Orvis Sportsmen’s Night

April 25, 2013

6-9pm

Join us for fly fishing seminars.

Meet David Hart author of “Fly fishers Guide to Virginia”

Sample some local Virginia wine and food.

Register to win a $500 gift card!

Trout Fishing Seminar “Where to find the native Trout Fisheries”

6:30-7:30 PM: Bill Pearsall, former president and current member of Fly-Fishers of Virginia (FFV), has been trout fishing Virginian mountain streams all his life. Bill will discuss our native brook trout fisheries, the most productive techniques and flies, and where to find some of Virginia’s premier mountain streams.

Trout Fishing Seminar “Fishing the Upper and Lower Jackson River”

7:30-8:30 PM: Matt Thomas, guide at the Homestead Resort, will impart his knowledge of trout fishing the Homestead’s nearby Cascade stream, as well as the Upper and Lower Jackson River, one of Virginia’s most prized trout fisheries. Any Virginian trout angler will benefit from Matt’s vast knowledge of the Jackson River, and the most-suited flies and methods for catching prized trout.

Book Signing “David Hart author of Flyfisheres guide to Virginia”

6-9 PM: David Hart has lived and fished in Virginia for nearly 40 years, and his curious and investigative nature have afforded him a wealth of knowledge from fishing the smallest streams to the largest lakes, and everywhere in between. His book, “Flyfisher’s Guide to Virginia”, has been the single most important Virginia angling resource for years, and the author will be signing copies and sharing knowledge and stories of fly-fishing in Virginia.

Dear FFV Member,

Next month, Orvis – Short Pump will begin offering its Fly Fishing 101 and 201 classes. These are free classes that are offered to beginning fly fishers and to those interested in learning more about the basics of our sport. Orvis has asked if we (FFV members) would be interested in volunteering to assist them with these classes as we have in the past.

Here is what is involved. You would be assisting an Orvis employee as they demonstrate the basics of fly fishing and casting. Classes are on the dates listed below. For the FF101 classes the hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturdays and 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Sundays. For the 201 classes the hours are from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on both Saturday and Sunday. Assisting is rewarding, informative, and allows us to put the FFV name in front of a number of enthusiastic prospective members who are just getting into our great sport. 

As a volunteer you are considered a “guide” for that day and to show their gratitude, the management of the Orvis Short Pump store is offering to give each volunteer the “guide discount” (40% off retail) on any purchase made in the store that day, even if the item has to be ordered.

This is a great chance to show our thanks to Orvis for their support of FFV throughout the year and to pick up something you need from Orvis at a discount.  Remember you will be assisting an Orvis employee who will be teaching the class.

Volunteers are needed for the following dates:

FF101 Saturday, April 13 Sunday, April 14

FF101 Saturday, April 27 Sunday, April 28

FF101 Saturday, May 4 Sunday, May 5

FF201* Saturday, May 11 Sunday, May 12

FF101 Saturday, May 18 Sunday, May 19

FF101 Saturday, May 25 Sunday, May, 26

FF201* Saturday, June 1 Sunday, June 2

FF101 Saturday, June 8 Sunday, June 9

FF201* Saturday, June 15 Sunday, June 16

<!           FF201 classes are conducted on the water and the hours are slightly longer.

If you can assist on any one or more of these dates, please call the Orvis at 253-9000 and let them know. See you there.

Thanks,

Steve Lewis

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If you attended our March, 2012 Smallmouth Bass Symposium you won’t want to miss our March, 2013 Trout Fishing Seminar.

Colby and Brian Trow of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing will be at the March FFV Dinner meeting and will have several other fishing guides with them for a discussion about trout fishing in Virginia.

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The FFV 2013 Annual Banquet was a great event!

Over 130 members and their guests attended a night filled with activities.

Here are some photos:

Outgoing FFV president Ken Eastwood being given a fly rod by 2013-2014 FFV president Steve Lewis.

FFV ‘First lady’ Bonnye Eastwood received flowers from her beau for putting up with the club (and Ken) for two years…

Pat Quisenberry was awarded a lifetime membership award.

Alan Hoover  (left) received two awards. The FFV Kenny Grandstaff Continuing Service award and a service award from Project Healing Waters which was presented by PHW coordinator Phil Johnson (right).

Mark Sargent (right) gives Harry Robertson the Nat Burgwyn Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of service to the fly fishing community at large.

Shenandoah River Keeper, Jeff Kelbe received the FFV Taylor Turner conservation award. Jeff will be our dinner speaker in November, 2013. Pictured with him are Colby (left) and Brian (right) Trow of Mossy Creek Outfitters.

Our 2013 Annual Banquet speaker, Jim Klug, pictured with FFV Treasurer JoAnn Lindstrom-Clark.

Mark your calendar; our 2013 Annual Banquet is Saturday, January 19th.

Our dinner speaker will be Jim Klug of Yellow Dog Outfitters.

Founder and Director of Operations for Yellow Dog Flyfishing, L.L.C., Jim has worked in the fly fishing industry as a guide, sales rep, travel coordinator, and as National Sales Manager for Scientific Anglers. He has guided extensively in Montana, Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon, and has fished throughout the world. Jim spends a lot of time in the Caribbean, South America, and Alaska, working with our network of lodges and guides. Jim is the primary copywriter and photographer for the Yellow Dog catalogs and website as well as the Executive Producer for Confluence Films (the makers of DRIFT and RISE, and CONNECT).

Jim’s articles and photographs have appeared in dozens of different magazines and publications, including The Drake Magazine, The New York Times, The Fly Fish Journal, Fly Fisherman Magazine, Fly Rod & Reel, Fly Fishing in Saltwaters, Fly Fusion Magazine, Caribbean Travel & Life, the L.A. Times, Fish Alaska, Voyages de Peche, and several others.

Join Jim Klug for a “Fireside Chat” and “Question & Answer” session Saturday afternoon before the Annual Banquet.
Jim is the founder and owner of Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures. He has literally “Been There-Done That”.
Here is your golden opportunity to pick the brain of an expert in the field of adventure travel and fishing. Jim will
be able to tell you the good, bad, and ugly of just about anyplace you might have in mind for your next adventure.

As always, your guests are invited and encouraged to join us.

Here is a link to the January, 2013 Singing Reel

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Our November 15, 2012 dinner speaker will be Dargan Coggeshall.

Dargan Coggeshall is the founder of the Virginia Rivers Defense Fund (www.virginiariversdefensefund.org) and a defendant in the Jackson River trespassing case. He has a BA and MBA from the University of Virginia, and when he is not defending the use of public rivers for the benefit of all the anglers in the Commonwealth, he can be found fathering three little anglers and running a business in Charlottesville and Chantilly (soon) that helps children with learning disabilities. In his spare time (ha), he likes to pursue trout in the Blue Ridge mountains and on the Jackson, smallies on the James and Shenandoah, shad and stripers on the Rappahannock, and …….. He is contemplating moving to West Virginia where the threat of being sued for using a public river is non-existent.

Mr. Coggeshall will talk to us about the litigation involving the Jackson river.

FFV Members…if you have not already heard about the current legal issues concerning the Jackson River please familiarize yourself by clicking these links…

Article explaining the issue

Virginia Rivers Defense Fund

Article in the MidCurrent Web site about the outcome

Here is a link to the November, 2012 Singing Reel

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