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…
Category: News Flash
Literary Angler –
“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,…
Member Matters – May 2019
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…
President’s Message – April 2019
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…
Conservation Corner
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…
FLYTYERS NEEDED FOR AUCTION
We are looking for several of you to tie a dozen of your favorite flies that we can put in the auction. Our thanks to Rick Pay and Steve Schulmerick who contributed beautiful flies! Contact information for questions or how to get the flies to auction chair Janet Arenz 503-995-4075. We’ll need them by April 15th.…
Member Matters – March 2019
Volunteers are the Engine of your Club! Next time you attend an FCO meeting (this month, we hope!), look around and listen to the buzz of enthusiastic anglers. Many of you have interesting, humorous, or even epic fly fishing stories to share. Our high-quality speakers may create the spark for you to try a different…
Literary Angler – A couple of limericks
Editor’s Note: A small and enthusiastic group of steelhead fly fishers got together in February to learn some of the finer nuances of spey casting and fishing the iconic North Umpqua River. Our instructors included top women guides Mia Sheppard of Little Creek Outfitters and Kaitlin Sampsel of Humble Heron Fly Fishing and Fine Art.…
Literary Angler – Rhythmic Flow of Words
The inescapable draw of a flowing river and a graceful cast embodied in words. Food for the soul in the dead of winter. Thanks to John Pyrch for submitting these poems. A River and a Fly Rod A river’s magic will capture the soul Its timeless journey making life whole. Through canyons and meadows its…
Elections Coming!
Check out the proposed slate of FCO officers and board members for 2019! Read the Member Matters page then plan to attend the February meeting and vote!
