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Monterey Peninsula Flycasters’ February 2010 NEWSLETTER  Our Fishmasters with a double during the Lower Sac Fishout President’s Message: By John Weber Our annual meeting was a big success.  The Crazy Horse had the room well set up and Ed set up the show that we watched while eating. The raffle went well.  Koney won the big prize and Ed the Fleece. Our officers remain the same with the addition of Stacey on to the Board. Look forward to seeing you on Feb. 2 at the Waste Water Board Room. We will feature knot tying so bring some flies and leader so we can show you the best knots to practice. Tight lines, John Weber ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Vice-President’s Message: By Ed Kelleher Ed Kelleher VP and SLDO ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Treasurer’s Note: By Bill Lauster As a club, we have limited funds, but we do support (donate to) some very worthwhile organizations. Here is a list of those organizations we are currently supporting: Carmel River Steelhead Association Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project California Sportfishing Protection Alliance California Trout ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Editor’s Notes: The newsletter is published monthly and distributed free to anyone who subscribes to it. If you wish to subscribe, contact the editor. Contributions (articles, letters, pictures, event notices, comics, recipes, etc. ), anything & everything is encouraged and most welcome. Have you been fishing lately? Do you have some pictures you want to share with the club? Submit contributions to the new newsletter editor @… Michael Matica 565 Sugarloaf Road Scotts Valley, CA 95066 bugchucker58@gmail.com Please try to submit your information by the 20th of the month preceding the publication month. I’ll try to get everything into the newsletter, even if I get it after the 20th, but the sooner I get it the more likely it is to make it into the next edition. *************************************************************** Newsletter comments: Unfortunately, many are not able to open the files I attach in the e-mail distributions. Sorry about that. I will try to copy the newsletters directly into the e-mail, but some of the formatting will be lost. It will be best to view the newsletter here on the web site if & when you can. Also, I already have a working version of the next newsletter uploaded...so you can see in advance what is coming..and I update it real time as I get new information... *************************************************************** The web site: If you have any ideas for other things you would like to see on the club web site, please let me know. I’ll admit that I am by no means a web developer guru. I am using a simple program with my Mac that builds all the code for me, and the program is limited in what is it capable of doing. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Upcoming 2010 Calendar of Events: February 2 Monthly General Meeting March 2 Monthly General Meeting April 6 Monthly General Meeting April 15, 16 & 17 Fishout at Pyramid Lake (contact Doug Leach for more info) May 4 Monthly General Meeting June 1 Monthly General Meeting July 6 Monthly General Meeting August 3 Monthly General Meeting September 7 Monthly General Meeting October 5 Monthly General Meeting October ? Lower Sac Fishout November 9 Monthly General Meeting November 6 Dan Blanton’s Striperfest at the Sugar Barge Marina & Resort on the Delta December 7 Monthly General Meeting ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* What is that ‘sheep skin’ you see on the raffle table at the club meetings? Answer: It’s a fleece. The fleece is sort of a tradition with our club. Throughout the year, members donate flies to it which are raffled off at the annual dinner in January. The fly collection is growing, but we still need loads more. I encourage you all to donate some each month, even if it’s only 1 or 2. Just think what a nice collection we would have by the time the annual raffle rolls around! Do you tie your own flies, consider bringing some to the meeting and donating them. It’s fun to watch the collection of flies increase over the coarse of the year leading up to the annual dinner. Have some extras? Feel really generous? How about doing 2 nice things? Visit Geoff Malloway at Central Coast FlyFishing, buy a fly (or 2, 3, 5… ) and donate them to the fleece. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* The MPFC Club Monthly Meeting: When: The Monterey Peninsula Flycasters Club (MPFC) meets the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7PM. Where: The meetings are held at the Waste Water Management Facility located at: 3945 Rio Road Carmel, CA 93923 Directions: Coming down Highway 1, turn left onto Rio Road, proceed past the shopping centers and the post office. The building is about one half block past the Post Office and Rancho Road. The driveway is on the left and the parking lot is in the rear. See the map below. What goes on at the meeting? We have presenters when the club budget allows. At the April meeting we had an awesome program about fishing in the surf presented by Robert Ketley. The presentation was very well received. In May, our very own VP, Ed Kelleher presented a program on CA Heritage Trout. We also have a monthly raffle where you could win flies, fly lines, articles of clothing, leaders, tippet materials, etc, and sometimes even a brand new fly rod (one can never have enough fly rods!, I know I can’t). The money collected from the raffle is used to cover club expenses such as program speakers, and future raffle prizes...so buy lots of raffle tickets and support the club and help Ed bring in more speakers!. Board of Directors Meeting: The Board of Directors meeting starts at 6:30, 30 minutes prior to the general meeting, every month, at the same location. All members are invited and welcome. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Fishing Reports: Nothing new to report this month... ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Upcoming Fishouts: by Doug Leech Okay folks, I assume you are beginning to tie flies for our up coming trip to Pryamid. Just to remind you, the dates are April 15,16,17. It should be an awesome year with all of the snow we have had and cold weather. I hope you can all make it. Let me know what you are thinking, okay. Doug ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* The San Clemente Dam is coming down! I found a great article at MercuryNews.com This will be the largest dan removal in California. I can’t post the rest of the artcile here as it copywrighted...but if you go to the link (here) it will take you to the page... ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Please support our local fly shop! See/visit Geoff Malloway @  Central Coast Fly Fishing 7172 Carmel Valley Road Carmel, CA  93923 (831) 626-6586 info@centralcoastflyfishing.com Stop by and see and talk to Geoff. He’s got a great shop and is always willing to help with whatever your needs might be. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* For Sale / Trade / Donate: Have something to sell, trade/swap? Bring it to the meeting! & let the editor know… He’ll get a notice into the newsletter to inform others… ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* TO REPORT ILLEGAL FISHING, CALL CAL TIP at 1-800-952-5400 ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Send questions, comments, information requests, corrections, concerns, everything & anything to the new rookie newsletter editor: Michael Matica bugchucker58@gmail.com http://www.carmelriverwatershed.org/crsa.htmlhttp://www.mbstp.org/http://www.calsport.org/http://www.caltrout.org/mailto:bugchucker58@gmail.com?subject=MPFC%20Newslettermailto:bugchucker58@gmail.comhttp://www.centralcoastflyfishing.comhttp://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14168415?source=most_viewedhttp://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14168415?source=most_viewedhttp://www.centralcoastflyfishing.com/http://www.centralcoastflyfishing.com/mailto:info@centralcoastflyfishing.commailto:bugchucker58@gmail.comhttp://www.centralcoastflyfishing.com/shapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7shapeimage_3_link_8shapeimage_3_link_9shapeimage_3_link_10shapeimage_3_link_11shapeimage_3_link_12

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