High Sierra Fly Casters

Reel Escape – Donations Needed

Reel Escape will be held on July 11th and the committee is asking for donations to help us keep within the budget that we’ve set. Any items that are left over from Reel Escape will be used for the other retreats that the High Sierra Fly Casters participate in like Reel Recovery on the 21st of July and Reel Kids – Real Living on August 7th or club fishouts.

The following is a list of items that are needed:

These items can be dropped off at The Angler’s Edge for storage until the 11th anytime from now until the 10th of July:

Chips (potato)
Flats of bottled water
Canned soda
Iced tea
Canned fruit juice

Perishable dropped off on the 9th or 10th of July:

Bananas
Tangerines (tangelos)
Grapes
Cantaloupe or watermelon

In advance, thank you to everyone who helps us in this endeavor!

Twin Lakes Fishout – Sunday, June 27

Just a reminder to everyone that this month’s fishout is at Twin Lakes outside of Bridgeport. Meet at the grassy area near the docks of Upper Twin Lake at 9:00 AM.

HSFC Annual Picnic Results!

Here’s the update on the members’ names that were drawn at last week’s annual picnic of the High Sierra Fly Casters to fish the Pleasant Valley Fly Fishing Preserve “Fishout” on August 1st:

Dick Oswitt, Tom Kriethe, Don Boos, Dottie Sedergren, John Cole, Pam Buell, Todd Wilcks, Mike Phillips, Ron Beller, and Gene Young.

Congratulations to you all! The Preserve will be open to your pleasure on August 1st, and you can start around 6:30 a.m. You may not bring a guest, you may not trade your spot. This is only for those members whose names were drawn. You can make your checks payable to HSFC for $32.50; this will need to be paid before August 1st. You can either drop it off to Liz or give it to Jim Gronski, Treasurer.

REEL ESCAPE

A BIG thank you to all of those members who purchased squares for the REEL ESCAPE – REEL CHANCE DRAWING! The E2 Rod, Reel and Line package was donated by member Joe Bania for this worthy cause. Thank you Joe and Barbara Bania.

A big thank you to Mickey Kriethe who persuaded many of the public to purchase squares during last month’s downtown Wine Walk – it was a great help. And our thanks to Mr. Dick Padgett for cajoling any other members there at the picnic to fill in the remaining squares! Thank you to both of you!

Our thanks to John Cole, whose name was drawn to make the winning cast. He had the patience to put up with our ribbing, blindfolding and spinning in circles to deliver the fly to the lucky square. Our congratulations to Mr. Ed Brannan for winning the rod package. Ed was one of the first persons to purchase a square, and his pick was way up along the border. Casts pretty good eh, Ed?

Reel Escape is scheduled for July 11th at Pleasant Valley. It is for women with ANY type of cancer. If you know someone who you think would benefit from this retreat, please direct them to http://hsfc.us/reel-escape-2010/ where they can find the application and medical release form. Both forms will be needed to be turned no later than July 7th. The committee will be calling members in the coming few weeks to ask for help as River Buddies, emergency, and food prep. In advance, thank you to all of the HSFC members who help with this endeavor.

Alpine Watershed Group Bioassessment Training

The Alpine Watershed Group is hosting a Bioassessment Training led by Jim Harrington on June 22-23 in Markleeville. This training is intended for all members of the community (volunteers and professionals) who would like to learn more about monitoring the health of our streams.

“Bioassessment” is a form of stream survey which looks at the biological and physical (habitat) conditions of a stream. The procedure involves collecting samples of the benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI), aquatic insects which live amongst the rocks on bottom of the stream.

The two day event will start at 9:00 a.m. with classroom presentations on the state of bioassessment in California and current field techniques. After lunch we will move to a field location in Markleeville where the field techniques will be demonstrated until 4:00 p.m. The next day we will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the field location where all participants will practice the SWAMP Bioassessment techniques until 4:00 p.m. You will need to bring appropriate field dress including waders.

The cost of the training is $200.00. Payment can be made by sending a check to Sustainable Land Stewardship Institute International (SLSII) at PO Box 161585, Sacramento, CA, 95816. Alternatively, payment can be submitted using PayPal using the email address slsii@um.att.com.

For more information, contact Sarah Green, Alpine County Watershed Coordinator, at 530-694-2327 or watershed@alpinecountyca.gov.

June HSFC Newsletter

The June 2010 issue of fishstories… is ready. Pay special attention to the article about our upcoming picnic on June 16 – we hope to see you there!