The Newsreel
November, 2018 Volume 35, Issue 11
Clearer Waters Brighter Streams
On the cover: Mike Marlatt on the Metolius
Cascade Family Fly Fishers is a club dedicated to improving our local waterways, preserving this precious resource for future
generations. Most importantly we are fly tiers, trout bums and steelheaders who love to spend time on the water learning and living
the craft that is flyfishing. We are teachers and students, mentors to youth and to each other. We are friends and we are families!
General Meeting location is Wesley United Methodist Church, 1385 Oakway Rd. Eugene. 4th Thursday of Each
month. Meeting starts @ 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Fly tying demonstration from 6:15 pm. Board meetings are open to all
members on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM at Wesley United Methodist Church.
In This Edition
Prez Sez 2
Olde Fly Guy 3
Auction Report 4-5
Leaburg Fly Tying 6
Fishin’ Photos 7
Rod’s Tying Corner 8-9
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The turkeys are coming, the turkeys are coming.
Brace yourself, everyone, the holiday season is upon
us. The November meeting is a week early, on
November 15, in lieu of Thanksgiving. We will be
holding our Board elections, followed by our
members’ annual slide show. This is one meeting I
personally enjoy, being able to see the travels and
adventures of our members. Roz Kauffman does an
excellent job putting this presentation together. She
has said with our new projector, it looks awesome.
Hope to see you all on the 15th.
December 1st, will be our annual planning meeting
to be held at the Leaburg Fire Station. This is the
meeting that the Board and committee chairs set the
direction and dates for the programs of our next
year. Everyone’s input is always welcome. The event
is also a potluck, so come join us for the fun.
For the last many years, Roz Kauffman has been the
editor of the newsletter for Cascade Family
Flyfishers. We have watched the newsletter improve
and grow over the years, and have eagerly awaited
its publication each month. Under Roz’s direction,
the newsletter has kept us informed about outings,
events, educational opportunities, and photos of our
activities and fishing successes. Roz has decided to
step down. She has been working with Phil Hornung
over the past year, who has agreed to take her
position. Because of her insight, we can expect a
smooth transition. A big thanks also to Phil for
taking on this venture. From the bottom of my
heart, I would personally like to thank Roz for all her
years of service and the great job she has done for
Cascade Family Flyfishers.
See you at our meeting on November 15th for the
slide show.
Randy
The Prez Sez
Randy Beard
The November Meeting 11/15/2018
The Year in Pictures
Wesley United Methodist Church
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This month’s meeting will be the last time this year
that the library will be available for check in and
check out. Please remember to bring the DVD’s
you have checked out.
Winter is coming!. Need something to do when
you can’t go fishing? Check out some DVD’s from
the library. We have a wide range of viewing
material, especially fly tying. What better way to get
ready for next season than by filling your fly boxes
with flies you tied and brushing up on your fishing
skills?
Missing DVD’s: If you have ever checked out a
DVD over the last couple of years please look
around and see if you might have forgotten to turn
one in. Here is a list of some that are missing. :
Advanced Techniques for Fly Fishing Still Waters
Flyfishing for Bass Dynamics of Fly Casting
Top 85 Tips on Flyfishing for Trout
Betty Capt, Librarian
Year End Library News
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I love this little mountain river; it changes each
year! The seasonal high water energy pushes rocks,
trees and gravel around and drops them where they
lay as the water recedes. This healthy flushing
rejuvenation is missing from damned rivers.
From my journals, June 10, 2013
Riding a low-angled sunlit current seam, the
Percolator is engulfed within a powerful swirl of
crystalline colors. Yellow fly line melts downstream
from the USA machined click and pawl reel. Four
quick catapulting jumps produce pulsating screams
from the little reel, sounding like metallic cat yowls.
Green and white backing suddenly appears. My
right arm is alive with vibrant connection, bouncing
rod tip bowing to the laser arrow of disappearing
fly line.
Against a glimmering summer evening
backlighted sky, a robust wild trout displays bursts
of form in flight, within and above the remote,
forested Western Oregon mountain river’s broken
currents. My awareness of time disappears, skewed
by connection to this robust wild fish.
I reel downstream toward the trout, negotiating
the rocky creek edge and marveling in the amount
of taut fly line forming a triangle’s hypotenuse to a
powerful fish.
Immersed within a tiny tailout edge, a slab of
crimson flexing wet muscle greets my gaze. A size
8 Percolator protrudes from the big trout’s lower
jaw. Gently tethering the trout by grasping the
leader a foot from the fly, I snap several underwater
photos. A millisecond after “snicking” out the de-
barbed fly, this gorgeous wild Rainbow rockets out
of sight. I feel a tug on my heart!
Michael T Williams
www.mtwilliamsflyfish.com
Olde Fly Guy
A Rainbow on Whisper Creek
Wild Trout, photos by Michael T
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Just as it takes many raindrops to fill a bucket, it takes many people and donations to make an Auction. Thank you to the many members, friends, and retail organizations that donated items this year to make the 2018 CFF Auction such a success!
This was a year of change at the Auction. Fly boxes were taken out of the Live Auction and put on their own table. By buying a raffle ticket from Jim Breedlove, members had an opportunity to win flies tied by our awesome club tiers: Norm Domagala, Vic Hadley, Mike Marlatt, Leroy Miller, Joe Moody, Dennis Munroe, Steve Overall, Rod Roth, Jim Sens, Bob Wolfe, Women of CFF box was tied by Betty Capt, Roz Kauffman, Marie Meredith, Michelle Overall, Katherine Paiva and Trese Slocum.
We added a Saturday float opportunity to the Evening Floats this year. All members were given three tokens and could choose from three dates for a chance to win a night on the river with one of our experienced boat captains. A special thanks to captains and crew:, Randy Beard, Mike Diehl, Steve Overall, Dave Prindel, Michael T Williams and shuttle driver Michelle Overall.
Check-In was made easier this year because all dinners were prepaid. This meant all you had to do was check in, pick up your Bid# and start bidding! Special thanks to Michelle, Jen, and Debbie Durbin for handling Check-In and tallying Check-Out duties.
The Silent Auction tables featured an interesting array of new and used outdoor items, hand-crafted items, a collection of rods, a trio of float tubes, Ginnie’s ever-popular pumpkin bread, and baskets – so many baskets! 35 to be exact! All whipped up, wrapped up, and gussied up, by Brandy Williford, Michelle Overall, and Jen Acosta.
Over on the Buy-it-Now table Dave Prindel and Vic Hadley had quite the spread of larger items ranging from artwork and tying lights, to rainwear and tubes of colored UV glues. Bidding was fast and competitive!
Thanks to our Live Auction team, Steve Overall and Glenn Miller, and their spotters Joe Moody, Dennis Munroe, and Alan Corbin, who rallied the crowd to bid
more and bid higher. And a special thanks to those CFF members who did bid and procured rods, over-night stays, Al Heide, Michael T. and Steve Schaefer’s floats, food, hand-crafted, baked, and beautifully tied items in the Live Auction. A special thanks too for the continued support from Jason Mitzner at Home Waters Fly Shop, and Chris Daughters at The Caddis Fly Shop. Thank you too Leroy Miller and Roz Kauffman for capturing the event on film.
During a brief stint as Auctioneer, Frank was able to get high dollars for Prez Randy Beard Mystery Box! Teasers all year paid off in a box full of fishy surprises. Congrats to Carol and Chuck Tannebaum for their winning bid and thanks to Randy for compiling such an exciting Live Auction item!
Because of these united efforts the entire club will benefit. Funds raised at this year’s Auction will go toward education and informative speakers, the funding of outings and youth outreach programs, and more! Thank you again for all of your donations and contributions!!
Committee members gave freely of their time this year and helped with set-up, organizing donations, and clean-up, Jen Acosta, Jim Breedlove, Betty Capt, Marv Clemons, Alan Corbin, Mike Diehl, Debbie Durbin, Vic Hadley, Roz Kauffman, Marion Lill, Bob Metcalf, Glenn Miller, Leroy Miller, Joe Moody, Dennis Munroe, Michelle Overall, Steve Overall, Dave Prindel, George Randle, Rod Roth, Brooke Starks, Larry Starks, Brandy Williford, and many more!
If you have any ideas or suggestions for improving next year’s Auction or questions, please give us a call at (541) 515-6369, or email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. And pencil in the date – October 22, 2019 – Tuesday, not Thursday.
See you there!
Frank and Katherine Paiva
CFF Auction Chairs
2018 Auction
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Auction
Photos by Leroy Miller
Carol won the president’s mystery box
Silent auction tables
Buy it now tables
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Leaburg Fly Tying Potluck
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Bill Burliegh at Christmas Island
Joe Moody’s grandson Sawyer at
Blue River Reservoir
Fishin’
L-R Al, Dennis, Joe and Bob at Pronghorn
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Pheasant and Orange Soft Materials List
Hook: 12---14 200R
Thread: Bright Orange
Body: Tying Thread
Hackle: Breast of Pheasant.
Tying Instructions are ( L) to (R ).
Take (1) Pheasant Tail feather. While hold-
ing the tip and the stem of the feather, in
your (L) fingers. Gently strip off some of the
soft hackle from both sides of the feather.
While holding the tip and the stem of the
feather, in your (L) fingers. gently strip
off one side of the soft hackle stem.
Start building a small tapered body with the thread, move the
thread to the mid point of the hook.
Attach the Orange thread behind the eye, leaving a small open
area behind the eye, wrap back. to the point of the hook.
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Holding the tip, wet your ( R ) finger and GENTLY pull
down the feathers
Tie the tip of the feather on the hook 1/3 behind the
eye
Attach the hackle pliers to the bare stem and wrap the
feather over the hook 3-5 X, pulling the feathers back
with each warp. Tie off slightly over the tied feather and
trim.
Pull all of the feathers over the eye. Distrib-
ute the feathers evenly around the hook, at
the eye to even out the feathers.
Pinch at the eye and with a twisting motion,
to the (R) push back over the eye of the
hook. Repeat by pushing to the (L).
Apply head cement & clear the eye of any
Summer Small Streams Trip
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Cascade Family
Flyfishers
2018
Club Leadership
Executive Board
President
Randy Beard
541-510-0323
Vice President
Mike Marlatt
541-206-9003
Treasurer & Communications
Michelle Overall
Secretary
Jen Acosta
541-741-8276
Past President
Glenn Miller
541-359-9522
Board Members
Steve Overall
Jim Breedlove
Larry Stark
Brandy Williford
Craig Prindel
Bob Wolfe
Committee
Chairpersons:
Outings
Dennis Munroe/Joe Moody
Newsletter
Roz Kauffman/Phil Hornung
Website
Carolyn Beardshear
Membership
Terese Slocum
FFI Reps
Mike Marlatt & Brandy Williford
Library
Betty Capt
Programs
Michael T. Williams
Fly Tying Classes
Rod Roth
Raffle
Jim Breedlove
Auction
Frank & Kat Paiva
Conservation
Glen Neal & Ginnie Griley
Cascade Family flyfishers Club has an incredible opportunity to purchase
Columbia sportswear and Accessories at greatly reduced prices. Our club was
approved to participate in their Pro Purchase Program enabling us to purchase
anything in their on-line catalog at 40% to 60% off the listed prices. Columbia
sportswear is a quality product and I would encourage everyone to take a look at
www.columbia.com. If you see something that you are interested in just email
the item name, style#, color and size to me at [email protected] and I will get
back to you with the purchase price for our club. Then if you wish to order it, just
let me know and I can do that for you. The shipping charge is $6 for each order
that I make, (whether it is one item or 20 items.) if you would like our Cascade
Family Flyfishers logo embroidered on it the additional cost is $5. Of course, if
you already have something that you would like to have embroidered with our
logo, just get it to me and I will get it done for $5 also. This is a great
opportunity, so take a look.
Michelle Overall, Treasurer and Communications Chair
Note From The Editors
As usual there will be no newsletter in the month of
December, Happy Holidays!
Welcome New Member
David Flaherty
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Membership Application
CASCADE FAMILY FLY FISHERS APPLICATION
FOR MEMBERSHIP/MEMBERSHIP
RENEWAL
Mail To: Cascade Family Fly Fishers, P.O. Box 70303, Springfield, 97475
Please print legibly:
Name_____________________________________________ Nickname ___________________________ DOB (optional) ___________________
Spouse/partner ___________________________________ Nickname ___________________________ DOB (optional) __________________
Address ________________________________________________________ City _______________________ State _______ Zip ___________
Home Phone __________________________________ Work Phone ____________________________________
E-mail ________________________________________ Cell Phone ____________________________________
Occupation and or employer ___________________________________________________________________
Are you a member of FFF? Yes ____ No ____ FFF expiration date? ____________________
The following information is requested in order to maintain a data base of our member’s knowledge and experience which may be of
help in club activities. Please be as complete as possible
Years of fly fishing experience 0-3 ____ 3-5 ____ 5-10 ____ 10-20 ____ 20-40 ____ Over 40 ____
As a fly caster are you: Novice? ____ Average? ____ Proficient? ____ Expert? ____ FFF Certified Instructor? ____
Do you tie your own flies? Yes ____ No____ If yes rate you tying from Novice 1 to Instructor being 5 _____Check any of the following
watercraft that you own: Float tube ____ Pontoon boat ____ Canoe ____ Drift boat ____ Pram ____ Motor boat ____ Jet boat ____ Others
(Describe) ___________________________________________________________________________________
Club members are asked to consider serving on at least one committee of their choice to assist the committee chairperson when re-
quired. Number your choices from 1 –3 of the following committees:
Newsletter ____ Program ____ Membership ____ Raffle ____ Conservation ____ Education ____ Auction ____ Outings ____ Library ____
Webmaster ____ Fly Tying ____ Legislative/Environment _______
Complete dues as follows:
Individual or Family $25.00 (includes one name tag and club pin) (dues are $15.00 when joining after July 1st
Student $15.00
Associate (resident outside Lane County) $10.00
Additional name tags $7.00 each Additional pin $4.00
Total amount due:__________________________________$ ___________
Signature ___________________________________________________________________________________
I do _______ do not ______ authorize the printing of my contact information in the club directory. (please check your option)
ABOUT CASCADE FAMILY FLY FISHERS
Cascade Family Fly Fishers (CFF) is an independent, not for profit, fly fishing organization open to the public
and is an affiliate of the National Federation of Fly Fishers (FFF). Annual dues are $25.00 for an individual or
family membership, $15.00 for a student, and $10.00 for those who live outside Lane County. Membership
includes a subscription to the newsletter and the privilege of participating in any and all club activities. CFF
Board meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month and the general membership meetings on the
fourth Thursday of each month.
Articles found in the CFF newsletter may be reprinted in other non-profit publications without the express
permission of the CFF so long as full acknowledgement is given to CFF and the author or authors.
Trademarks and/or logos may appear in the “Trading Post” section of the newsletter, (which is the club mem-
ber’s free of charge classified section), but this does not give any proprietary rights to the company. Should a
for-profit company wish to place an ad in the newsletter for a product or service, it can purchase a 1/8th page
for $20.00 or a 1/2 page for $50.00. All rates are per issue and inserts will be considered. Ad and article
deadlines are midnight, the second Sunday of the month.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
CASCADE FAMILY FLY FISHERS
P.O.BOX 70303
Springfield, OR 97475
www.cascadefamilyflyfishers.com
President: Randy Beard
PO Box 70303
Springfield, OR 97475