Annual Banquet and Installation of Officers and Directors

January 26--The Club at McInnis--6:00pm

Our Annual Dinner is a club tradition where members get to socialize and enjoy food and drink, as we celebrate the events and accomplishments of the previous year, and welcome the New Year by inducting our newly elected Officers and Board Members.

In addition, we spice up the evening with some great fundraising fun, in the form of raffles and silent auctions for items both large and small.  Past events have included guided fishing trips, fishing equipment, art and fine wines.  This year we have a new, still-in-the-box, Euro nymphing outfit with no reserve!

Dinner Menu:Choice of Prime Rib, New York Steak, Herb Crusted Salmon or Penne Pasta.  Dinner includes: Salad, Mashed Potatoes, Fresh Vegetables, French Bread, and Dessert with Coffee or Tea

Wine will be served with dinner and there is a "No Host" Bar at the restaurant.

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World Championship Flyfisher Devin Olsen

February 18-7:00pm at Corte Madera Town Center room 201

We present Devin Olsen, key member of our U.S. National FF Team, who placed 3rd in the World Championships in 2015.  Devin parters with ; Lance Egan (who placed 3rd in WFFC in 2016); the two have been the top 2 U.S. competitive Fly Fishers for the past 8 years, and together own and run TacticalFlyFisher, a retail outfitting business in Utah, while training to represent the U.S. in the World Fly Fishing Championships every year.  

We will be hosting him for our Joint Golden Gate TU/Mt Tamalpais FF meeting on Feb 18.  His presentation will focus on Euro Nymphing, and how it can help us catch FAR MORE FISH.

The meeting will be in Rm 201 at the Corte Madera Town Center on Tues, Feb 18,  7:00 p.m.  Enter the Town Center from the south end (off Tamalpais Ave), and go up the outside steps on your right to the 2nd level.

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Springtime Feather River Steelhead March 24th 

We have 6 seats (3 boats) to float with guide Lance Gray – Jeff to host (Tuesday, March 24th is confirmed with the guide)

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STEELHEAD ARE IN AND REPORTS ARE VERY GOOD.  Go up to the Trinity or Klamath now, if you can!  

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We have some terrific trips and programs coming up for you.  If you are interested in one or more of our trips, now is the time to let us know!

Upcoming Fishing Trips

Our entire 2020 Fishing Plan is posted now!  Look up to our top nave bard and select "2020 fishing plan."

TU and CalTrout are teaming up to protect states' powers to defend clean water.  Historic rights of California are being stripped.  See this short appeal.

https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/AKs907A73t_TXdbRmw8yoCBK2CQ

Current Fishing Report

https://www.lostcoastoutfitters.com/pages/northern-california-weekly-fishing-report

Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine Update--An Important Bulletin

The window for action is closing quickly on Pebble as the Trump administration seems determined to press the permits through as quickly as possible. The Army Corps of Engineers is dangerously fast-tracking Pebble, and the Environmental Protection Agency has recently removed important safeguards for Bristol Bay. 

It’s clear politics are overriding science and the public sentiment when it comes to protecting Bristol Bay and now is the time for Congress to step in. 

So, whether you live in Alaska or not, your voice matters. Urge your elected officials to use their power to hold agencies accountable and ensure that steps are taken to protect Bristol Bay. 

Pebble Mine Would Put America Last

In a shocking about-face, the EPA has agreed to drop proposed restrictions that would have banned construction of the Pebble Mine in Alaska.  This move paves the way for Northern Dynasty Minerals, - the Canadian company behind the mine and which has a terrible record of devastating spills and toxic releases – to seek permits for building the massive copper and gold mine in the pristine headwaters of Bristol Bay, where it would imperil the world’s largest run of Sockeye Salmon.    The EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, made this decision after a half-hour meeting with the mining company CEO, and shocked all the remaining scientists in the EPA who have spent years researching this proposal and have unanimously concluded it would be a disaster and would ‘irreversibly’ destroy one of the most pristine and productive locations on the planet.

Just weeks after the EPA reversal, fishermen in Bristol Bay were reporting near-record levels for this year’s Salmon run, a testament to the strength of the $1.5 billion sustainable fishery that supports 14,000 local jobs and is central to the culture of Native peoples in SW Alaska.  The colossal open pit Pebble Mine, which would be as deep as the Grand Canyon and generate 10 billion tons of toxic mining waste, was stopped in 2014 when the EPA study (twice peer reviewed) said the mine posed catastrophic risks to the Bristol Bay watershed.  One of the main problems lies in the fact that the huge earth dam which will hold most of the toxic tailings lies almost on top of an active Earthquake fault.   “In keeping with the Trump Administration’s pro-polluter, pro-extraction agenda, the EPA has utterly abandoned sound science and the people of Bristol Bay”, said Taryn Heimer, a scientist with NRDC’s Land and Wildlife program, which organization partnered with hundreds of grassroots organizations to convince the government to stop it in 2014.   More than 80% of local residents oppose the Pebble Mine.   To push the message, “No Pebble Mine.  Not now.  Not ever.”  go to <nrdc.org/stoppebble

The fish thank you.

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