Amador Flyfishers

At the age of 73, Bill Carnazzo passed away in his Foresthill home on Tuesday, January 16, 2013 resulting from a massive brain hemorrage. According to his cousin, Andy Pomo, services are pending. In all due respect of Bill's loving family, it is not known whether a public service will be held.

NEW! I have now included Newsletters dating back to 1997. These earlier editions were provided by Larry Shaw and I converted them to Adobe PDF format. These should provide a little background information on previous club activities.

Below are the links to the newsletters.  Please feel free to read them at your leisure.  

If you want to save the document to your computer and you have a PC, right-click on the document title, select "Save Target As", "Save Link As" or "Save As", then navigate to an appropriate directory and save the file.

If you have a Mac, click on the document title, select "Save Target As", then navigate to an appropriate directory and save the file.

"Amador Angle " is an Adobe Acrobat file (PDF) if you already have Adobe Reader on your computer just click on the document title below to open up the file or click on the file after you download it. If you don't have Adobe Reader installed on your computer you can download the program for free - see below.

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Depending upon where you are fishing in Amador County, Alpine or Calaveras Counties, you will be in one of two Fish & Game Districts, the Valley District or the Sierra District.

Valley District
The Valley District consists of all of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties; Tulare County west of the west boundaries of Sequoia National Forest and Sequoia National Park; Fresno County west of the west boundaries of Sierra and Sequoia National Forests (including all of Pine Flat Lake); Madera County west of the west boundary of the Sierra National Forest; Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer and Tuolumne counties west of Highway 49 (including all of Don Pedro, McClure and New Melones lakes); that portion of Alameda County which is both east of Interstate 680 and north of Interstate 580; and all of Contra Costa County east of Interstate 680 and that portion of Contra Costa County which is both north of Highway 4 and east of Interstate 80; and all of Black Butte Lake.

New sport fishing regulations take effect March 1

The California Fish and Game Commission has adopted the following changes to sport fishing regulations. All take effect and will be enforced starting March 1, 2010.

Display of Sport Fishing License is Not Required Anglers will no longer have to display their sport fishing license on their outer clothing above the waist, but their sport fishing license must still be in their possession while fishing.

Sturgeon Fishing Closure on Upper Sacramento River There will a year-round closure to sturgeon fishing on the Sacramento River from the Keswick Dam (Shasta County, west of Redding) to the Hwy 162 Bridge (near Butte City). The use of wire leaders or any type of shrimp or lamprey bait is also prohibited in this area.

The Federation of Fly Fishers Northern California/Nevada Council
Presents the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame inductee's.
Join us for dinner celebrating the legends of our sports

Saturday Evening February 23, 2013
At the Fremont Elks Lodge,
38991 Farwell Dr.
Fremont, Ca. 94536

Social hour and silent auction starts at
6PM - Dinner at 7PM – Followed by live auction
Be part of this special event
For reservations visit our web site at
www.nccfff.org

Registration forms along with payment must be received by
February 1, 2013 to reserve your space
Seating is limited!