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Pineywoods Fly Fishers Founded 1988 |
President Kenneth Baker
V-President Royce Feaster Chapter of the Southern Council
of the Federation of Fly Fishers
Sec./Tres. Bill Heugel
September 2001
Saturday,
September 8th Pavilion #
2 at Ellen Trout Zoo
7:00 A M
till 3:00 P M
pancakes – sausage - bacon – coffee – juice eggs(?) –
biscuits(?) – gravy(?) will be furnished…. Except your appetite!
You bring that and your fly rod. We will eat and share a little wisdom with
each other.
Stay and practice casting. Compare gear. Visit.
Thursday Night, September 13th St Cyprian Church
7:00 P M
Bring your tying vise if you have one. If you don’t have one, come on anyway
because there will be extra vises available for you to use. Check out the article concerning the class a
little further along in the newsletter.
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SCATTERSHOTS
From The Prez
The scheduled program at our August meeting was a no show, so we used the time to discuss upcoming events during the coming club year. First of all we welcomed a visitor to our meeting. He is Shannon Sherrod and he lives in Chireno. We were glad to have him visit and we hope he decides to join us. He has already fished with Jay Renken.
We
had officer nominations and a motion was made, seconded, and passed that all
officers be re-elected with the exception that Walter McLendon will serve as
Outings Chairman with Jimmy Lee assisting him. Additional work duties caused Jimmy Lee to step down as
chairman.
Linda
McLendon will serve as program chairman once again, and I know she would
welcome any suggestions or any volunteers for programs.
We
also created two new positions: A Casting Coach who will assist anyone with
casting problems they might have. We
would hope that person would be available at most of the club meetings and
functions. I have a couple of names,
but since they have not been contacted, that position will be filled
later. The other position is Tying
Coach and will be filled by our current tying coordinator - Bill Heugel. I know both of these positions will help our members, and I know
any of our other members will be glad to help anyone at anytime.
Our
club breakfast will be held on September the 8th at Pavilion #2 at
Ellen Trout Park. Be sure to bring
your families and come and enjoy the morning with us. Jay Renken will be in charge and will be cooking pancakes with
help from several of us.
We
will be having a tying class on September 13th at St. Cyprians
Church under the directions of Bill Heugel.
I know he will have an article in this newsletter so I will just urge
you to attend.
We
had our annual Garage Sale at the Expo Center on August 12th &
13th . The following
members either donated items or worked at the sale or both: Jay Renken, Ken Baker, Hugh Bell, Bill
Heugel, Walter McLendon, Linda McLendon, Randy McBride, Jared Satterwhite,
Jimmy Lee, Pam Lee and Royce Feaster.
Also, we had a lot of donations from former club member and past president
Ronny Julian. We made clear around
$300.00 and I was pleased due to the fact we didn’t have as many larger items
that we usually have. Although it was
hot, the few of us that put this sale on enjoyed it.
We
will be setting up a booth at the Forest Festival at the Expo Center September
19th thru 23rd .
I hope you can take part in this project as we put our club before the
Public. Our booth will probably be
manned on Saturday, Sept. 22nd and Sunday, Sept. 23rd
Also
in the near future will be the Southern Council Conclave on Oct 5th
& 6th in Mt. Home
Ark. Then the NTB Rendezvous the first
weekend in November, and then the Christmas Meeting in December.
It
is time to pay our yearly dues. They
are still $20.00 for regular membership, $30.00 for new members, and $10.00 for
the newsletter only. Please either pay
your dues at the regular meeting or send it to
Pineywoods
Fly Fishers
P
O Box 153651
Lufkin,
Texas 75915-3651
I
know there have been some fishing trips this month, so we will be expecting
some reports at our next meeting. And
I hope to see you there. Bring your
fly for our drawing and remember: “A
Bad Day Fishing Is Better Than A Good Day Working”!
From the V-Prez
I am going to report on a fishing trip that Baker and I went on. Lake Nacogdoches, bream beds, 3#, 4#, and 5# rods, top water and weighted flies…. What about that combination? We did not catch any of the 10” and 11” bream this time, but we caught plenty of the 6” to 8” bream. Also, this is the first time in the history of Baker’s and my fishing together that I was ready to go and Baker asked that we make one more stop, back where we started, and fish just a little longer. Boy! Was I glad that he suggested it. We caught even more of the big bream! And we still got off the lake before 1:00 pm. It was a really good day.
At
the next meeting, my wife and I will be in West Texas having just watched our
nephew get married in Tulia, and getting ready to help her folks celebrate
their 58th wedding anniversary.
BUT, I will be back in time for the Zoo breakfast. Any one of y’all that have not enjoyed this
club outing before should definitely try to make it. Bring all of your family members that you can get out of
bed. The club funds this outing and
feed. Promise the family a day at the
Zoo, or an outing to the lake afterwards, or a trip to Grandma’s, or a monetary
bribe, or something. Just get them
there. I hardily recommend Jay’s pancakes,
with or without the sausage, bacon, etc.
If
you can stay a while, bring you rods and we will share the fun of casting each
other’s favorite rod. Practice makes
things better (please note that I did not say perfect).
If
the family can’t stay, we will make sure you get home before dark, or at least
sun-up.
As
the weather cools a bit, I am going to be looking for some people to meet me at
the Hwy. 63 bridge outside of Jasper some time. I have started teaching a class at the Jasper campus of Angelina
College on Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 am to 10:50 am. That means I can take my boat down with me
and fish the afternoon away. I know a
few of you have done this before, and some of you new people should like to try
it. Contact me if you are interested.
That’s all for now, so just remember, “Keep your lines
tight!”
Our next fly tying class will
be at St. Cyprian’s church on Sept 13th
starting at 7 PM. This class will be on soft hackle flies. Examples
of the flies will be available for your review at the regular PWFF meeting on
Sept 4th. Soft hackle flies are some of the oldest patterns around.
They are quite simple to tie and very effective fish getters. When Walter
and I fished the Little Mo. this spring I used them and caught plenty of fish
with them. In addition to trout they are also effective on Bream.
Bring your tying gear. The materials for the patterns will be provided.
I
am able to report on this incident because of the outstanding seamanship of
Hugh Bell. Hugh and I were fishing in
Sabine Lake last week. We entered one
of the little coves and Hugh spotted a quart bottle in the center of the
cove. He said at the time that there
was something attached to the bottle.
We fished the cove which took about 15 minutes and when we were heading
out the bottle was now about 100 yards from where it had started. We both said it could not be the wind or the
current. Lets have a look. Hugh headed the boat out and motored toward
the bottle. He directed me to get to
the bow and grab the bottle or a stick that was attached to it. As we approached the bottle moved further
away. Definitely something there. We made several approaches until finally I
was able to reach out for the stick.
Upon reaching for the stick the bottle took a dive and headed off coming
up about 15 away. Very Jaws
like!!. Undaunted we continued
pursuit. I was getting a little nervous
though. Finally after several
approaches with the bottle traveling less and less I was able to grab the
stick. I lifted it and found an
enormous gar at the end. Its teeth were
about 1 inch long the snout was at least a foot long and about 6 inches
wide. I would guess it was at least 4
ft or 5 ft long and probably weighed about 50 lbs. The gar was not a happy camper.
I lifted the stick again and the gar jumped and shook. It was at this point that Hugh’s seamanship
came into play. He said “leave it lets
get out of here”! We did and as a
result I am here to tell this tale.
Bill Heugel will be
presenting a program on fishing in New Brunswick for Atlantic salmon. The program will include some of the slides
he took of the area and a discussion of the flies used for Atlantic salmon.
Feather in the Eye. One of the
frustrating things about tying your own flies is to get to the stream and find
that the eye is filled with glue!! No
one to blame for this one!!! After
applying the cement to the head of the fly run a feather through the eye of the
hook. The feather will collect any glue
that may have found its way into the eye.
Tying
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Remember!
Mark your calendar for our club meetings, Every First
Tuesday of each Month,
7:00 P M in the Lufkin Room in the Lufkin
Mall.
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Calendar
Outings and Events
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September 4th PWFF Meeting in the Lufkin Room in the Lufkin Mall. 7:00 PM sharp
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September 8th PWFF Zoo Breakfast 7:00
am *********
September 13th Fly Tying Class St Cyprian’s Church
7:00 PM
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September 19th - 23rd Texas Forest Festival at the Expo Center
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October 2nd PWFF Meeting in the Lufkin Room
in the Lufkin Mall.
7:00 PM sharp
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October 5-6 Southern Council Conclave in Mt. Home,
Arkansas
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November 3rd - 4th Rendezvous... This year it is being held at Lake Bistineau State Park in La.
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November 6th PWFF Meeting in the Lufkin Room in the Lufkin Mall. 7:00 PM sharp
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December 8th Christmas Meeting
Chamber of Commerce Building 6:00 PM.
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More Club Calendar to follow as dates confirmed
(Check your calendar, there have been several dates
that have been changed)
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Outings: Jimmy Lee
Library: Jay Renken
Conservation: Gene Sullivan
Programs: Linda McLendon
Membership: Walter McLendon
Editor: Royce Feaster
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