Saturday, January 14 at American Family Insurance
We are incredibly pleased to let you know that Landon Mayer … professional fishing guide, author and speaker … is the featured guest of our 2017 Icebreaker.
Landon’s angling success is fueled by an addiction to pursuing large trout with small flies and lightweight fly-fishing equipment. Mayer enthusiastically teaches and demonstrates his techniques and on-river knowledge to fellow anglers and has developed innovative strategies for sighting, hooking, and landing selective trout.
He shares these tips and secrets in person and in his books 101 Trout Tips: A Guide’s Secrets, Tactics and Techniques, Colorado’s Best Fly Fishing, Sight Fishing for Trout, and How to Catch the Biggest Trout of Your Life, in addition to two DVDs: Landing the Trout of Your Life and Weapons of Bass Production, both of which also feature John Barr.
You will NOT want to miss this, so be sure to save the date for our biggest annual fundraiser.
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New Members – Feb 2017
Welcome New Members
We’re pleased to announce the addition of the following new members to our ranks.
We are honored to have you among us. Please join us for a Chapter meeting, and we will give you FREE raffle tickets, flies and “an offer you can’t refuse” from some of our most experienced fisher-folk! Try to get there at 6 p.m. for dinner and to sit with one of our board members to learn more about us. If you will be attending your first meeting, please contact Matt Sment so we can expect you.
Fly Tying: Parachute Dun
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by Rusty Dunn
You probably don’t think of Leonardo da Vinci as a fly angler, but he invented a truly great fly design in 1483. Long before Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, he invented the parachute. Not the parachute dry fly, but the real parachute, a wood and canvas contraption with which you could jump from high places and land safely. Over four centuries later, his invention gave its name to the parachute dry fly, a modern masterpiece. You must visit Paris, France to see the Mona Lisa or Milan, Italy for The Last Supper, but you’ll find Leonardo’s parachutes – and lots of them – in any fly shop. Admire their beauty, for they are simple works of art. Read More
January 10, 2017 Meeting: Big, BIG Brown Trout
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Tips on catching “Lake Michigan monsters” at our January 10 meeting
Few things get anglers fired up like a big brown trout, and there’s no bigger brown trout than those in Lake Michigan … not too far away!
Join pro-kayak angler and land based fishing guide Israel Dunn for a talk that showcases the best of this world-class fishery.
Israel will share the history of salmonids in the Great Lakes, how to find them, and the insider techniques needed to catch them from the shoreline.
If you’ve ever been curious about what it takes to catch a giant brown trout, this presentation is for you!
As usual, the meeting is upstairs at the Coliseum Bar and Grill on East Olin Avenue at 7 p.m. but please join us earlier for dinner and a few stories.
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Newscasts – January 2017
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October meeting: Patagonia Double-Play
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A bucket list trip to two classic South American fly-fishing lodges? Now that’s the definition of a PATAGONIA DOUBLE-PLAY!
Join us on Tuesday, October 11 to hear Bill Engber share stories and photos from an amazing adventure. Bill will talk about fishing the Rio Grande of Tierra del Fuego where massive Sea-Run Brown Trout average nine to ten pounds, and the famous Lago Strobel aka “Jurassic Lake” where Rainbow Trout averaging six to eight pounds cruise the shores. You won’t want to miss this exciting presentation! Read More
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Newscasts – October 2016
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Newscasts – September 2016
Somebody will win $100 in September
We’ve had no winner at the past meetings, so our You Must Be Present to Win drawing has grown to its maximum limit of $100. Please join us at our September 13 Chapter meeting where one lucky member in attendance WILL win a gift certificate to Fontana Sports Specialties.
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Landon Mayer and our 2017 Icebreaker!
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Saturday, January 14 at American Family Insurance
We are incredibly pleased to let you know that Landon Mayer … professional fishing guide, author and speaker … is the featured guest of our 2017 Icebreaker.
Landon’s angling success is fueled by an addiction to pursuing large trout with small flies and lightweight fly-fishing equipment. Mayer enthusiastically teaches and demonstrates his techniques and on-river knowledge to fellow anglers and has developed innovative strategies for sighting, hooking, and landing selective trout.
He shares these tips and secrets in person and in his books 101 Trout Tips: A Guide’s Secrets, Tactics and Techniques, Colorado’s Best Fly Fishing, Sight Fishing for Trout, and How to Catch the Biggest Trout of Your Life, in addition to two DVDs: Landing the Trout of Your Life and Weapons of Bass Production, both of which also feature John Barr.
You will NOT want to miss this, so be sure to save the date for our biggest annual fundraiser.
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