What's up?check the TFF Events Calendar for more info on any date shown below THANKS to one and ALL of you that attended this year's Installation Dinner! You all had a hand in making it another HUGE success !! ~ o ~ Congratulations to Pat Ferguson and his award of being named the 2012 Fly Fisher of the Year! ~ o ~ Congratulations also to Mark McLean and his award of being named the 2012 Dry Fly Award recipient! ~ o ~ See you in FEBRUARY at the first Club Meeting of 2013 Now is also a great time to renew your membership for 2013. ~DECEMBER~ December 5: Board Meeting at Safeway Community Room - 7 pm sharp! December 19: Club Meeting at the Tracy Transit Station - 7 pm. Tracy Fly Fishers Member's slide show. If you have a short power point or slide show and want to show it to the club please email Ben Byng at benonthefly@sbcglobal.net That way we can get everyone's pics/video up on the big screen. JPEG files work best, power point is better as it will put the pictures in order. ~ NOVEMBER ~November 3: Dan Blanton's Striperfest at the Sugar Barge. Click here for more information and/or see the TFF Events Calendar.November 7: Board Meeting at Safeway Community Room - 7 pm sharp!November 8: Feather River Steelhead pre-trip meeting. 7 pm at the Starbuck's lounge in the Safeway store.November 10: Feather River Steelhead outing. See the TFF Events Calendar for additional information.November 21: Club Meeting at the Tracy Transit Station- 7 pm. This month our guest speakers will be Steve Cooper and Bob Fujimura presenting information on the Delta Fly Fishing Challenge program. We'll also be drawing the winner of the Cabela's Stowaway Rod & Reel combo outfit. You still have a chance to enter the drawing by renewing your TFF Membership at the meeting.~ OCTOBER ~October 3: Board Meeting at Safeway Community Room - 7 pm sharp!October 10: LAST OPPORTUNITY OF THIS YEAR... Casting Instructions at Dr. Powers Park- 6 pm till dusk. Open to the general public. Join Chuck Robbins, a FFF Certified Casting Instructor, for personal assistance whether you are a first-timer or just need to work some "kinks" out of your casting. Chuck will return again next spring after the return to Daylight Savings Time.October 17: Club Meeting at the Tracy Transit Station- 7 pm. This month's guest speaker is Keith Kaneko of NorCal Fly Fishing. Keith will be talking about fishing opportunities on the Lower Yuba River.~ SEPTEMBER ~September 5: Board Meeting at Safeway Community Room - 7 pm sharp!September 8 and 9: We will have a booth at the Tracy Dry Bean Festival. Please drop by to check it out and say hi! We have a special offer for members. Renew your membership by this weekend and be entered into a special raffle. Click to view details.September 10: Pit River/Iron Canyon pre-trip meeting. 6 pm at the Banta Inn.September 12: Casting Instructions at Dr. Powers Park- 6 pm till dusk. Open to the general public. Join Chuck Robbins, a FFF Certified Casting Instructor, for personal assistance whether you are a first-timer or just need to work some "kinks" out of your casting.September 19: Club Meeting at the Tracy Transit Station- 7 pm. This month's guest speaker is Mikey Wier and his presentation will be on "Fishing the Truckee River". Take a look at his bio via the TFF Events Calendar entry and you'll see that he knows how to fish the Truckee. That's a NICE brown trout Mikey!September 15 - 22: Annual Pit River/Iron Canyon outing. Come for a few days or the whole week if you're so inclined. This has become one of the Club's highlighted outings of each year. See the TFF Events Calendar for more details.~ AUGUST ~August 1: Board Meeting at Safeway Community Room - 7 pm sharp!August 8: Casting Instructions at Dr. Powers Park- 6 pm till dusk. Open to the general public. Join Chuck Robbins, a FFF Certified Casting Instructor, for personal assistance whether you are a first-timer or just need to work some "kinks" out of your casting.August 15: Club Meeting at the Tracy Transit Station - 7 pm. This month's guest speaker is Loren Elliot and he will be presenting "Fly Fishing the Surf". See the TFF Events Calendar for more information and directions.~ JULY ~July 4: There is no Board Meeting... Have a Happy and SAFE 4th !!July 11: Casting Instructions at Dr. Powers Park- 6 pm till dusk. Open to the general public. Join Chuck Robbins, a FFF Certified Casting Instructor, for personal assistance whether you are a first-timer or just need to work some "kinks" out of your casting.July 18: Club Meeting at the Tracy Transit Station - 7 pm. This month's meeting will feature mini "How To" seminars and two prominent Fly Tyers - Jay Murakoshi of Baja Fly Fishing Adventures and John Ryzanich of Icon Products.~ JUNE ~June 6: Board Meeting at Safeway Community Room - 7 pm sharp!June 13: Casting Instructions at Dr. Powers Park - 6 pm till dusk. Open to the general public. Join Chuck Robbins, a FFF Certified Casting Instructor, for personal assistance whether you are a first-timer or just need to work some "kinks" out of your casting.June 16: TFF Family Day at Dr. Powers Park - 10 am to 2 pm. Bring the whole family and enjoy a BBQ lunch provided by TFF along with a special raffle for the kids!June 18: Davis Lake pre-outing meeting at Safeway Starbucks - 7 pmJune 20: In-lieu of Family Day, There is no Club Meeting this monthJune 21 - 24: TFF Davis Lake Outing. Click here and then scroll down for current fishing info at Davis Lake.~ MAY ~May 16: Club Meeting at the Tracy Transit Station. Jim Morales from Sierra Fly Fisher will be our presenter. May 26: TFF Outing to Kistler Bass Ranch. TFF has arranged for exclusive use of the three ranch ponds that hold not only bass but bluegills as well. This is one of the benefits of your Family Membership... please no guests. See the TFF Events Calendar for more information and directions.~ APRIL ~April 18: Club Meeting at the Tracy Transit Station. Our presenter will be Captain Kevin Doran.April 28: White Pines Opener Out traditional trout opener will be held at White Pines near Arnold on opening Saturday (Apr 28). There will be an informational meeting at the Starbuck's inside the 11th Street Safeway on Wed. Apr 25th at 7apm. If you're planning on going please come to the meeting. We will be discussing the location, gear, carpolling and everything else that you need to know. Also, there is a map click here and an equipment and directions page click here.~ FEBRUARY ~ February 24 - 26: The Fly Fishing Show in Pleasanton at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.~ JANUARY ~January 28: Annual Planning meeting at the Banta Inn - 9 am. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend!Remember! There is no club meeting in January. See you next month.The Crab feed is January 7thOur annual crab feed is the first Saturday in January. We've great got a line up of auction items and raffle prizes and its a great time to catch up with your fellow members. We'll see you there. |