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

Hi All

First off let me apologize for my mess up on the dates in the newsletter last month, that was why our speaker didn’t come, but Jack will be here at this meeting and I hope you will all come to see him and hear what he has to say, We will be raffling off two seats for Jack’s boat, so bring a friend and come enjoy the talk.

As you can tell by the fish counts at the dams we are not getting the fish we were hoping for but there are a few that have managed to avoid the jaws of the sea lions and seals, they seem to be a bigger problem this year and are now causing problems with small watercraft, so if you are fishing in the Willamette below the falls please be careful.

Hopefully all of you remember that this is election month and the office of President is open for nominations as are all the jobs on the board, and we can use a couple more able bodies on the board for special projects and some fresh ideas. Please remember that this great organization we belong to was founded by volunteers and is run by volunteers that love fishing and care about the environment so don’t be afraid to help out when needed, we on the board appreciate all of you.

As I mentioned Jack Glass will be at the meeting Tuesday April 19th 7:00pm at Keizer City Hall. (no mistake this time )

Just as a reminder Saturday is Clean-up day at North Santiam State Park it starts at 9:00am and we will be serving lunch about 12:00 This doesn’t cost you anything but a couple of hours of your time and it is a great help to the park rangers in getting the park ready for the summer campers, I only have 5 people that signed up at the meeting and we can really use more.

As usual there will be our regular door prizes and refreshments, so bring a friend and we will have a great turnout for Jack Glass.

So remember keep your line tight and your powder dry, see you at the meeting. Brian

Hi All!
Well here it is March and it is coming in like a Lion. The water is rising again with all the rain and that means the fish will start moving again, so by the time the water goes down the fishing should be pretty good.

Ya know I can’t ask enough for volunteers, we are putting on a
Steelhead Clinic at the end of this month and I need help, we
are looking for people that can teach Knot tying and rigging as
well as casting and how to read the water and I even need a
cook for the lunch we will be serving, we can use some helpers
and remember anyone that helps gets to be in on the clinic and
learn right along with the students. Please keep this in mind,
your help is very valuable to us. Any one that is a certified An-
gler Instructor I hope you sign up to be at the clinic.

We also have a few other events coming up that we will re-
quire your help, so when you see the sign up sheets at the next
meeting Please sign up.

Our speaker this month is Jack Glass he will be speaking on
spring Chinook so please attend this very informative meeting,
we will be raffling off 2 seats in Jacks boat, this is a trip you
want be on. Please don’t forget that this is the time to elect Officers to
the board so please have someone in mind for President as this
position will be open, there are also a couple of seats on the
board that need to be filled.

As usual we will have our door prize raffles for some great
fishing gear, refreshments will be available and a good time to
be had by all, please bring a friend and join in, you will meet
some great people and learn from the best in the business. Hope
to see all of you at the meeting March 16th at 7:00pm at the
Keizer City Hall… Brian

Hi All!
Well here it is time for all the news that is worth printing. The
fish count at Bennett Dam is really pitiful, there was only one
winter steelhead came across in January and so far this month there have been a few residual fish caught in the river, but nothing significant. Willamette Falls only shows
around 1550 steelhead so far this year, hopefully it will go up
very soon.
We have a lot of activities coming up this spring and summer
so don’t be afraid to volunteer we will be looking for your help.
Our speaker this month is Brandon Glass, and he will be
talking about Steelhead fishing and should have some good info
for all. We will be raffling off two seats on his boat.
We will have our standard raffles and refreshments so every
one bring a friend and a good fishing story. See you at the
meeting, Keep you line tight and/or powder dry. Brian & Bob