Hi All!

Can you believe that the sun is shining? Yes thats right that is the sun. Long time no see huh? Well it’s back and I hope it stays for awhile.

First off, I would like to thank all the volunteers that helped with the fly fishing clinic. The clinic was a big success and we have received lots of compliments for our clinic and the volunteers.

We also made a great allie in the ODFW, Jenny Ammon who took Shahabs place in the education department. she is a little worry wort, but she just wants all of us to succeed with our endeavors.

Next I would like to say how deeply I was hurt by the turnout at the last meeting with Sam Wurdinger ( 11 people and two were new), for one that doesn’t show a lot of respect for our speaker, or for the board that works so hard to find good speakers for your education, and a chance to go fishing with some great guides.

Our speaker for this meeting is Jeremy Jahns (The Kokanee Kid), I hope you all come to make good showing and the chance to find out where the best kokanee fishing is. this is a great opportunity to help you to catch some fish this year since the Steelhead and Salmon runs are so small. I guess we better start thinking about Trout, Kokanee, and Bass, So grab a friend and get to the meeting on the 16th at 7:00 pm. We will have the usual refreshments and door prizes, and maybe even have a little fun, so get your fishing buddies and come to the meeting.

Last but not least I need some people to volunteer to help us at the Youth Outdoor Day on June the 10th, I also have a sign up sheet for Minto Park clean up including lunch. The more people we have for this event the easier it is and we can sit and have some food and dream up new fish stories.

So until we meet again keep your line tight, and your powder dry. Brian

Hi All !

Well here am just sitting here wondering what to do, when all of a sudden I remembered that I haven’t done the news letter yet, I should have had it done last week.

Well I know that the fishing hasn’t been the greatest, but we can hope for a pickup soon, the Columbia river is now open for Chinook, if you like to brave the cold, go get em and bring your stories to the meeting.

Please don’t forget that we have elections at this meeting and we also have Sam Wurdinger from Dinger Jigs, Sam always has good info on the art of fishing jigs, so bring a friend..

I still need about 3 extra people for the Fly Fishing Clinic on the 29th to help out and jump in where needed, this is a great way to learn to fly fish and not have to pay for it.

We will have our usual door prizes and we will have refreshments, I’m sure that Sam will bring some his wares to sell so don’t be late. Tuesday 7:00pm Keizer City Hall April 18th, I”ll be looking for you. So until then keep your line tight and your powder dry. Brian

Hi All !

Hope you all are staying dry, for March this is unusual weather 2 days of snow, Ice and rain and then just as you think it has passed it starts again. If you weren’t on the learn the river trip on Saturday the 4th you missed a great trip. Bob said it was sunny and almost warm and the fishing wasn’t bad either they caught some smolts and there was one steelhead caught, but he wasn’t with our group, according to our river expert there are fish in the river and if it ever stops raining we just might try to get some.

Our meeting for March 21st will have Jack Glass as our speaker and we will be raffling off two seats on Jacks boat and learning some valuable hints on how to catch Steelhead and maybe even Salmon, so please come early and get your tickets for the drawings.

At this time of year I try to get volunteers for our up and coming events, I would like all the angler educators to sign up for our Fly Fishing Clinic on April 29th the last two we have had were a big success and a lot of fun, then in June we have free fishing weekend on the 3rd and Youth Outdoor Day on the 10th and I hope to get at least 12 to 15 volunteers to come and teach the kids how to fishing help with the set up and take down of the fishing booth.

As usual we will have refreshments and our usual drawings for prizes, so bring a friend and enjoy the meeting. See you there. Keep your line tight and your powder dry. Brian

Hi All,

With the rain and snow it is time you know that Santa Clause is coming to town, There will be missle toe and trees all aglow waiting for Santa to bring toys and joy.

The river is still high and pretty much not fishable till it goes down some, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying.

I am late getting this out because today is the day of the hearing down town on gill nets, I just hope enough people show up to sway the powers that be.

Just around the corner is our Christmas Party, so mark your calendars and get your potluck dish ready this will be a good time, Our speaker for this event will be Karen Hans Biologist from the ODFW in Corvallis, she will be telling you about cutthroat trout and salmon and steelhead in the north Santiam, this will be very informative, can’t wait to see you all there.

We will be supplying the main course and the drinks and plates and silverware, and we will be giving away a great prize at the feast, so don’t stay home.

Not much else to say so keep your lines tight and your powder dry. Brian

Hi All,
How about this weather? pretty nice for fishing and hunting
my river has dropped below 5 feet and there should be some fish still swimming around, I think I will check with Bob L. and find out.

Here it is November and the HOF banquet is this coming
weekend on the 12th, as most of you know we have purchased a
table for the banquet that holds 10 people, at this time we have
space for 2 or three more, the coast is 35.00 per person and if
you want a ride to go we will be doing carpooling for the trip up
and back to Wilsonville, this event is always fun and the food is
great. Please contact me if you would like to attend either by
email or phone (623-363-7387), hope to hear from you very
soon.

Our up coming meeting is on the 15th of Nov, at 7:00 pm and
we will have Arden Corey, North Santiam River guide and pro
fisherman, this is the man you go to if you want to know any-
thing about the North Santiam and what is biting, I’m sure that
Arden will have some great tips on catching Steelhead in the
River and Salmon, bring a friend this type of info will help even
the most seasoned veteran.

At the meeting there will be a sign up sheet for the Christmas
Party Please think about what you want to bring as your potluck
and check the sheet to see how many people are bringing the
same thing. We will be supplying the main course and the
refreshments, looking forward to a large turnout this year,
we will also have a guest speaker that night
(to be announced at a later date).

Refreshments and door prizes will be at our next meeting,
hope to see you there, bring a friend. Keep your line tight and
your powder dry, till the next time. Brian

Hi All,

Well here we are on this beautiful sunny day, the water in the river has cleared up and our V.P. caught himself a couple of fish yesterday, one steelhead and one coho buck – so strike while the fire is hot.

I want all of you to know that your V.P. Bob Lusk is in the VA hospital for open heart surgery. He went in this morning and put his face on Facebook while he was waiting to go in the operating room. Please send some prayers to him for a speedy recovery, he still hasn’t gotten his Buck yet. Seriously he need your prayers.

Well here comes the next meeting, Oct. 18 at 7:00pm at the city hall in Keizer, bring some friends. We will have Matt Halseth pro guide as our speaker, and he will be full of great tips and info for you on how to catch steelhead and salmon. We will also be raffling off a seat in Matt’s boat to go fishing with the best.

We will also have all the usual raffle Items and refreshments, so bring a friend or two, we can always use new members. So for now, Keep your line tight and your powder dry.

Brian

Hi All!

How was your summer? Mine was pretty quiet, did some river trips, a little fishing, and really just relaxing. I’ll bet that most of you had a better time fishing then I did, anyway here we go again with meetings and guest speakers to help us to learn more about how to catch that big one.

Starting off our season of meetings we will have a special guest from Healing Waters fly fishing to give you the run down on this organization and how to get involved, so bring a friend and don’t forget we will have our usual door prizes and refreshments so don’t forget Sept 20th at Keizer city hall meeting room at 7:00 PM. See you there.

Just a reminder we are still looking for people to be on the Board, we can really use the help, also there is the Hall of fame banquet coming up, and our wonderful Christmas Party, so mark them on your calendars.

Sorry for such a short news letter I will try to d better next time. So keep your lines tight and your powder dry. Brian

Hi All !

Well here comes summer, is it hot enough yet? I hope you are staying cool. The Steelhead are starting to move into the river now Bob Lusk caught two in one day and they weren’t recycled, time to go get em.

Thanks to all the volunteers that helped out at Roaring River Hatchery on the 4th. I hope no one passed out from the heat.

There is a learn the river trip set for the 11th of June from Fishermans Bend to Lyons, it will shove off at 10:00 am, get there early so you can get your rig shuttled.

The ODFW has a new pilot program starting in July and August it is called the River Ambassador Project, This program will not take up much of your time it is designed to be on Saturday at one of the parks on the north Santiam so you can instruct novice fisherman about what they will be catching and how to handle the fish for release. There will be a meeting on June the 11th to get this party rolling, if you would like to attend contact Karen Hans at [email protected] or call 541-757-4186 ext 251.

Let me put in a couple of words about the Chapter picnic that will be held in July on the 16th, We the Board need to know how many people are interested in attending this function, it is a potluck event and we will supply the main course, this function will be held at the North Santiam State Park, You can bring your kids and we will supply some games for them, you can bring your fishing gear and go after the steelhead and salmon in the river, it is a nice fishing area, we will have the covered gazebo for protection from the sun, We will also be providing the water and soda for this event, but you must sign up at the next general meeting or email me or phone me by the 30th of June so we have an accurate count. Remember people this event is for you not for the Board members so please sign up and come and mingle with your friends and club members.

For the meeting we have Curt Curry professional guide to come and give you some pointer on how to catch Salmon, so bring a friend and enjoy the class.

We will have refreshments and door prize drawings as usual, so come one come all to the next meeting June 21st at Keizer City Hall 7:00 pm.

Keep you line tight and your powder dry. Brian