news and updates

Monday, Aug 23 fly tying at Bass Pro - Marc Pinsel
by Jack Dial, Fly Tying Chair

This month's "Fourth Monday" fly tying session will be held in the upstairs conference room at Bass Pro Shops in Denham Springs. Meeting time is 7:00pm.  Our featured tier will be Marc Pinsel.  Marc plans to tie Soft Hackle flies. This is one of the oldest patterns dating back to the original development of flies for fly fishing. Old but also very deadly.  Marc will discuss the various ways to fish this pattern.  Please join me in welcoming Marc this month.

Saturday, Sept 4 - RSFF Casting 101
by Catch Cormier

With the addition of several new flyrodders to our club in recent months, and great fall fishing ahead (several club outings also starting in September), we've been asked to do a basic casting clinic.  It will be held Saturday, September 4, at the Waddill Outdoors Center on North Flannery.  Time will be 8:30am to 11:30am.  We will focus on basic casting stroke, roll casting, and identifying / fixing basic casting faults.  Pre-registration is required. Free for RSFF /other clubs members; $12 for non-members (goes toward membership in RSFF). 

Monday, Sept 13 program  - Jarid Malone 
by Dugan Sabins, Program Chair

Our next membership meeting will be Monday, September 13.  Our guest speaker will be Capt. Jarid Ray Malone, Fishing Manager at the Orvis Store here in Baton Rouge. Capt. Malone grew up the son of a full-time fishing guide near Matagorda, and by age 15 had accumulated enough tournament winnings to buy his first truck! At 18, he had a guide's license, and since has compiled a very impressive number of tournament wins and finishes, Texas state fly fishing records and IGFA records. An IGFA record set in 2001 was a 9.41-lb speckled trout on 10lb line! He's been featured in magazine articles and last year, in the Advocate Outdoors Section. We are very fortunate to have Jarid in our community. Since coming to BR, he has been a great ambassador for our sport, working with Red Stick, CCA, DU and other organizations, establishing fly tying sessions and clinics at Orvis - most of them free - and teaching many new people to tie and cast. The "1st and 3rd Thursday" intermediate tying sessions at Orvis - do check them out!  Also, check out Jarid's website: www.maloneflyfishing.com for some fantastic fishing adventures. Don't miss this evening! 

Volunteers needed for NHF Day on Sept 25th
by Catch Cormier, Events Chair

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will host their 26th annual National Hunting and Fishing Day on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at four venues across the state. This celebration of the outdoors features numerous exhibits and activities designed to educate and entertain both young and old. Once again, RSFF has been asked to exhibit at the Waddill venue here in Baton Rouge. We've been a part of NHF Day since our inception as a club 22 years now. We can have up to six "official" volunteers, however, we routinely have unofficial volunteers from our club assist the official ones and help teach casting and fly tying, or answer questions about a wide range of topics from knots to where to fish.  The BR venue has several thousand attendees and each year we make several converts to our sport. Not to mention the joy of watching a youngster tie his or her first fly, or master the basic cast.  To volunteer (officially or unofficially), please email Catch Cormier.

Fall Concordia Warmwater Trip - October 15-17
by Jack Lithgoe, Warmwater Chair 

The RSFF Fall Warmwater trip to Lake Concordia is in the planning stage.  Usually, October is the nicest month of the year in Louisiana.  Usually. The weekend of Oct 15,16,17 has been chosen as the time to return to beautiful Lake Concordia to retrieve all of the Jitterbee’s you lost during the Spring trip. The Tigers are hosting McNeese State at 7:00pm and we can listen to that nail biter on 98.1 while we are feasting on the day’s fine catch of stumpknockers and fried eggplant from Randy’s garden. If you think you are going to attend this annual Fall Warmwater Catch and Eat, please contact me so I can begin to book rooms at the Lodge.  Please refrain from contacting the Lodge directly to make your own reservations.  It only complicates the communication I have with them.  This is a members-only activity, but a member can bring a guest or two.  If you plan to bring a guest, please let me know.  More details on this trip will be in an upcoming Red Letter newsletter.