may consider ourselves avid practitioners of the sport, I think it s safe to say that that first trip to a lake, stream or ocean was probably meaningful if not totally enjoyable. For this reason, I m encouraging each member to find the time to invite a person who may have never been fishing before to join them for a day experiencing the sport we love. There is no better way to establish a new relationship or enhance an old one than to spend time with a person casting a fly on a scenic waterway. This is especially true for family members like children, grandchildren or, yes, even great grandchildren. If you have not done so before, you will be delighted to see how excited they will be to get to go fishing for the first time. The beauty of it is, it may help your relationship grow while providing the start of a lifetime of joyous activity. You may be of the opinion that young people are only interested in cell phones and video games, but I assure you, most all of them would love to go fishing. This past year I helped out at a children s free fishing day that was sponsored by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife at Rancho Jurupa Regional Park. There were so many children, all of whom were thrilled to get to fish, that it was near impossible to tie on the hooks and get the rod to them fast enough. If you choose to do so, you can make a difference in a person s life by simply taking them fishing. You don t have to be an expert angler yourself, you just have to make the time to be a good friend. On another note, please be reminded that the November meeting is Members Night. If you had a particularly good outing this year or even one that didn t go so well, take five or ten minutes at the meeting and tell us about it. Perhaps you learned a new fishing technique or found a system that seems to work well, tell us about it. See you on the stream, Jerry 2018 Board of Directors President: 1st Vice President: 2nd Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: Newsletter: Trout in the Classroom: Conservation: Membership: Jerry Searcy president@deepcreekflyfishers.org Clark Stevens vp1@deepcreekflyfishers.org vp2@deepcreekflyfishers.org Jill Wagner secretary@deepcreekflyfishers.org George Plescher treasurer@deepcreekflyfishers.org Roberta Ross newsletter@deepcreekflyfishers.org Doug Spieske tic@deepcreekflyfishers.org conservtion@deepcreekflyfishers.org Mike Stuhl membership@deepcreekflyfishers.org Education: Outings: Opportunity: Drawing Web Master: Club Store: First Past President: Second Past President: education@deepcreekflyfishers.org Mike Telles outings@deepcreekflyfishers.org Bob Williams opportunity@deepcreekflyfishers.org Greg LaPolla webmaster@deepcreekflyfishers.org Sean Robbins clubstore@deepcreekflyfishers.org Bill Reeves pastpresident@deepcreekflyfishers.org Ken Rhodes pastpastpresident@deepcreekflyfishers.org SWCIFFF Greg LaPolla Representative: swciff@deepcreekflyfishers.org 2

3 2018 Meetings & Speakers Meetings are held 7:00pm on the 4th Wednesday of each month, except February 21 (3rd Wednesday), May 30 (5th Wednesday), November (2rd Wednesday), and December 5th (Holiday Banquet), in the Izaak Walton Clubhouse, 2601 Dexter Drive, inside Fairmount Park, Riverside, CA Wear the Logo August 22 Tom Atchly September 26 Joe Liberi Golden Dorado October 24 to be announced November 14 - Members night December 5 - Holiday banquet Holiday Banquet tickets go on sale at the August meeting If any members would like to have embroidered our club logo on your fishing shirt or other piece of clothing, bring it to the club meeting and I will take them in with mine. The people we use "Engrave Embroidery N Things" do a very good job and I have always been happy with their work. The price is $15 EACH. Bill Reeves Deep Creek Fly Fishers Club Store All items available at the monthly meetings. Prices for 2018 Coffee mugs: Large $15.00 Small $13.00 Tee Shirts: Long Sleeve $15.00 Short Sleeve $10.00 Hats: 1 size fits all $17.00 Logo Decals: Small $4.00 Logo Patches $10.00 Logo Fly Box* $15.00 *Orders for custom image boxes will be taken. See Sean Robbins for details. 3

4 2018 Education & Outings Calendar 2018 Education and Outings August 31 to Sep 3: Hopper fishing in Mammoth Sep 27 to Oct 4 Closer in Mammoth Lakes Look for sign ups for Mammoth closer starting this summer at the meetings or contact Mike Telles (951) Spaces fill quickly!!!! DCFF Calendar is on the Internet The Calendar lists all the activities that are going on in the club, such as training events, outings, meetings, conservation events, and many more. To view the calendar: 1. Go to: 2. Click on the Calendar Tab at the top of the page 3. Then select: This Week, This Month, This Year To subscribe to the calendar: Select ICAL, then Download the Public Events Calendar. It will appear in your computers default Calendar Program. As long as you have access to the internet, it will update automatically or you can refresh to update the current calendar page. Unless otherwise noted, the events above will be held at Izaak Walton Clubhouse at 2601 Dexter Drive - inside the City of Riverside s Fairmount Park. If you need additional information contact the class instructor or event coordinator. The cost for DCFF members is $10 per class and training outing. Coffee and soft drinks will be available for full day classes and there will be a 1-hour lunch break if necessary. DCFF 2019 Membership Drive Membership applications for 2019 will start being accepted in October and are available at the monthly meetings or on-line on the club web site at under the heading About Us. Also be sure to down load, sign, and turn in the a NEW 2019 Release Waiver of Liability form and with a new emergency contact information. After clarification with our lawyers, our club will need only one of the these as long as you remain in good standing with the club. If a NON-MEMBER attends a club outing, the coordinator of that outing will be responsible for collecting a non-member outing waiver. In order for the club to continue providing the great speakers for our meetings, fly fishing, casting, fly tying, rod building, and entomology classes, and organize club outings we hope everyone that attends our meetings, or visits our website to read this newsletter regularly, will complete the application form and bring it with your payment to the meetings starting in OCTOBER or simply mail them to Deep Creek Fly Fishers P.O. Box 8203, Redlands CA PARKING PERMITS REQUIRED FOR OUR MEETING NIGHTS Be sure to ask for a 2018 Parking Permit when attending the monthly meetings. Per City ordinance, all vehicles parked in parking lots at Fairmount Park from dusk until dawn, without a permit will be ticketed. There is limited parking available in front of our clubhouse. Overflow parking is available directly across the street at Fairmont Park Golf Course. 4

5 Hopper fishing in Mammoth September 1 September 3 Labor Day Weekend 2018 We are going to go fishing with grasshopper flies on Labor Day weekend. It will be hot. Accu weather says the average temperature is between in Mammoth. So the Owens being lower will be I m expecting a little warmer weather. So, you will want to camp in Mammoth where it will be cooler or get a hotel room. That is the same weekend that Bishop has their Tri County Fair. You will want to book a room as soon as possible because the Fair goers book up the town of Bishop fast. We are going to fish Hot Creek and the Upper Owens. At the last meeting people were asking me what kind of hopper patterns. I use a Dave s Hopper in sizes But, you can use a foam hopper pattern or any grasshopper pattern. I have friends that use a Letort Hopper pattern. Reagans Sporting Goods and The Sierra Trout Magnet in Bishop should have a pattern that will work. The Troutfitter in Mammoth should have them if you are up there. Ask the employee and he should be able to help you pick a pattern. If you want to go online try bigyflyco.com. Big Y Fly sells the Dave s Hopper for $.69 each with a price break for a dozen. Look in the dry fly patterns. You ll have to scroll through the pages because they have them listed in alphabetical order. But there are different foam grasshoppers and other grasshopper imitations. I like yellow but, tan or green are good colors too. If you have never fished hoppers this is easy fishing. If your casting is not good, perfect! You want the grasshopper fly to hit the water with a splat. Because grasshoppers aren t delicate like mayflies, the wind catches them and they crash in the water. Fish the edges off the weed beds and above or below rocks as well as close to the banks. As you walk down to the river you will scare up plenty of hoppers and they fly everywhere. Some fly over the water and they land in the river hard and can t get out. TROUT LOVE THEM!!!!!! We are going to meet at 8am on Saturday at the green church on Benton Crossing Road. This is the road on the east side of Hwy. 395 south of Mammoth Airport. We ll wait fifteen minutes for everyone then go fishing. We ll talk about getting together for dinner Saturday night before we go fishing. We can pick a restaurant to meet at and a time. Everyone will be responsible for their own dinner. If you have any questions Gary Applebee at glapplebee@gmail.com. 5

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7 Fly Tying Nights 2018 September meeting Local Fly Fishing Trips cancelled Second Thursday of each Month Our monthly Fly Tying night for the month of September has been cancelled. We will keep you updated about the October meeting. Sign ups will be at the meetings for those interested in local float tube fishing at Newport Bay and Lake Perris. LOOK FOR THE SIGN-UP SHEETS At the club meetings JOIN THE FUN 7

8 CHARLIE BOY HOPPER By CHARLIE CRAVEN FLY OF THE MONTH Translated by CARL WUEBBEN Charlie developed this pattern after a day with his clients as they went thru a lot of Dave s hoppers and he figured there had to be a better option. While Dave s fly works fine, it becomes waterlogged after a couple fish and is a pain to tie. The Charlie boy hopper (named after his son) meets all of the requirements in a hopper pattern: active rubber legs, incredible durability, realistic silhouette, good visibility, and great floatation. The best part is it is especially easy to tie. The standard tan color seems to be the most common color of the naturals, as well as in yellow, green, olive and even blue/green. The blue/green (with red rubber legs) matches the hoppers found in the mountain streams in Colorado. The Charlie boy hopper also works great as an indicator dry with a dropper. Its high visibility and superior floatation make it a natural for this application. Great fly for the Mammoth Hopper Fishing on Labor Day weekend!!!! PATTERN HOOK Tiemco 100sp-bl #8 -#10 or TMC 5212 or TMC 5262 #4 - #8. He uses the 2XL TMC 5212 & 5262 for larger sized hoppers and has recently switched the smaller Charlie boy hoppers over to the standard length, wide gaped TMC 100sp-bl to improve the hook gap while still making a smaller sized hopper. The normal length of the size #8 100sp-bl is the same as the 5212 in a size #12, but with a much bigger hook gape. In smaller sizes the narrower gap of the 5212 is filled in by the foam body, where the 100sp-bl leaves plenty of bite. THREAD Tan 3/0 monocord (great for the binder strip) BODY 2mm X 2mm piece of foam body (tan or your choice of color) LEGS Brown medium round rubber legs UNDERWING (optional) mottled tan web wing WING Natural deer hair OTHER THINGS NEEDED - ZAP-A-GAP and a double edge razor blade HOW TO TIE Mount hook in vice, begin by cutting a strip of 2mm foam so it is as wide as the gap of the hook. I use a cutting board, metal straight edge and a razor blade to cut it, as scissors make it much harder to get a clean straight cut. The strip of foam should be at least three inches long. Remove the hook from the vise and poke the hook point through the foam about ¾ of an inch from the end of the strip. Make sure the hook point is centered in the foam. Now place the hook back in the vise and the smaller end of the foam rearward and centered in the middle of the hook point. Start the 3/0 monocord thread at the eye of the hook and wrap to the bend then back to the hook eye. Cut another strip of foam from the sheet. This should be about 2mm X 2mm. Tie this thinner binder strip of foam to the hook shank immediately behind the hook eye. Spirals wrap back over the foam strip to the bend of the hook and then break off the excess. Run the thread up the hook shank over the binder strip and back again to the bend, compressing the foam to the shank. This binder strip is going to give us some shank diameter and texture to glue to later, so it need not be pretty. Leave the tying thread hanging at the bend of the hook. Lift the wide strip of foam up under the hook and pull it up to the peak of the hook bend so it touches the back of the binder strip. Note that the foam will tilt slightly upward. If yours doesn t do this, your binder strip is not bound down far enough back. Pull the foam strip taut under the hook shank and measure where the hook eye lines up with the foam. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 8

9 CHARLIE BOY HOPPER By CHARLIE CRAVEN FLY OF THE MONTH Translated by CARL WUEBBEN Continued Poke a hole through the foam from both the top and bottom where the eye lines up you can use a bodkin to do this. Push the foam over the hook eye so the eye protrudes through the front side of the foam. Put a thin coat of ZAP-A-GAP CA glue on the entire upper surface of the foam, including the hook shank/ binder strip. Smear a bit more glue along the foam that extends out past the bend of the hook too. Keep in mind, with CA glue, too little is better than too much. Quickly, before the glue starts to dry, fold the front end of the foam back over the top of the shank, pinching it together all the way back off the bend of the hook. Try to get the edges of the foam to line up together along the sides of the shank. The top portion of the foam should mirror the original angle of the foam sticking up from the bend of the hook. That is, the foam should be slightly elevated at the rear of the hook, not coming straight out from the bend. Also note that the tying thread is still hanging at the bend of the hook. Make three tight wraps over the foam right at the bend of the hook. These turns of thread should compress the foam right down to the hook shank. Try to make these wraps as upright as possible and right on top of each other. Cross the thread lightly across the top of the foam body about one fourth of the way forward. Make another upright segment one fourth of the way forward on the hook shank with three more tight turns of thread. Continue forward by crossing on the top of the shank and make two more evenly spaced segments for a total of four bands of thread and three crosses. You should now have a fly with all the crosses on the top of the fly, and the bottom of the fly will only show a nicely segmented body. Make sure the foam part hanging off the bend of the hook is bent slightly upright. Otherwise ya gotta start over! Use a double edge razor blade to make a straight cut through the extended foam (behind the bend) by keeping the blade level with the body, make one straight cut through the foam without sawing back and forth. The double edge blades are sharp and thin and will slice right through the foam with only light pressure. The cut should come straight off the top of the body. Now, we have the extended portion of the body to clean up a bit. The back end of the fly is now a bit wider than the rest of the fly so we are going to cut a bit from each side of the fly forming a tapered end to the fly. Don t try to cut the body to a point, but merely taper it a bit toward the back end. Now as we look at the fly from the top we see the last segment near the hook eye is also a bit wider than the rest of the fly. We are going to use the same razor blade to cut a sliver of foam from each side of the head squaring the head off a bit so it is the same width as the rest of the fly. Now, your thread should be hanging in the last segment behind the head of the fly now and we are ready for the legs. Take a single two-inch long strand of round rubber leg and tie it in place along the side of the fly in the last segment with a single turn of thread then cross the thread back along the top of the fly into the second segment back. Catch the rubber once again along the side of the hook in this segment with another single turn of thread. Make sure that the rubber leg is centered from top to bottom along the side of the foam body. For the legs on the far side, we are going to take another single two-inch strand of rubber and attach it in the reverse order of the first one. Lay the rubber along the far side of the shank and catch it with one turn of thread in the second segment. Cross the thread forward on top of the hook back into the first segment. Catch the front end of the far leg with another single turn of thread on the far side of the hook in the joint behind the head. You can see now why a single turn is all that is necessary for each point, as the wraps become cumulative as you go and any more would create unneeded bulk. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 9

10 CHARLIE BOY HOPPER By CHARLIE CRAVEN FLY OF THE MONTH Translated by CARL WUEBBEN Continued Trim the back legs so they extend to the end of the foam body. The front legs are cut just slightly shorter than the back legs. WING TIME if you re going to put in a underwing this is the time to do it if not than lets continue cut, clean and stack a generous bunch of deer hair. Measure this clump of hair against the shank so it is equal to about a shank length long. Place the tips of the measured hair into your material hand and cut the butt ends as straight across as you can. You should now have a cut-to-length clump of hair in your material hand with the butt ends sticking out just a bit. Place the clump of hair flat on top of the hook with the butt ends just slightly in front of the thread at the head joint. Place two soft turns of thread over the hair in the head segment. Pull down on the thread slightly to compress and crimp the hair a bit. This will ensure the thread wraps lie right on top of each other. Place the index finger of your thread hand along the far side of the hook right up against the hair to keep it from rolling. With your finger in place, pull straight down on the thread with your material hand to flare the hair in place. make one smooth pull on the thread and the hair should flare up nicely. TIE UP A DOZEN OR TWO AND GO FISHING*** But remember to practice C.P.R. CATCH PICTURE RELEASE= KEEP THEM WET Any questions or comments call or CARL WUEBBEN (909) Prostock37@sbcglobal.net Make a three turn whip finish right through the butt ends of the hair. Cinch the thread down tightly after tying the knot and clip the thread close. No head cement is needed as the CA glue will leach onto the thread from the crease in the foam. Happy accident. Now, I know eyes on flies like this are just for the fisherman, but when they are this easy, how can you refuse? Use a black sharpie marker to make an elongated oval on each side of the head, hoppers eyes are taller than they are wide so don t just dot them in place. 10

11 Silver Creek Project The Silver Creek Project has been removing brook trout from a Lahontan cutthroat trout recovery stream, and has been a collaboration over the years with SWC, CalTrout, Trout Unlimited, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (LCT) is listed on the endangered species list. Brook trout were illegally stocked into Silver Creek in the stream in the early 2000 s. Brook trout out compete LCT when feeding, are prolific spawners, and prey upon LCT young. Typically in a full summer we will remove 6,000-8,000 brook trout. The ratio has been about 450 brook trout to one LCT. This year CDFW s schedule won t allow them to be up there for the whole season. They will be on Silver Creek for one week in September and a week in October, focusing on removing spawning brook trout. We don t want to lose any of the hard work we have done up on Silver Creek. When we started this project we knew it was going to take about ten years. This will be the sixth year. Dawne Emery (the DFW Fisheries Biologist for Region 6) and I are going up for two weekends in August to do some E-fishing and remove brook trout. The weekends are August and This will be a weekend effort so 2-3 days of working. We will do some work on Friday afternoon 2-3 hours, all day Saturday 8am-4pm, and half a day on Sunday 8am-noon. We will camp out at the campground at the end of the dirt road species (elevation is 8,500 feet). We will be E- fishing in the meadow area above the campground. Dawne and I will be running the shockers. We will need 4-5 netters, a person on the live car (capture bucket), a person or two to process brook trout, and a data person. We can have from 7-9 people helping out. There is fishing on Wolf Creek for LCT s. Wolf Creek opens on August 1st until November 15th. Wolf Creek is a 20 minute drive from Silver Creek and offers fantastic fishing. If you are interested in helping please Gary Applebee at glapplebee@gmail.com. 11

12 FLY FISHING FAIRE OFFERS FIRST LOOK AT 2018 CLOSEOUTS AND NEW FOR 2019 GLENDALE, Calif. When the annual Southwest Council Fly Fishers International (FFI) Fly Fishing Faire is held Oct at the Glendale Civic Auditorium, the focus will be on all aspects of our ancient sport. But for club members, it will also be the first opportunity to see some of 2019 s new gear along with 2018 pre-holiday closeout of rods, reels, clothing and accessories. The auditorium focal point for the weekend event is at 1401 North Verdugo Rd. with additional casting demonstrations and classes at the nearby Pasadena Casting Club. There will be free van shuttle service between venues. Commercial vendors and vacation destinations scheduled for the two-day potpourri of all-things-fly-fishing include Wild on the Fly, Iliamna River Lodge, Functional Fly Tying, Sierra Nets, Jill Field-Duerr Painting, Temple Fork Outfitters, Lees Ferry Anglers, Adamsbuilt, Fishermen s Spot, Orvis-Pasadena, C&M Custom Tackle and NuCast. Others are Sage/Redington, Sierra Fly Fisher, Steve Abel Quality Gear, Bulla Fly Fishing, Fly Fish the Surf, His and Her Fly Shop, Old Moe Guide Service, Tenkara USA, Snowbee USA, The Fly Stop, Fortune Sportfishing, Kane Klassics, Fincognito, Fly Fish the Sierra, Tenkara Tanuki and Salty Fly Guide Service. All rods will be available for test casting and comparison shopping. The long-awaited Southwest Council Faire will also have displays and volunteer opportunities presented by Casting for Recovery (women s breast cancer) and Project Healing Waters (veteran s health issues), according to a Faire spokesperson. Scouts will work hands-on recycling all paper waste during the event as part of a conservation ethic. Beginning, intermediate and advanced fly tying classes and seminars together with fly-casting demonstrations and classes will be conducted continuously throughout the Faire... a great opportunity to introduce family members, neighbors and work colleagues to the sport. Fly tying demonstrations and class instruction will be by Earl Arnold, David Boyer, Naomi Okamoto, and Steven Fernandez; while Brian O Keefe will conduct a class on photography with your phone. Intermediate and advanced casting classes include Adding Distance and Accuracy, Introductory Spey Casting, How to Practice Better, Double Haul for Greater Distance and Advanced Spey Casting. Fly Fishing Faire presentations and audio/visual seminars include those on Baja California with Gary Bulla; Bass with Fly Stop; Fly Fishing the Surf with Lee Baermann; Offshore Fly Fishing with the Fly Stop; the Green River, Utah with Old Moe Guide Service; Lees Ferry with Terry and Wendy Gunn; Cottonwood Lakes and Gold Trout with Steve Schalla; Stalking the Ghost Corbina in Local Waters by Al Quattrocchi; Project Healing Waters Programs for Veterans with Carole Katz; and World-Wide Fly Fishing Opportunities with Wild on the Fly. Fly Fishing Faire admission is $15 for adults, $20 for a family; children ages 16 and younger are free. A single admission is good both Faire days. Advance ticket sales and classes August 20. For Fly Fishing Faire event information, schedules and registration, visit or phone

13 Bob Marriott s Fly fishing store 2700 Orangethorpe Fullerton, CA (714) Bob Marriott s Fly Fishing Store has everything you need for fly-fishing. They also have very good YouTube video s concerning their products. Check them out. Bob Marriott s gives our club 2% rewards for your purchases. These are used to purchase products for our Opportunity Drawings and Holiday Banquet. But ALSO they give club members a 5% rewards towards our own future purchases. 13

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