News and Updates

2012 SJRVFF OPENING DAY OUTING

The SJRVFF Opening Day Outing will take place on Saturday, April 28th at Bobbie Labar’s farm on the Dowagiac Creek. This is an all day event- there will be coffee and donuts for the early birds at 8:00 am and lunch will be served at noon. Lunch will be provided by the club along with water and soda. The club will not be providing beer or wine…you’ll have to bring your own. The Opening Day Raffle for the Winston BIIIx 8′ 4wt and Hardy Angel Reel w/SA line will be drawn following lunch (1:00 -1:30). See Billy Vail prior to drawing to purchase tickets.

The Dowagiac Creek runs through Bobbie’s property so there will be fishing on-site, however, there are also several other possibilities within a few minutes dirve of Bobbie’s farm. If you are not sure where to go, stop by Bobbie’s first and someone will available to help with any questions.

To get to the Labar farm from South Bend, take either m-60 or m-62 to Cassopolis, MI. Then take O’Keefe Rd north out of town to Engle St. (approx. 3.5 miles). Turn left on Engle St. Labar’s farm is about a 1/2 mile west of O’Keefe Rd. The address is 23683 Engle St. Cassopoplis, MI. for those with GPS (map)

2012 Auction

Our April meeting features our Annual Fundraiser on April 18th at 6:00 PM on the 6th floor of the Chase Bank Building in downtown South Bend. The event includes a grab bag raffle, silent auctions, a chance to win a new Sage fly rod and a general auction run by auctioneer Dave Goodrich. The Cellar Door Restaurant will serve dinner at 6:30 PM. The cost of dinner is $14 per person. (more..)

2012 SJRVFF OPENING DAY OUTING

The SJRVFF Opening Day Outing will take place on Saturday, April 28th at Bobbie Labar’s farm on the Dowagiac Creek. This is an all day event- there will be coffee and donuts for the early birds at 8:00 am and lunch will be served at noon. Lunch will be provided by the club along with water and soda. The club will not be providing beer or wine…you’ll have to bring your own. The Opening Day Raffle for the Winston BIIIx 8′ 4wt and Hardy Angel Reel w/SA line will be drawn following lunch (1:00 -1:30). See Billy Vail at the Club Auction or at the Openin Day Outing prior to drawing to purchase tickets.

The Dowagiac Creek runs through Bobbie’s property so there will be fishing on-site, however, there are also several other possibilities within a few minutes dirve of Bobbie’s farm. If you are not sure where to go, stop by Bobbie’s first and someone will available to help with any questions.

To get to the Labar farm from South Bend, take either m-60 or m-62 to Cassopolis, MI. Then take O’Keefe Rd north out of town to Engle St. (approx. 3.5 miles). Turn left on Engle St. Labar’s farm is about a 1/2 mile west of O’Keefe Rd. The address is 23683 Engle St. Cassopoplis, MI. for those with GPS

Working with Hair – Tips & Techniques for dry flies with Chris Helm & Glen Weisner

Chris Helm & Glen Weisner tie an assortment of very popular flies using a wide rage of different hair, including calf body hair, calf tail, moose body hair, elk hair, whitetail body hair, bull elk, cow elk and elk mane. Gel spun thread and material selection are highlighted along with using the correct side of a peacock stick and tying off the parachute hackle on the wing post.

Glenn R. Weisner

SJRVFF is excited to welcome Glenn Weisner as this month’s featured speaker. Glenn R. Weisner has been tying flies since a seventh grade science fair project and has honed his skills tremendously thanks in part to private lessons, workshops and personal coaching from life-long friend Chris Helm. Glenn enjoys tying most all trout flies and is recognized for his interest in Midge patterns and T

errestrials. Glenn founded Glenn River Fly Co. Ltd (www.glennriver.com) in 2000 and developed the “Fly-Kit”TM (a pattern specific fly-tying kit) to help individuals have a more enjoyable fly-tying experience. Glenn also conducts fly-tying workshops and on-stream educational fly-fishing sessions. He has several high quality fly-tying instructional DVD’s along with “Fly-Kits”TM that will be available for purchase at the meeting.

Glenn has competed in the Mustad Scandinavian International Fly Tying Competition several times, placing in the top 10 every time. Glenn has current Pro Staff arrangements with Cloudveil; Simms; Ross Reels; RIO & SA fly lines; McFarland Rod Company; “Tach-it” fly boxes; Cliff fly boxes; C&F Design fly boxes and Rite Bobbins. Glenn is most of proud of the fact that through his “Fly-Kit”TM product, high quality instructional tying DVD’s, one-on-one tying sessions, private workshops and fly-tying Demo’s at clubs & shows that he has been able to “give back” to thousands of individuals who share a similar interest in the art of fly-tying.

Tonight’s Presentation:
Terrestrials- a Power Point computer presentation which includes a nice mixture of “bug” information, fly-fishing commentary and fly patterns all focused on land born insects known as – Terrestrials – the important bug when there is no “hatch”. We cover Ants; Beetles; Crickets; Grasshoppers; Lady Bugs and Damsel & Dragon flies with fun facts and practical fishing applications for warm and cold water fish. We continue to add photos, fly patterns and fishing situations to this presentation on an annual basis. The goal is to raise your awareness of both the importance of these insects in a Trout’s diet and their productivity when used as fly patterns when you have no hatch.