“President’s Message” Tracy “Decoy” da Silva

2014 Board

Members

Tracy da Silva 229-9568

President

Rod Sanchez 809-7499

Vice President

Richard Wilson 758-5313

Treasure

Scott Naylor 214-3870

Secretary

Roger Caton 633-4659

Board Member

Mike Gilroy-(425)418-8164

Board Member

Chuck Humphreys

951-3454

Board Member & Poet

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Rick McCombs 385-4778

Newsletter Editor

Jay Jefferson– 809-0290

Mascot

FFLYLY TTIMESIMES

SALINAS VALLEY FLY FISHERS September 2014

President’s message 1

Fly of the Month 2

Monthly Program 3

Sponsors 3

Outing Schedule 3

Articles 4

Maps 5

Events 6

Inside this issue:

Bob Marini Takes His 8 wt on the Road Wednesday night, nothing special on your honey do list, then it must be time to head out to the Salinas Airport to hear what Marini has to say about fishing for Steelhead. In addition to Bob’s presentation. There’ll be fish reports, good food, friends to talk with, a dynamite raffle and plan-ning for upcoming outings. Hope you can all be there ……………….ed

Here we are in September

folks. It’s transition time from sum-

mer to fall and I can feel it in the air.

It’s a great time for fishing and de-

spite the drought, fishing opportuni-

ties are still out there. Steelhead and

Salmon are starting to make their ap-

pearance in the north county. Also a

lot of bugs choose the fall to hatch and

do their reproduction thing, which can

make for some great fishing if you can

find some viable water. As I think I

said at the beginning of the year, it’s

going to be slim pickings finding good

water in our state’s river systems. I

had mentioned that it would be smart

to find tailwaters to fish. Well, it

might be more then smart, it may be

the only game in town. With most non

tailwater CFS flows in double if not

single digits it’s hard to find good

wild water to fish. I guess maybe all

those dams aren’t always such a bad

thing.The Dreamflows website

showed the Merced below Briceburg

at 1 CSF. My heart almost stopped

when I saw that. The Truckee ,near

town was down to 43 CFS.and the

Walker was only at 23. It’s all going to

make for some “interesting” changes in

the next few years. All we can do is

pray for rain, but more then that,

PLEASE do your part to conserve wa-

ter, educate your friends and neighbors

on what they can do to help.

This month we have a member

speaker, which seems to often turn out

to be some of our favorite programs.

Bob Marini will be giving us some tips

and advise on Steelhead fishing. His

tips and tricks will include preferences

on rod weight and design for chasing

the north country's silver pigs. Bob

loves to steelhead fish and has many

years of experience doing just that. I

encourage members to bring photos

and stories to share. As a newly ad-

dicted Steelheader, I would love to

hear about other peoples experiences

and who doesn’t love to see a photo of

a monster Steelhead.

We may have a white ticket at

this month’s meeting, So I hope you’ll

all plan to come out to the Landing

Zone on Wednesday night to see if

your number is called ….... deCoy

Page 2 Fly Times

What’s going on in the world of fly fishing and tying?

Fly of the Month No Fly Tying This Month

The Ever Popular Dr.B.P. Flytyer (Bill Pshide) is apparently missing in action. At last report this

month’s fly tying session will be taken over by the likes of Dave Gambeta and Rod Sanchez. The word

which is swirling around like oak leaves in a cyclone is that these nerd-do-wells will be doing there best to

educate club members on the fine art of interfacing with the electronic world and more specifically learn-

ing how to down load their fish pictures to the club web page. Now if you haven already seen the holes in

this story, just keep reading... First and foremost Where is Doc B.P. Flytyer anyway? We fear that the

good doctor, a Shining Light of Sanity and Stability may well have been abducted but an unsavory sub-

faction of club members intent on reeking havoc on the well established integrity of our fish club. There

can be little doubt that this notorious sub-faction is intent on dwarfing the mission and purpose of the club

to suit their own unhealthy designs, to a point where the club will have only scant resemblance to it’s for-

mer self. After all how many travel trailers does it take to pour brown liquor into a dirty glass? Call me a

alarmist if you will, but remember: you read it here first.

On the other hand maybe Bill just went on vacation and couldn’t be here for fly tying and these

fine fellows are stepping in, out of the kindness of slow beating hearts. Which every story you choose to

believe...be sure to come on down to the Salinas Airport Board Room on Wednesday night September

17th. Find out the TRUTH! If you do venture out, remember the immortal words of Elmer Fudd:: “Be

vewy vewy cafull” …...ed.

What? No fly of the month? How can that be?

Oh, okay.. We’ll have a fly of the month

Ralph Cutter’s E/C/ Caddis

Hook: TMC 9300 #14-18

Thread: Uni-thread Olive 8/0

Shuck: Ginger Z-lon or Cream Antron yarn

Hackle: Dun

Wing: Natural Brown Elk Hair or Deer Hair

Abdomen: Light Olive Brown Haretron

Thorax: Caddis Green Haretron

Page 3

Salinas Valley Flyfishers**2014 Outing Schedule and Programs

Special thanks to Geoff Malloway for his ongoing support of the Salinas Valley Fly Fishers and for his many efforts on behalf of stream habitat and the preservation of the fish that we all seek to catch.

Next time you’re out his way, stop by and say hi .If Geoff doesn’t have exactly what you’re looking for in stock he’ll be happy to order it. Geoff can also help you outing with you casting.

Geoff Malloway

Central Coast Fly Fishing

7172 Carmel Valley Rd.

Carmel, CA (626-6586)

Sept.10th General meeting Landing Zone

@ the airport

Marini does an

8wt.

Tracy da Silva 229-9568

Sept. 13-14th

Club outing

Kings River

Outing

Sanger River Bend RV

Park

(559) 787-3627

Jay Jefferson 809-0290

Sept. 16th. E-world work-

shop

Airport Board

room

Learn to download

Fishy pictures

Dave Gambetta

Rod Sanchez

809-7499

Sept. 24th. Board meeting Landing Zone

@ the airport

Tracy da Silva 229-9568

October 10th.-

12th.

Sacramento

River outing

Redding Sac. River R.V.

Park

Dottie (530) 365-

6402

Sept. 10 General meeting Landing Zone

@ the airport

Tracy da Silva 229-9568

For all the latest info. in what’s happening in the wide world of fishing, go to:

salinasvalleyflyfishers.org

Upcoming Events

Ralph Cutter’s E/C Caddis is One to Try

This is probably the most popular fly designed by Sierran Flyfisher, Ralph Cutter, and introduced to the public in 1981. The E/C

Caddis is an emergent/cripple caddis pattern developed for the large caddis hatches that frequent the Truckee River. At first, he tried

to utilize a palmered body similar to the Elk Hair Caddis but noticed that the sillouette underwater was not similar to the naturals

since the fly rode too high on the surface film. Ralph switched to a parachute wrap and utilized the Elk Hair wing as the wingpost.

The fly rode deeper within the surface film and looked much closer to the naturals. Another important feature to this fly is the two-

toned body which provides contrast and attraction. Ralph believes that the darker abdomen coloration creates an appearance of the

shuck still encapsulating the lower part of the caddis body. The shuck consists of Z-lon material which absorbs water and allows the

rear portion of the fly to sink within the surface film. The wing can be either Deer Hair or Elk Hair. Elk Hair will flare less than Deer

hair and this can give the fly a better caddis profile but Deer Hair will have a better floatation and might be a better choice for faster

moving waters. The most common colorations are Olive Brown/Caddis Green, Tan/Olive and Black. Since the E/C Caddis resides

low in the surface film, it is often used on slow-moving waters. Ralph will apply floatant to the leader as well as the wing, thorax,

and hackle to help with floatation on swifter waters. Since the fly is difficult to see an indicator is often usefull. The E/C Caddis has

built a reputation as an excellent caddis pattern throughout the world and remains one of the best for the Sierras

Potpourri

Page 4 Fly Times

Sacramento River Outing

If you interested in attending this outing (October10th.-12th.) Contact Dottie at the Sacramento River R.V.

Park. Call: ( 209) 365-6402. Be sure to tell her that you’re with the Salinas Valley Fly Fishers. There are

both R.V. sites and tent sites. More information will be available at the September meeting

Kings River Outing (this weekend) Some of the guys will start arriving around noon on Friday. The River Bend Camp Ground / RV Park is located just off Highway 180. Take 180 out of Fresno following the signs to Kings Can-

yon / Squaw Valley. Take the first road to the left after passing over the Kings River the RV park is on your left right after you make the turn., If you take the first driveway after crossing the

river you’ll go through an old boarded up trailer park just keep going until you get to the green grass and trees. This road also takes you to the upper sections of the Kings River and to Ava-

cado Lake. While there is reportedly no need to make reservations. You can contact the RV park @ (559) 787-3627 Rates are $30 (back ins) $35 (pull throughs) As for fishing equipment, this typical trout fishing, with wading and float opportunities. There should be some good terrestri-

als: hoppers, crickets, bees and ants. Jay should be a good contact on the road (809-0290)

Join in supporting the Steinbeck Chapter of Trout Unlimited

The Steinbeck Country Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Central Coast Fly Fishing are sponsoring the International Fly Fishing Film Festival on September 20

th at the Lecture Forum at Monterey

Peninsula College. The International Fly Fishing Film Festival (www.flyfilmfest.com) consists of short and feature

length films produced by filmmakers from all corners of the globe, showcasing the passion, life-style and culture of fly fishing. Doors open at 6:30PM. Tickets are $15 online or $18 at the

door. To purchase tickets online go to http://www.showclix.com/event/MONTEREYCA. Children 15

and under are free. There will also be a opportunity drawing and silent auction. All proceeds go to the Steinbeck Country Chapter of Trout Unlimited for its work supporting salmonid fisheries on

the Central Coast. Call Central Coast Fly Fishing at 831-626-6586 for more information.

THE KINDS OF TROUT IN CALIFORNIA Five species of trout are now present in California. In the list below, the official common names are shown at the left, while the

corresponding scientific names at the right identify genus and species, in that order.

Brown trout Salmo trutta Cutthroat t rout Oncorhynchus clarkia Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Eastern brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis Lake trout Salvelinus namaycush

Of these five, the cutthroat and rainbow are natives, while the brown, eastern brook, and lake have been introduced into the

State. A sixth trout species, the Bull Trout was identified in the McCloud River as a Dolly Varden but the species no longer re-

mains in the area.

Salinas Valley Fly Fishers

General meeting Dinner @ 6:00

Meeting @ 7:00 September. 10th.

P.O Box 1793

Salinas, CA 93912

Editor: Rick McCombs

Email: rickmcfly@sbcglobal.net

"All You Need to Know"

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Outing

Kings River

Sept. 13-14th

Board of Directors Meeting

at the Landing Zone 6:00: Sept.. 24th.

Fly Tying

Wedn. Sept. 17th.

(E-photo workshop)

Airport board room 6:00 p.m.