Brian Pultz is doing a presentation called Float and Fly. This technique incorporates a combination indicator and jig presentation that has become popular for walk in fishing on many reservoirs while casting parallel to the shore line over likely structure. Jigs are deadly when used in this manner and some might claim that it is not really fly fishing. Lets just say it is an adaptation of a fishing style that can and is carried over to fly fishing. Different aspects of fishing the foothill lakes in the area for bass during the fall, winter and spring months. He is still putting the program together and wasn't expecting to do it for another few weeks. So we will be his first. Brian says this can be used for conventional and on the fly (This is the hook). There will also be a video during the program he will show. Check out this video of Ryan Williams, who utilizes this technique as a primer. Ryan’s videos have been highlighted in past issues of the newsletter. The application of Brian’s program will touch on Stillwater tactics for bass and is not to be missed.

September Meeting 

SEPT. 19TH PROGRAM for this month is California Heritage Trout - Northern State
Stephen Holtzclaw will share his successful pursuit of the California Heritage Trout Certificate last summer. This journey started the previous summer and covered Northern California from East to West.
Along the way, he will explain the origins of these varied trout species, where to find them, and what are the current threats to these unique subspecies of trout. The Heritage Trout Program is not just about catching small trout in their native habitats, but the journey to new and interesting places along the way and a greater appreciation of these threatened trout and their habitats.
This will be a great program from Steve as I have fished with him many times over the yr's and his knowledge and passion is unsurpassed.

Winner of the 2016 Costa Bass-n-fly event; Brian has been bass fishing the California Delta his entire life. He has over 30 years experience tournament bass fishing California waters, but his home and true love is the California delta.  

 Brian has been fly fishing for largemouth Bass for over 20 years and has developed strategies and flies for fly fishing the California Delta based off his vast knowledge of the conventional fishing world. The first fly he developed for Delta Bass Bugs was the Delta Stage Diver. Based off of a double wooly bugger with the addition of a rattle and a deer hair head. This fly suspends in the water column just like your conventional rip bait; one of the most productive baits on the California Delta from fall to spring. The second conventional bait conversion he tackled for DBB was the topwater Frog his answer to that was the DBB Howitzer Popper this fly was designed to be our 4x4 fly to be fished through and over anything. This fly has multiple largemouth over the 8lb mark in the last year including a 9.87lb largemouth taken in June of last year by Brian.

 

In recent months Brian’s passion for swimbait fishing for Bass has leaked into our fly world with the development of some of our largest and most complex flies such as the Shell Cracker and the Crowd Surfer. The wool shellcracker is our go to subsurface swimbait available in multiple size form the tiny 1.5 inch size 6 all the way up to a 10in double 5/0. The largemouth bass in the California delta and all over the world eat birds and our Crowd Surfer is our answer to that.

 In the future he plans to continue the chase of big bass with new and innovative fly fishing techniques and to educate current and new fly fishermen that largemouth bass should be on the list of top game fish on a fly. His presentation will break down specific locations hoping to teach people why fish live in these areas and the different fly fishing techniques that can be used to catch them.

Streamers

This is our newest and I believe our best presentation.  Streamer fishing has become a tactic that recently has been pigeon holed only for big nasty fish; which is bad, because all fish of every size eat streamers. Fish eat other fish. It is the way their world works. They also eat sculpins, crayfish, tadpoles and other big protein meals.

We cover the latest in streamer tactics, equipment, rigging and flies. We also breakdown water and match the tactic need for that water. We will have the equipment at the presentation for fly club members to get hands on experience.

This presentation is animated for the audience to enjoy and to fully understand the what, how and why of streamer fishing.

Lance and Kirsten have more than 50 years combined experience in fly fishing. Lance started fly fishing with his father and brother Lincoln at age 7. In his teens, he began tying flies commercially for shops all around Northern California. At 17, he went to work at Powell's in Chico, working in the fly shop and building rods. He guided for Powell’s, conducted fly-tying and fly-fishing schools, and traveled.

In 1993, Lance and Kirsten started Saltwater Innovations, a company that manufactured and distributed products for saltwater fly fishing. Lance’s Crystal Popper, Gray’s Billfish Fly, the KO Charlie line and the Raghead Crabs are all Saltwater Innovations products. Kirsten worked behind the scenes, handling the day-to-day operation running the manufacturing floor of the company.

In 2003 they launched Lance Gray & Company, a full-service outfitter offering guided trips, fly-fishing schools, workshops and a travel agency. Lance conducts presentations at fly clubs and outdoor shows and supports local groups like Cub Scouts and 4H. He's a signature tier for Aqua Flies, pro staff member for Sage and Rio and is a featured writer, with articles published in Angling Trade Magazine, California Fly Fisher, Fly Fishermen, Sierra Fisherman and Northwest Fly Fishing.

Kirsten is a fantastic photographer who's had images published in periodicals and on websites throughout the outdoor industry.