Welcome to summer—-

So much has happened, and much more to come.

The casting class held on the last day of May was a success- with a good number of members joining Tony to introduce basic casting techniques to another good number of public folks; and also resulted in an increase in our membership. Thanks to our members for all the work and planning, and also to the Weiser Nazarene Church for the use of their lawn.

The Weiser Community Pond has been the focus of a good deal of activity. The most recent Weiser Signal American included an article about two of these events. First, the Annex Charter School brought 44 students, and members of our club provided educational stations focusing on fishing habitat, bug life, and fly casting. It was a lot of fun for those of us involved, and the youngsters participated enthusiastically. The Facebook page from the school has lots of photos.

The following Friday saw the annual pond cleanup: a large turnout from the public, several local organizations, and the city parks staff resulted in a lot of needed work accomplished . I walked the pond path this morning, and it looks much better.

This last weekend, a few of us trekked to Murray Reservoir, and had a good time. The wind was mild, the water was weedy, the lightning stayed away, and some beautiful acrobatic rainbows tightened our lines. You can see additional images in the gallery under fishing events

Check out the Planned Fishing Trips section on this website—-Looks like next month it’s chasing big largemouth at Crane Falls!

For the rest of summer, we will still hold informal monthly meetings, on the second Tuesday, at Idaho Pizza. They kick off with hopefully brief planning discussions at 6:00 pm, then devolve into general fishing discussions over food and drink. There will be no monthly fly tying sessions until October.

In September, the meeting will be a picnic/potluck in the park. Also, expect another Fly Tying Workshop sometime after that.

We plan to resume fly tying demonstrations at our monthly meetings in October.

Meanwhile, the Weiser flows have dropped enough—-

Get out there, and enjoy our opportunities!

Bruce Parsons