Rises, Ripples and Reflections
Sunday, 03 June 2007, 3:31 p.m. CDT
Our May get together by the ponds in Schramm Park was a delight. With the near perfect weather and a lot of daylight, we were able to practice our casting techniques on the water. A few large fish jumped to add to our thrill of anticipation as the yarn used to simulate flies added to each fish's curiosity. Almost 50 of our members and guests had a chance to play. Chuck Reisen even set up an outside raffle.
The "One Fly", a competitive bluegill catching event that gives us a chance to test our skills and luck, was made challenging by the winds that produced whitecaps from time to time. It was held at Burchard Lake. After eating 10 pounds of barbecue that Colleen Whitney, Sandy Cox, and Agnes Adams prepared, we deployed to our chosen places on the lake to catch fish. For two hours, some in float tubes, some on shore, and some wading, each fly fisher presented to Bluegill the special fly that was chosen for this event.
Last year, Baz Lazure caught 109, I caught 94, and Don Klostermeyer caught 84. Many of our people caught more than 50 fish at that momentous event. This year, several of us caught something, but not bluegill. As the count was taken, the total catch for twenty two people was 54 Bluegill. Don Klostermeyer won with 11. Congratulations Don.
The fly boxes from South Africa are in. Neil Boston will show them at our June meeting. Nice flies from our peers across the Atlantic Ocean.
We plan get together on Verdigre creek, Saturday, June 23. The camping area is north of Royal, Nebraska and route 20. (Grove Lake area). This is the hot spot for trout fishing in the eastern third of Nebraska. Some of us will be going out there, the Friday evening before, to camp. For local fun and adventure, it does not get better than this.
Finally, Brad Siegfreid has provided training for some of us to get your fish stories onto our website. Brad has been constantly improving our website since he created it more than three years ago. Thanks Brad.
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