Annual Auction, Last Call for Rocky Ridge Ranch Trip, Fishy Photos, Support WaterWatch at the Auction!
I’m excited to see everyone at the annual auction next Tuesday! We have over 50 live and silent auction items to bid on including gear, guided trips, vacation rentals and more. If you haven’t registered for the auction yet, now is the time. Registration ends this Wednesday, May 1, so round up those last minute…
“We who go a-fishing are a peculiar people. Like other men and women in many respects, we are like one another, and like no others, in other respects. We understand each other’s thoughts by an intuition of which we know nothing. We cast our flies on many waters, where memories and fancies and facts rise,…
Members have been fishing! Check out some amazingly beautiful fish members have hooked up with by visiting The Gallery! Member Steve Schulmerich ventured down to Longboat Key in Florida and caught some sizable redfish and snook. Great time to get down to the Sunshine State and try your luck at fishing the flats, lanes, and…
As you know, WaterWatch is the recipient of this month’s Keith Hansen Memorial Paddle Raise at our annual auction. The paddle raise supports their work to improve streamflows in the Crooked River. If you take a look at their mission, accomplishments, and recent newsletters, you can see that they reach all corners of Oregon to…
I’m excited for the annual Flyfisher Foundation Fundraising Auction and Keith Hansen Memorial Paddle Raise next month. Your auction chair Janet Arenz is working hard to ensure a successful event. A reminder that the auction date is May 7, which is one week earlier than usual. Be sure to join us for a fun night…
Book review of Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, From River to Table by Langdon Cook Anyone who has gone fishing for salmon, watched them swimming upstream to spawn, or simply seen depictions in photographs knows they are a special fish. More than food, more than a game species, more than a natural resource, salmon evoke…
From 2019 Auction Chair Janet Arenz – I’m very happy to be the newbie auction chair, officially installed 9 days after I retired. Thank goodness it was handed off as an extremely well organized package, making it easy for a quick start. I jumped in on the most popular oral auction items, and was thrilled…
Tom McAllister to be Memorialized by Senate Concurrent Resolution at the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly – 2019 Regular Session Editor’s Note: This news comes to us by way of David Moskowitz. As you know, Dave contributed mightily in the past to the FCO by serving as Foundation President and Program Chair. He also had a…
Flyfisher Foundation Supports OSU Fisheries Science Every April we invite the annual recipient of the Tom McAllister Graduate Scholarship to share their research with the Club. Here is a look back at the past 5 Oregon State University graduate student recipients of the Tom McAllister Scholarship to see what they have published. I am impressed…
Hello and welcome to all members of the Flyfishers’ Club of Oregon. As the new president, I look forward to working with the rest of your hardworking and dedicated volunteer board. Outgoing president Teri Beatty set a high standard that will be hard to meet, but I will do my best. One of my goals…
