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1 CHICO AREA FLYFISHERS Short Casts March 2017 NO General meeting : March 4th, 2017 Crab feed at Masonic lodge East 4:30pm President Line by Pat Sleeper President s line March 2017 Our Crab/shrimp Fundraiser Dinner has the most gifts in value, than ever before!!! With the BEST FOOD IN TOWN especially for the money!!! If you have reservations for the dinner that s a good thing! We re almost sold out with over a week to go. We re all excited about the fun time we have in store for you!!! Crab comes in hours before the event, to go with large shrimp, tortellini and salad as well as bread, deserts and our usual Ed Burns bar set up. You don t want to miss this wonderful event! Funds from this one yearly event helps us all support Almanor fishery; Hooked on Fishing s annual event; Salmon/trout in a classroom; and, many other events. It s You our members that make this possible...thank YOU!! From: RAPTOR ROD WORKS: WALTON POWELL COMMEMORATIVE 2017 SERIES WT. 2 PIECE, 2 TIP BAMBOO ROD BUILT TO ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS FROM NEW-OLD-STOCK POWELL BAMBOO BLANK STOCK BY RAPTOR ROD WORKS. OFTEN REFERRED TO AS WALT S FAVORITE BY LENGTH, ACTION AND LINE WEIGHT MANY PEOPLE FEEL THERE IS NO MORE EFFECTIVE FLY ROD FOR NOR-CAL TROUT, SMALLMOUTH & SUMMER STEELHEAD FISHING THAN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. OUTFITTED WITH ORIGINAL POWELL COMPONENTS IT COME WITH A TAILORED CLOTH LINER BAG, ALUMINUM ROD CASE AND LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY. CUSTOM PERSONALIZATION/INSCRIPTION ON ROD IS AVAILABLE TO THE WINNING BIDDER AT NO CHARGE. RETAIL VALUE $ From: Dave Scadden, frameless boat $1,999. From: Sportsman s Warehouse: $1800. merchandise. From: many local restraints, members, shops, jewelers, etc. A LOT OF FUN SURPRISES!! Fishing has been tough to find this year with all this high water. I m sure Baum Lake has been hit hard; but, I hear it s been fun! I trust you are all staying high and dry and like us, tying flies and planning fly fishing trips for the upcoming year. With Pyramid now open, I know a few of us are heading over to try our luck on those enormous lahontan cutthroat trout. I have seen some incredible sizes coming out of there these past few days!!! Chris Wharton... from Reno just gave a wonderful talk on Pyramid and Crowley Lake. Thank you Chris! Please note our monthly speakers; we d all enjoy seeing you there, at our fish outs, and out having a good time! Thank you as well for your over the top donations!!! See you at the dinner next Sat, March 4:30. IT S GOING TO BE FUN!!! : ) Dinner reservations can be acquired by mailing in your forms from Sportsman s Warehouse and either of our local fly shops: Fish First or Sierra Stream and also on our web page at: Again, thank you!! Sincerely, Pat Sleeper; CAF, President Fishout at Picachos, Mexico Don & Pat s Picachos story 2/4/2017 Pat and I just returned from Angler s Inn on Lake Picachos, Mexico. Twenty (20) local Fly fishermen and women caught and released over 3000 Black Bass in four days of fishing. Our arms and backs are sore; all this with only one broken fly rod. The fish ranged between 1lb and 7lbs. We used poppers, small (size 4) bead headed wooly buggers and small clousers. The majority of our fish were caught subsurface using intermediate lines. For several years, we ve enjoyed traveling to Picachos, Mexico to fish for the allusive trophy bass or, to accomplish the 100+ bass per day fishing using poppers and subsurface flies. Regardless, the enjoyment is always over the top!!! Then if that isn t enough enjoyment we have Jobani, the chef!!! WOW!!! We all came to the conclusion while there: he needs to come to our town! Day one was barbeque ribs family style; day two was Mexican food; day three was lobster plated with Dorado, shrimp fixed three ways family style and before all the meals are Hors d oeuvre and after these meals comes desert!!! Would you believe my husband gained 10lbs in 6 days? Daily we are awakened with a smiling face knocking at our door handing us our cup of coffee fixed just the way we like it!!! While waking up, we stagger down to the beautiful large open air dining room, while geckos cheer us on, to have our breakfast. We have an array of choices: fresh fruit, juice, country style potatoes, omelet, pancakes, bacon and sausage, also tortillas and toast. I then tend

2 to gaze off into the dark that is shadowing the lake. The stars are brilliant and the air crisp with the only thought on one s mind is the dream of what encounter will I have out there today? Will it be a trophy bass, will I see any special animals crossing the bay like the large iguana I saw yesterday or a deer like my friend saw yesterday? Every day is a new experience, like living a national Geographic movie! Day two was a cloudy day like most of the days we had; warm but not too warm. I cast out into a group of dead standing trees when my line whipped over a limb located WAY up into the tree. I thought, oh no! I could see my popper was just touching the water surface; so, I decided to whip a little more line over the top of this dead limb. Being bold, I started calling here fishy fishy; here fishy fishy. When all of a sudden a good sized fish jumped up and took it! The branch broke with a large snapping crunch and down fell my line! By then we were all laughing so hard; I couldn t believe the fish hung around long enough for me to land him! Just one of those crazy fun days! : ) Day three was one of those days you dream about...there was the usual overcast over the sky with more wind whipping through the dead trees and brush. It was difficult to find a location where we could more easily cast without landing in a shrub or tree. But, finally we found that special bay. We quietly sat there at the opening of the bay hearing the echo of fish splashing in the distance. Slowly we motored in; watching for the feeding bass; veering around this tree and that one until we got in far enough in to see them. Don launched the first cast; fish on I heard. I couldn t cast yet as I was dodging tree limbs. It s a big one I heard as he nervously fought this powerhouse of a bass. Finally we see it; it s a nice bass of 4.5lbs. What a fun fight and nice bass! We ended up landing about 187 between the two of us that day, it was just one of those days! Angler s Inn International owned by Billy Chapman provides the most outstanding service of any lodge we have ever fished!!! Don Sleeper Frank Spitari Pat Sleeper Steve Bohnemeyer Mark Adams

3 Chico Area Flyfisher s Fishout Schedule Future outings that Chico Area Flyfisher s provide to its Membership: These Club Fish-outs are designed to give fly fishers the best opportunity to catch fish and enjoy the outdoors. Our Club has many accomplished anglers who are willing to share their skills with others and you are only limited by willingness to become involved. From selecting promising locations and time, to helping those members new to the sport, we try to make these trips fun, exciting and successful. Tom Rosenow will be our new fish-out leader with Elden Hinkle. If you have one of those favorite spots that you don t mind sharing with others and would like to lead your fellow CAF members for a day of fishing fun, and fellowship please contact Tom Rosenow trosenow.chico@gmail.com or Elden Hinkle ehinkle@aol.com. This schedule may change depending on the fish bite or weather conditions. Date Location Fishout Leader March 4th March 11 & 12th April 26th-May 4th April 29th June TBA July TBA Annual Crab Feed Dinner Pyramid Lake Clinic w/rob Anderson & Chris RSVP Elden Hinkle ehinkle@alo.com Breakfast/lunch/ladders $190. pp + $30. box of 12 flies. Rooster/dorado/tuna Fishing Sea of Cortez (2 openings) 7 days boat fishing/8 lodging w/food & drinks. Under $2000.pp. Host: Pat Sleeper Questions: psleeper@sbcglobal.net Opener - Eric See Lake Almanor - Hex Scott Joyce s thank you! Crawley Lake TBD ehinkle@alo.com July Alaska cost about $2300. w/air - Lionel Valley Call Lionel for details: Aug Pingatori bass fishing Don Sleeper Sep. 5-12, 2017 (FULL) Dorado fishing La Ventana, Mexico. Pat Sleeper - host 6 days boat fishing/7 lodging w/food. Cost for everything under $2000. Questions: psleeper@sbcglobal.net Sep th, 2017 Dorado fishing La Ventana, Mexico. Pat Sleeper - host (1 LEFT) 7 days boat fishing/8 lodging w/food. Cost for everything under $2000. Questions: psleeper@sbcglobal.net Oct 1, 2017 Pyramid opener trosenow.chico@gmail.com Tom Rosenow

4 CAF helps Sponsor: Hooked on fishing Salmon in the classroom RAD - Recreation & Dreams CAL TIP Almanor Fisheries Trinity Fisheries McCloud Fisheries Trout Unlimited N. CA DINNER RESERVATION FORM NAME: NUMBER COST TOTAL Family Membership & One Dinner $85.00 $ ADDRESS: Each Additional Dinner $50.00 $ CITY: Raffle ticket packets $500. $200. $ PHONE: Raffle ticket packets $100. $50. $ ZIP: Table reservations for 8 people $650. $ TOTAL. $ Visa # ADDITIONAL NAMES: M/C# Signature: Exp. Date & back # PURCHASE YOUR RESERVATIONS BEFORE Jan 31ST MAIL RESERVATION FORMS AND PAYMENT TO: TO BE ENTERED INTO THE EARLY BIRD RAFFLE CAF 1010 Lori Dr., CA Questions: *Early bird dinner discount before Jan 31st *Early bird raffle drawing: $250 ticket packet: value $540.00

5 Fly of the Month for March 2017 Coachman Clacka Caddis Fly of the Month, March 2017 By: Ray Narbaitz Necessity, it is often said, is the Mother of invention. I ve heard the same saying using the words crisis, need or curiosity in place of necessity. Whatever word you use, the meaning is pretty much the same. Somebody needed something and didn t have the tools or objects to take care of the need, so they came up with their own. That is what happened to Walter Wiese at Park s Fly Shop in Gardiner, MT in The Coachman Trude had been the shop s go to attractor pattern for a long time. In 09 there was a mess up in their order for a large number of the flies, and they didn t have nearly enough to take care of what they knew the demand would be for the year. Wiese needed to come up with a fly that was fairly easy and quick to tie, and would fill the bill for a good attractor pattern. To do so, he married parts of two of his favorite flies, the Coachman Trude and Craig Mathews Iris Caddis. The Abdomen, Thorax and Hackle are based on the Coachman and the Wing and Shuck (tail) are from the iris Caddis. From then to now, it has all but replaced the Coachman Trude in their shop. Hook: Dry Fly Hook of your choice, 12 to 16 Thread: 8/0, Brown or Black Tail: Amber Zlon Abdomen: Peacock Herl Wing: Loop of white Zlon or Polypro Thorax: Calls for Chocolate Brown Ice Dub. I use Brown Superfine or Peacock Black Ice Dub Hackle: Brown, trimmed on the bottom 1. Debarb the hook and place it in the vise. 2. Lay a good thread base the full length of the hook. 3. Tie in a sparse amount of the Zlon for the tail. Make it a little shorter than the shank of the hook. 4. Tie in your Peacock. I like to wrap it around the thread a few times, and then hold both the Herl and Thread as I wrap it forward. It helps strengthen the Herl. Wrap it up to just short of the 2/3 point of the shank. 5. Take a single strand of the wing material (less on the smaller sizes) and form a loop. Lay the ends of the wing material on the top of the thread wraps in front of the Thorax, and tie them in with a couple of tight wraps right up against the Herl. Make the wing extend to just past the bend of the hook. Trim off any excess so the ends are just short of the hook eye. Wiese suggests that you put some Super Glue on the ends at this point, before you fully tie them down, so they won t pull out. I have never done this, and find that wrapping in the material tightly to the hook eye seems to do the job. Your choice. 6. Tie in your Hackle up against the Herl. 7. Dub in your Thorax, making it a little fatter than the Abdomen. Dub it to just short of the eye. 8. Wrap your Hackle forward over the Thorax. Tie it off and trim the excess. 9. Wrap a small thread head, whip finish, and trim off your thread. 10.Trim off the bottom of the Hackle so it is about half the length of the Hackle on top. Notes: I remember well the first time I used this fly. A couple of years ago, Ed Bruno and I went up to fish the North Fork of the Yuba. It was the only fly I used, and the fish ate it the whole time. It is now one of my top two or three favorite Attractor Flies I ve often thought it might be fun to tie the Hackle in Hackle Stack style instead of trimming it off the bottom. I haven t been ambitious enough to do it yet The Royal Coachman Trude was the Fly of the Month clear back in It is the same as the Coachman, with the red band added in the middle of the Abdomen. CAF General Meeting Speaker List CAF meets 10 months out of the year and presents a variety of exciting fly fishing-related programs throughout the year. The meetings also include monthly fly tying demonstrations, raffle prizes, refreshments, and the very best info and lies about Northern California Fly fishing. Meetings are being held on the second Wednesday of the month at The California Park Pavilion. We look forward to see you at our next meeting and hearing your fishing stories! Fly tying begins at 6:30 p.m.; general meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Location: California Park Pavilion: 2565 California Park Drive Chico. Date Speaker Program March 4th, Sat Annual Crab Dinner Fundraiser shrimp tortellini Dinner Fundraiser...4:30p.m April 12th John Squires Wilderness fishing trips in Alaska Floating the Koktuli River in the Bristol Bay watershed that I think your club would enjoy. This special river is about a 40-mile float. We usually spend 8 or 9 nights on the river, camping as we float and fish. We fish for grayling, dolly varden, rainbows, and different species of salmon, depending on the time of year. The Koktuli River is also ground zero in the proposed Pebble Mine controversy. Jpscsr2001@aol.com May 10th Wayne Syn Shad

6 Fish First Chico, CA (530) LOCAL GUIDES BOARD MEMBERS President: Pat Sleeper Vice President Larry Willis Sierra Stream & Mountain Chico, CA Andy s Embroidery will add the CAF logo and trout to shirts, jackets, pockets...enlarge it if needed for only $12. Ron Leger Custom Fish Carvings rlegerfishcarvings@gmail.com David W. McKinney, M.D., M.P.H. Pre-Employment Physicals Expanded Drug Screening Workman s Compensation FAA/DOT Physicals Spirometry/Respiratory Testing Miller & Dean Real Estate Team Coldwell Banker Dufour Realty Dana Miller Frankie Dean Secretary: Dave McKinney Treasurer: Don Sleeper Board Members: Eric See Scott Joyce Dana Miller Lance Gray Dave Mckinney Youth Group Coordinator: Jessica Wilkerson... Past President: David McKinney Committee Chairpersons: Fish Master Tom Rosenow Fish Master Elden Hinkle Conservation David McKinney Web Master: Don Sleeper and Richard Wilkerson Fly Tying Terry Mich David W. McKinney, California Occupational Medical Professionals M.D., M.P.H Newsletter Editor Scott Sleeper Proofreader Ray Narbaitz tytline@sbcglobal.net CAF WEBPAGE FISHING REPORTS Past president of Chico Area Flyfishers Change of address? Not receiving newsletter? Contact Don Sleeper