Ryan Fortier, of the WDFW District 6 Northcentral Fisheries Biologist, and Michael Schmuck, of the WDFW District 5 Southcentral Fisheries Biologist, will be highlighting current information about the excellent fishing opportunities in their responsible areas. More details to flow on the Dinner Meeting's location and for dinner ticket sign-ups shortly.
Club President Dan Henke and Adair Dammann will host an “unscheduled” outing to Lone Lake (on Whidbey Island) on Sunday, March 24th. Lone Lake is a great little lake with good-sized rainbows (many north of 16”), managed as a quality fishery with selective gear regulations. Here’s a link to the WDFW site describing the lake: […]
WFFC is proud to announce the return of in-person fly casting classes instruction. Our classes will teach you the Pick Up and Lay Down (PULD) cast, False casting, Roll Cast, and how to shoot line. Location: Luther Burbank Park, Mercer Island - Class Meetup in the Parking lot Dates: April 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th & May […]
WFFC is holding its 'Introduction To Fly Fishing' class Saturday April 6th at Jim Goedhart's. The instructors Chuck Ballard, Neal Hoffberg and Jim Goedhart, will present the course materials in the morning starting at 9am, with provided lunch at noon, and then hold fly casting lessons for you all after lunch. Fly rods will be […]
Pass Lake Outing – April 6, 2024 Mike Nolan will be hosting a day outing at Pass Lake which is located six miles south of Anacortes, along the side of Highway SR-20. This trophy fly-fishing only, catch-and-release-only lake has a boat launch, but use of motors is prohibited. Fishing opportunities include stocked Rainbow Trout and […]
David Williams will be the April 16th Dinner meeting’s Speaker and will talk to us about Washington Fly Fishing from the Desert to the Puget Sound.
Lake Hannan Outing – April 27, 2024 This close in favorite is open to us and our friends Saturday only, at Lake Hannan from 8:00 to 4:00. This is the lake at Camp Hamilton which is northeast of Duvall off SR 203. Take the Woodinville/Duvall road to the end, turn north on the SR 203 […]
Cameron Eddy, will be the May 21at Dinner meeting’s Speaker and will talk to us about the Colville Tribes salmon and Tribal Lakes Fisheries conservation initiatives. Cameron is a senior fisheries biologist with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. He manages the monitoring and evaluation of hatchery stocking programs on the Colville reservation and […]
Chopaka Lake Outing – May 24 -27 (Memorial Day Weekend) When should you go to Chopaka? As often as you can. How long should you stay? As long as you can. Chopaka is a fly-fishing only lake in a beautiful setting at 2900 feet elevation. It will produce plenty of 16”-18” rainbows and some north […]
Ben Johns, of the U.W. Dept of Fisheries, will speak to us on June 18th 0n the behavior, ecology, evolution, and conservation of fishes. Most of their work is conducted on salmon, trout and char, investigating such topics as migratory behavior and homing, habitat requirements, factors affecting reproductive success, evolution of populations, straying and population […]
