Amador Fly Fishers

New Members

Welcome to the Amador Flyfishers. To make the documentation easier and to find out what you are interested in please print the following forms and fill them out. You may mail them to the Club's PO Box or bring them with you to a meeting.

• Membership Application
• AFF Outings Survey
• AFF Survey
• LiabilityWaiver.pdf

Renewing Members

Hello once again and thank you for your continued membership. To make the documentation easier and to find out what you are interested in please print the following forms and fill them out. You may mail them to the Club's PO Box or bring them with you to a meeting.

If you filled out the two surveys last year do not send them in again unless you have changed your mind regarding some of the answers. If you did not fill them out and return them please do so.

The Liability Waiver will be necessary to particpate in club outings or activities. We don't have copies of them if they were signed in the past. We need one from each member.

• AFF Renewal Form
• AFF Outings Survey
• AFF Survey
• Liability Waiver
• Dinner Signup Form

AFF Members,

This month's Amador Fly Fishers Meeting will be held at Tabeaud Lake. The date is Tuesday, August 16. Dinner will be at 7 pm. The dinner for the evening is "Pot Luck." I am asking that ALL STILLWATER FISHERS to bring a HOT or MEAT DISH and ALL STREAM FISHERS to bring a COLD or SALAD DISH. If not sure bring both! (A little joke) I will provide the French Bread and James Yep (says he will be arriving late) will provide DESSERT!

BYOB (Bring your own drinks) and Please RSVP, either by return e-mail or by callling my home: 209-267-5335 or cell: 209-217-6194. Also might want to bring a chair or two for yourselves.

Reminder: We will make time for fishing reports and any other AFF concerns.

Dennis Larson

August Stand-in President

Got home this morning from Knott Creek Reservoir. Spent part of 6 days fishing with Dave Millhollin.

Temperatures were in the high 70's with winds out of the southwest daily with up to 30 and 35 mile gusts of wind. The lake is at its highest since I started fishing it in 1995! All the water marks on the rocks in the lake were covered with water. Water temperature at the south end of the lake was 65 degrees where the stream came in and 70 degrees at the dam end of the lake. Damsel and mayfly hatches the rule as well as midge hatches before the son hit the water in the morning. 

To say the fishing was good is an understatement. To say it was outstanding is a truism! Double digit days were the normal. We figured we fished a total of 5 full days and caught nearly 200 fish between us. Dave M is just a great fly fisher and caught over 130 fish. I manage 67. Tiger Trout, Rainbows, Cutbows, and Cutthroat were all caught. Largest fish and most Tiger Trout were caught up near the inlet. Largest fish caught were mostly Tigers. Fish ranged in size from 15 - 22" with the average between 17 - 20.

Went back to Amador lake last Wednesday June 8. Using a yellow and orange fly, caught four fish.

All fish were beautiful, very silver healthy and STRONG. One about 5 lb, two in the 15/16 inch range and one beauty that took me a while to bring in. Didn't have a scale or tape. But I would guess around 27 inches and in the 7 pound range.

Hooked the fish down about 10 feet, water was 62 degrees on the surface when we got in. By 10:30 the water warmed up and the fish went down.

My buddy caught two in the 15/16 pound range. All fish were healthy and strong.

Amador Flyfishers (AFF) is honored to host very special guest Mikey Weir on Tuesday September 20, 2011 in the Amador County Administration Center at 810 Court Street, Jackson.  Beginning at 6:00pm, Mikey will demonstrate fly-tying, followed by our general meeting at 7:00pm. 

Mike E. Wier (Mikey) was born on the South Island of New Zealand and moved to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada at age 2. By age 7, Mikey discovered his two favorite sports, skateboarding and fly fishing. When Mikey wasn’t trying to jump off of something on a skateboard, he spent much of his childhood chasing around bass and trout in the Hwy 88 region of Amador County. Growing up in one of the most rural settings California had to offer led Mikey to a deeper appreciation for Nature and a life-long passion for the outdoors, wildlife and conservation of our last remaining wild places.

A special thnaks is due to the AFF Members who volunteered their time, energy and materials to make the Sutter Creek Duck Race a successful outreach event for AFF again this year. 

Thanks goes out to the following members:  Charlie Moore, Dennis & Sandi Larson, Don Sanderson, Dustin Rocksvold, James Yep, Jerry Caton, Ken & Jeri Brown, Ray Mutter, Richard Hunt, Ron Calvert, Rob Hogsdon and Tom Giacomini.

Charlie, Dustin and Ron worked the information booth and Don, James, Jerry, Ken, Ray and Ron did an excellent job of keeping the burgers moving.  Richard Hunt did an excellent job teachign the interested youngsters how to cast a bamboo fly rod.

Charlie and Ron Hanging the sign:

The outing was very successful as we had 6 members fly fishing on two of the Arroyo Seco Ranch ponds.  Large mouth bass and pan fish were caught with the largest bass being caught by Ken Brown, a 20 incher. Most fish were taken on parge poppers while others tried fishing under the water with less success. 

Included in the outing were AFF members Ken Brown, Bill DeWalt, Dad Saunderson (sp) Dennis Larson, Don Mittelsteadt, Tom Giacomini and guest Gary Slade.  It was good to see Bill DeWalt back out in his pontoon boat, rod bent and a smile on his face.

Amador Flyfishers (AFF) is honored to host very special guests Jay and Glen Fair on Tuesday May 17, 2011 in the Amador County Administration Center at 810 Court Street, Jackson.  Beginning at 6:00pm, Jay and Glen will demonstrate fly-tying with their new line of synthetic tying materials, followed by our general meeting at 7:00pm and Jay and Glen’s expert tips for catching "the big ones". 

Jay Fair (the "Sage of Eagle Lake") is the innovator of the trolling fly.  He and his son Glen are world-renowned purveyors of quality flies and fly-tying materials, and are retired legendary guides of Northern California’s trophy stillwaters.

June 7, 8, 9, 10

Ray Mutter, Fishmaster

This is a great outing to catch wild trout at one of California's best wild fisheries and to socialize with other members and guests. I suggest you make hotel reservations in Burney, CA.

There are three motels that I recommend and they are all under one ownership and phone number (530) 335-3300.

The Burney Motel

The Charm Motel

Green Gables Motel

The Main office is located at 37371 Main Street, Burney Falls, CA 96013.

If you prefer to camp, there is McArthur Park at Lake Britton and near Burney Creek, Cassell PG&E Camp Ground. (These are centrally located to most of the good fishing areas). There is also Hat Creek Hereford Ranch Campground (530) 335-7171 (great campground – showers, camp on grass – but not located as close to fishing).

I will be heading up on Tuesday June 7th. I invite any who can make it to come that day or any day/part of the week. Members are encouraged to bring non-members on this expedition. If anyone needs a ride or would just like to pair up or can drive, contact me so I can try to pair you up.

We will meet Wednesday morning at 6:45 at the Burney Motel unit 15 and go to breakfast and then head out to Hat Creek Power House #2. We will also be making trips to Burney Creek and Cassell or you may go to any other waters that you wish to fish (Pit River #3 & 4, Upper Hat Creek, Carbon Bridge).

Thursday, the group will dine at Rex Club Steakhouse 37143 State Highway 299 E, Burney, at 8:30 pm. to share information and fishing stories.

Gear: 5-6 Wt. Rods, floating line with a tapered leader, nymphs-flash back pt, Hares ear, Caddis, Copper John size 18-20. Dry: Caddis, Little yellow Stone.

Please get in touch with me if you are interested.

The McCloud RiverKeepers (MRK) was formed shortly after a happen-stance conversation with two individuals familiar with the then unknown to us hydroelectric power relicensing of three Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) powerhouses on the Pit River which include use of upper McCloud River water in McCloud Reservoir behind McCloud Reservoir Diversion Dam. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licenses and regulates all non-federally owned dams and hydropower facilities in the United States.

The central relicensing issue that threatens the lower McCloud River below McCloud Reservoir Dam are the excessive, regulated whitewater kayaking flows being requested by American Whitewater that are supported by US Forest Service (USFS) and California State Water Resource control Board (SWB) policy in this relicensing of PG&E's expiring 50 year old FERC operating license. A related topic of importance for protection of the resource (habitat & fishery), and therefore fishers, that requires discussion is the role Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have played in hydropower CA FERC relicensings for many years. Since we have discovered some people in the fishing community wishing to disbelieve facts and/or uncomfortable dealing with them. We find no other way than to explain what we have discovered, know to be true, and not to have happened upon by chance. The following paragraphs will discuss this topic before we provide background on the federal relicensing process, history of CA relicensings, other Relicensing Particicpants involved, and MRK's positions.