Welcome to the Monthly Meeting!!! Regular meeting at The Spice of Life Events Center
Regular meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month . . . see details below:
Meeting begins at 6:00 PM with a mixer with cash bar, a short business meeting will follow and then the regular program will round out the evening.
As always, the meeting will be held at the Spice of Life Events Center, 5706 Arapahoe Avenue (in the Flatirons Golf Course Complex).
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| Table of Contents for Reel News
Article #1 . . . General Meeting for November - At The Spice of Life Events Center!
Article #2 . . . President's Message - First Cast
Article #3 . . . BFC Board Elections
Article #4 . . . Barometric Pressure may mean great catches by Bill Leuchten
Article #5 . . . National Fly Fishing Championships a Huge Success by Bob Bush
Article #6 . . . Todd Oishi, Canadian National Fly Fishing Team by Bob Bush
Article #7 . . . Fly of the Month "Divorce Lawyer" by Ron Donahue
Article #8 . . . BFC Calendar for Fall/Winter 2007
NOTE: Please plan on attending this months program. It promises to be most enlightening for waters
along the Front Range and we also need encouragement in knowing that we are bringing you
the finest in meetings were all proud of!
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| NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING — LOCAL KNOWLEDGE . . . THE POUDRE RIVER!
 Want to get the "Hot Scoop" for a river close to all our hearts?
Rico Moore . . . our November Program presenter, might be called the "River Keeper for the Poudre"!
He grew up on the river, well, almost. Rico was born in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1982. He was on his father’s back, fishing, at eight days old. Rico began fly fishing at age 7 or 8 and caught his first fish (a six inch Yellowstone Cuttrhoat) on Slough Creek at age 9. He had his first memorable fly fishing epiphany on the Cache La Poudre River in the upper stretches near the hatchery, when he was eleven years old; a night memorialized by his father in a story entitled, “A River Runs Through Him.”
Rico has been fishing the whole of Poudre since he began to fly fish. His fly fishing experiences have led to the design of several fly patterns specifically for use on the Cache la Poudre River. He recently founded a conservation organization to protect and enhance the fishery as it flows through the town of Fort Collins (The Cache La Poudre River Foundation). He believes that the river flows through him, even when he’s away from it - the Poudre has become a place of great understanding, learning an insight into not only the sport of fly fishing, but his life as well.
Rico will give a brief history of the Poudre. Then, he’ll approach the fishery through a discussion of its seasons and proven methods for finding excellent fishing. Along with this, he’ll divulge techniques of fly design and fishing tactics that have proven successful for him and others on the Poudre. He will also discuss the formation of the Cache La Poudre River Foundation, its vision and successes.
This is your chance to learn more about the Cache La Poudre River than you ever thought possible! And it less than a two hour drive from Boulder and a great fishery.
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First Cast - President's Message
2008 will mark an important milestone for the Boulder Flycasters.
It is the commencement of a major stream enhancement
project on Middle Boulder Creek.
Boulder Flycasters received word earlier this year that the DOW has awarded
BFC a funding grant in the amount of $129,000.00 for work in the
Rogers Park area of Middle Boulder Creek (approx. 9.1 miles from the
mouth of Boulder Canyon).
To understand the scope and committment that each of us has
for this fine (and needed) project, click below for all the details!
Note: Who's hands are holding this wild trout? . . .
the Pres' himself . . . from the Rogers Park area!
Click here for Paul's Article |
ELECTIONS AT THIS REGULAR MEETING!
Two candidates for board positions are pictured above. Chad Pettrone (left) and
Allen Nakagawa (two pictures at right) are anxious for your votes.
Chad has a dedication to fish protection that was instilled in him from childhood.
He has first-hand experience with how aquatic systems can fail due to heavy
fishing pressure and foraging. This experience has led to the relentless dedication
to catch and release fishing and the protection of our naturally abundant environment.
Chad moved from Chicago to Colorado in 2004 and has recently found Boulder
Flycasters as an ideal organization for him to get involved with the local community
and share his passion with like-minded individuals. BFC has allowed him to have access
to great people and volunteer opportunities such as the Boulder Creek Clean-Up,
National Flyfishing Championship, Reel Recovery, and South Boulder Creek
Watershed Project.
He has recently applied for a $50,000 grant with the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation for the reconstruction of the McGinn and Goodhue Dams. These dams
block fish passage on South Boulder Creek from Valmont Reservoir to Eldorado Canyon.
With the reconstruction of these prehistoric dams, the project will build innovational
dam-like structures that have the same water diversion functions as a regular dam,
but also leave a passage for waterflow and fish migration.
If accepted as Vice President of Boulder Flycasters Chad will devote his time to the
involvement and education of others. With an open mind towards improvement,
he will be asking for your help in making Boulder Flycasters a group that inspires
others. Chad asks for you to be proactive with improving our local watershed.
Allen has served as club officer in high school, worked as a researcher in a medical
school, as a "quality" employee for a specialty chemical company, ran a management
consulting business for 8 years, had a varity of jobs including with Hewlett-Packard in
both marketing and R&D (new product development) and at Amgen in Thousand
Oaks, CA. Allen retired at 53 and moved to Boulder to obtain a more reasonable
work-life balance and to spend more time outdoors.
Allen is willing to take on most any volunteer position at BFC that would help
our club and the community . . . He's "Not Choosy"!
As an example of Allen's honesty, the caption for his picture (in the water) . . . "He's trying to keep from falling into water while attempting to retrieve a
fly stuck on tree while fishing the Blue River".
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| Does Barometric Pressure Have an Effect on Fish?
Does Barometric Pressure have an effect on fish?
By Bill Leuchten, Owner - Front Range Anglers
(Bill shown with his daughter, doing what dads do best!)
I usually like to blame the dropping barometer for my poor fishing days.
In actuality it’s the change in the weather, not any fluctuation in barometric
pressure, that affects both the fish and the fishing. In fact, most underwater
species are probably not aware of any barometric changes. To learn more
about how barometric pressure affect angling success,
click on Bill's article link below!
click here for Bill's Article
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| The National Fly Fishing Championships Was a Rousing Success
 The National Fly Fishing Championships have just been completed and everyone
involved were praising the Steering Committee, all the volunteers (including a number
of BFC'ers) and the contestants for the work done in early October!
Special thanks goes to CTU's David Nickum, for his leadership in getting the Conservation Day
activities in place. There were over 16 different conservation organizations and city
water quality departments in attendance. The barbecue and individual presentations made
the days' events something special.
As another benefit of the championships, we were able to offer to the DOW creel samples of
catches by all the competitors from scoring results and we were able to pinpoint the exact
catch rate in each 150 yard beat. This is the first time results been compiled from actual
angling records and not from electroshocking results. Since we had the official scoring
sheets, it was a simple process to get the report to the DOW. For your information, the Big
Thompson Venue resulted in 253 scorable trout, the Upper Poudre Venue scored 328 trout,
the Lower Poudre Venue scored 291 trout, Dowdy Lake scored 213 trout (+two suckers) and
Parvin Lake scored only 84 trout (but most of the large fish were caught there with the
largest being a 22+ inch Rainbow).
We received press coverage from all the local news channels including a special segment
during 9 News, prime time. Hundreds of column inches of newspaper coverage nationwide made the NFFC more credible than ever. Magazine interest was also high,
including an 8 page insert in High Country Angler. Many on-line news services used images
we provided to media outlets in their coverage areas. Even media on the east coast
provided more stories and articles on fly fishing and the National Championships than have
ever been written before.
We even had our own Governor, Bill Ritter, present the keynote address at the
Awards Banquet. Ernie Bjorkman (channel 2 News anchor) was master of ceremonies.
We were even able to wet a line with Governor Ritter at the Sunday VIP Day festivities at
Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch.
The photo above, shows just how far we've come in covering the entire event with
Governor Ritter and Team USA captain, Anthony Naranja, fishing the Big Thompson.
Editor's note: Governor Ritter landed over 20 trout along this stretch of the Big Thompson
within a three hour period, the largest was pushing 18 inches and the smallest was just
under 4 inches . . . (A picture I took of Bill holding the "4 incher" will be released to the
media if he divulges what fly patterns he used during the day!)
As an added note: the approx. $9,000.00 in net proceeds from the Championships will be
shared, in part, with CTU and in furthering conservation efforts and youth education
programs along the Front Range. The Championships are a win, win for all involved.
The future of Trout Unlimited and CTU will be strengthened by this partnership!
Bob Bush, editor |
| Todd Oishi, Canadian National Fly Fishing Team
 Sometimes you meet anglers in your travels that leave an impression on you.
It may be from chance meeting on the river, sharing a particularly good hole or maybe in a
fender bender in the parking lot of a stretch of water you shared. Usually, for me, it's angling
of some sort or another.
But, in this case, it was originally from an email I received from one of the contestants
competing in the National Fly Fishing Championships. He was a member of the Canadian
National Team and the inquiry pertained to, of all things, what kind of boats we were going to
use on the lake portion of the competitions. He wanted to find boats like we were going to be
using so that he could practice on his home waters up in Canada in preparation for the
National Championships.
As it turns out, we weren't going to use boats of any kind, but rather, anglers were going
to fish from shore using waders. So the boat question was a non-issue after all.
Todd Oishi had been a member of the Canadian Team for a number of years and is one of
their top anglers. I was to find out just how good he was during the competitions.
But for a first contact with one of the competitors, it was all business.
I answered his question and moved on with my work. In his thank you to my email response, he directed me to his web site and angling writings. I was impressed to say
the least. And what he had to say was interesting from a non-professional writing perspective. I've always been interested in fishing in Alberta and British Columbia
and this peaked my interest even more.
Take a couple minutes and click below to see for yourself how a day on the river for
a father and sons can be worthwhile and enjoyable, not to mention they have
their share of rude anglers up north!
View Todd's web site at: www.bcflyfishingadventures.com
Note: Team Canada came in in eighth place!
Todd Oishi article here
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FLY OF THE MONTH THE "DIVORCE LAWYER"
DIVORCE LAWYER
Tying Pattern by Ron Donahue
Recipe:
Hook: Dai Riki #270 size 6
Thread: Black, Danville's 6/0
Body: Black Ice Dub Chenille
Thorax: Med. Lead
Bead: Hot Orange 6.3 mm or 1/4"
Tail: Purple Maribou - Dark Blue Flashabou
Rib: 8lb. test Mono
Tying Instructions:
1. Mount Bead with smallest hole nearest eye.
2. Make 8 wraps of lead behind bead, slide lead forward into bead hole.
3. Using black Danville thread, Tie in lead, then wrap back to bend of hook.
4. Tie in 4 strands of Blue Flashabou on each side of hook.
5. Tie in clump of Purple Maribou, trim tail one hook length long.
6. Tie in mono behind tail.
7. Tie in chanille and wrap forward to bead.
8. Wrap mono forward, reverse wrapping to bead.
9. Whip finish thread behind bead.
10. Apply drop of super glue behind bead!
Fishing Suggestions:
Excellent for all salmon species except for Kings. Good for Char, Rainbows and Browns.
Fish across stream. Sometimes suspend in current. Quick strip in lakes.
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BFC Calendar Events Listing for Fall, 2007
November 7th General meeting - Rico Moore, Local Knowledge, Cache La Poudre River
December 5th Holiday Party - Bring a gift to share!
General Meeting: Doors will open at 6:00 PM. This meeting will be held at the Spice of Life Events Center, 5706 Arapahoe Avenue (in the Flatirons Golf Course Complex).
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