Newsletter 2006-08

Wichita, Kansas
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Event Calendar
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Upcoming Events
Page 3
Big Game Fishing in
Wichita Page 4
August, 2006
Presidents Line
Dear Fellow Club Members
There has been a date change for working
with the Big Brothers program. The date is
now scheduled for September 9th. We will
need several volunteers to help with this
program. We have been asked to help
with a scouting program in October. More
information will be available at a later date
on this project. I encourage everyone to
attend the August 3rd meeting. We have guest speaker Paul Sodamann who is
an expert on Kansas big game fly fishing. See page 3
The board has started planning the fall picnic and the winter program. The picnic
will be after trout season starts and will be at Sedgwick County Park.
Keep fishing, Gale Brown
Conejos River CO
Page 5 and 6
Club Business
Page 7
Rainbow over the Conejos River, Colorado
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Next Meeting August 3rd 7:00 P.M.
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2006 Officers
PRESIDENT
Gale Brown
2006 Activities Calendar
August 3rd
August Meeting - Great Plains Nature Center 7:00 P.M.
Paul Sodamann - Big Game Fishing in Kansas
August 10th
Board Meeting - 7:00 P.M.
Ark River Anglers
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838-0146
VICE PRESIDENT
Bryan Leslie
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554-8823
September 7th
September Meeting - Great Plains Nature Center 7:00 P.M.
River Run Outfitters - Lake Tanneycomo Fishing
SECRETARY
Kendal Rush
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729-0607
TREASURER
Bill Ethridge
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838-1634
ACTIVITIES
Luther Keith
September 9th
Big Brothers Big Sisters Fishing - TBD
September 14th
Board Meeting - TBD 7:00 P.M.
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524-1685
CONSERVATION
Neal Hall
October 5th
October Meeting - Great Plains Nature Center 7:00 P.M.
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838-4056
MEMBERSHIP
Lonnie Roberts
06membership@flatlandflyfishers.org
620-584-6465
October 12th
Board Meeting - 7:00 P.M.
Ark River Anglers
PROGRAMS
Doug Meyer
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721-2362
WEBMASTER
Songbin Chon
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682-8006
EDITORS
Mike Carr & Steve Webb
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733-8531
October 15th
Kansas Trout Season Opens
October 21st
Club Picnic, Sedgwick County Park
Horseshoe Cabin
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Upcoming Events
Paul Sodamann to speak at the August Meeting
The September fly swap will be Lake Taneycomo
Flies.
September 2006 will be the club fly swap. We encourage all
members to participate so we have well-rounded examples of
flies.
Lake Taneycomo is located in the Branson, Missouri area. Lake
Taneycomo was created in 1913 as a warm water lake and in
1958 became a cold-water lake when the Table Rock Dam was
completed. The cold waters of Lake Taneycomo provide some
of the finest trout fishing anywhere in the world. All methods
of trout fishing: fly-fishing, artificial bait, and live bait fishing
may be used year-round.
Lake Taneycomo has the characteristics of both a river and a
lake for anglers to enjoy. The shallow colder water, located near
the Table Rock Dam, averages 48 degrees F, resembles a river
and permits wading and bank fishing for trout. Lake
Taneycomo also offers a variety of recreational activities
including hiking, sightseeing, hunting, swimming, boating, and
other water activities.
Lake Taneycomo’s cold waters provide excellent fishing for
trout. The fishing conditions change almost hourly due to the
water flow. Excellent fishing is available throughout the lake as
long as the angler is willing to make the adjustments needed.
WARNING: On Lake Taneycomo near the headwaters a horn
sounds loudly when water is going to be released from the
dam. It is dangerous to be in portions of the lake at that time.
Suggested flies for Lake Taneycomo are:
Small scuds and sowbug patterns size 16 or smaller
Small copper bodied flies, like Brassies, copper-johns, ultra wire
midge nymph
Soft hackle wet flies, size 16
Surface flies, dark colored midge dry, small adams, blue wing
olive #20
For more information on flies used on Lake Taneycomo or
Lake Taneycomo itself go to the web and type in “Lake
Taneycomo” or write for a Missouri Guide book.
Dwan Welty
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Flatland Fly Fishers
Big Game in Wichita
Rory Wiske
Last summer I was introduced to fly fishing for carp and
Big Hare
Hook: Size 6 Scud
Tail: Hares Mask
Body: Dubbed Hares Mask with Copper Wire
Collar:Partridge Hackle
Bead: Copper
was immediately hooked. This year, however, it’s been a
challenge to convince anyone to make an outing to target
these brutes. My ‘itch’ for catching any true ‘Big Game’
species has recently been scratched though. I decided
that if I wasn’t going to travel long distances to
experience reel screaming runs, I’d better start looking
close to home. I concocted a pattern I call ‘Big Hare’,
by checking out other proven carp flies and scouted out
a likely stretch of the Arkansas River. Here are some
pictures of the fish I landed on my first 2 ½ hour
adventure!
Flatland Fly Fishers
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Conejos River, Colorado
Steve Webb
Since the Fourth of July was on a Tuesday
this year it seemed reasonable to make a
quick three or four day fishing trip
somewhere and take advantage of the
midweek day off. Once a week, usually
on Thursday, I sneak a look at the
outdoor pages on the Denver Post
website. A year ago there were a couple
of articles about the Conejos River in
southern Colorado. Both columns praised
the virtues of this river, its relative
isolation, the lack of fishermen, its rugged
scenery, and a large population of trout.
Although I had fished the river before it
was over twenty years ago and I have
long wanted to go back. Last winter I
started priming my usual Colorado fishing
partner Curt with a glowing summary of those two
newspaper articles. My brainwashing must have worked
because about a month before the Fourth he called the
fly shop/cabins highlighted in the paper and made a cabin
reservation. We planned to drive out on Wednesday, fish
for three days and then head home on Sunday morning.
After the long ten hour drive we were rewarded with a
clean and comfortable place to stay and a fly shop
owner/fishing guide who dispensed information in a
slightly guarded way that we came to appreciate over the
next three days. Jon Harp, the owner of Conejos
River Anglers doesn’t tell you exactly where to fish but
rather gives direction through a series of suggestions.
This method leaves room for discovery and sometimes
makes it feel as though you figured it out on your own.
Curt and I have talked about this experience before and
I don’t know what to call it. I guess it could be called
fishing karma, or serendipity, or maybe its just
accidental fishing. Perseverance is a more likely answer.
Perhaps as you get older and the fishing trips start to
blur a sense of adventure seems almost as important as
the actual fishing. Whatever it is that I am trying to
describe, this trip mixed just the right amount of fishing
highs and lows.
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Flatland Fly Fishers
Conejos River, Colorado
Steve Webb
Steve with nice Brown
Curt Elder
Bamboo and Brown
The Pinnacles
Stretch above Aspen Glade
Platoro Reservoir
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Club Business
Board Minutes
Financial Report
Bill Ethridge
Board Meeting 7-13-06
January 1 thru July 13, 2006
Called to order at 7:05 p.m.
In attendance where as follows:
Gale Brown
Doug Meyer
Steve Webb
Bill Ethridge
Song Bin Chon
Dwan Welty
Mike Carr
Luther Keith
Monthly/Committee Reports:
Gale Brown – September 9th Big Brothers. Need 12 volunteers
Island Pond. Time to be set.
Gale Brown – Rick Brown needs volunteers October 14th at
Camp Kanza for flyfishing instruction and Merit Badge
Counseling
Income
Advertising
$450
Membership Dues
Misc. Income
Program Income
Raffle Income
Total Income
Expense
$1,615
$765
$1,595
$112
$4537
Printing
Program Expenses
Postage
Misc.
$404
$1,963
$310
$90
Current Balance
$4,410
501 Committee – Bill working
Treasurers Report: We have a balance of $4,410.
Old Business
2007 Winter Program – Dwan Welty is in contact with Dave and
Emily Whitlock
New Business
Programs for August Paul Sodamann. Big Game Fishing Kansas
Programs for September. Lake Taneycomo. Presentation by River
Run Outfitters.
Fly Display Case
September 9th Big Brothers
October Club Picnic
Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Neal Hall demonstrating rod building at the July Meeting
Nice Bass caught by Rory Wiske
Club Videos for Check out
Sylvester Nemes Soft Hackles Life.Times & Flies
Tying Bass Flies Jimmy Nix
Wet Fly Ways Davey Wotten
Fly Fishing for Largemouth Bass
Casting Approach to Nymphing Tactics Joe Humphreys
sic Flycasting Doug Swisher
Advanced Fly Casting Doug Swisher
Lefty Kreh On Fly Casting
Joan Wulff’s Dynamics of Fly Casting
AK Best Dry Fly
Tying Foam Flies Skip Morris
Please see Dwan Welty to check out DVD’s
Fly Tying Supplies
G Loomis and
Hexagraph Fly Rods
Jerry, John, & Steve
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