May, 2012

Board meeting: Monday, May 7, 7 p.m. at Garibaldi Family Mexican Restaurant, 1111 Edgewater St. NW, West Salem.

General meeting: Thursday, May 10 at Pringle Community Building, 606 Church St., Salem.

Casting Clinic: Starts at 6 p.m. on the Pringle Creek lawn.

Fly Tying demonstration: "Soft and Chewy" extended foam body fly by Richard Bunse. Richard is a well-known illustrator who has worked with Dave Hughes, Rick Hafele and Jim Schollmeyer.

Bugology 101: John Rodriguez and Dwight Klem on the entomology of the season and patterns to match the hatch.

Featured Presentation: Phil Hager, "Oregon Lakes: Special Focus on Diamond Lake." A native Oregonian, Phil is owner of FFP Compound Rods and author who has flyfished his entire life and is an expert on Diamond Lake.

May Outing: Crane Prairie Reservoir, Rock Creek Campground. Saturday, May 19.

Sage rod raffle May 10

Here is an excellent opportunity to get a very nice rod: we're raffling a Sage SLT, 4 wt, 8'9" 5 piece rod at our next meeting on May 10. The rod has a value of over $500.

Tickets are $10 each or 6 for $50 with a maximum of 40 tickets to be sold. Buy some tickets from Ron Henderson at the April meeting. If you already have tickets, don't miss the May meeting!

Tie-in May 12

Join members of Santiam Flycasters at a tie-in on Saturday May 12 at Creekside Flyfishing (map) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Flies demostrated will include some for summer steelhead and trout

June 2012

Board Meeting: Monday, June 11, 7:00 p.m. at Garibaldi Family Mexican Restaurant, 1111 Edgewater St. NW, West Salem.

General Meeting: Thursday, June 14 at Pringle Community Building, 606 Church St., Salem.

Casting Clinic: Starts at 6 p.m. on the Pringle Creek lawn.

Featured Presentation: "Tie Around" Flytying demonstration by club members.

Outing: East Lake, Cinder Hill Campground. Saturday, June 23