No Day on the River Tomorrow - Saturday 1/21

There will be no day on the river tomorrow morning due to the weather and lack of power in the area. The river looks good today and is in great shape, but we will be sleeping in and staying dry!

Enjoy the day if you decide to go out and let us know how it goes!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

“It’s coming on Christmas

They’re cutting down trees

They’re putting on reindeer

And sing songs of joy and peace

I wish I had a river I could skate away on”

River

by Joni Mitchell

This a quote for one of my Favorite Christmas songS. It allows me to reflect on those thingS which mean the most to me.

My passionate obsession with fly casting and sharing it is the breath of my soul. For me it is humbling to be allowed to partake in what has been called the last great vestige of the Gentleman.

So to all of you who have made me what I am to day I would like to take a second to say in great reverence  “THANK YOU”.

Sue and I would like to wish each and every one  a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New year.

There will be no Day On The River on Saturday, December 24 Christmas Eve.

We will back on December 31, 2011.

Congratulations Aaron!

GOVERNOR'S MENTORING AWARD

Awarded to a member or members for continued support of the program through mentoring, teaching and inspiring students.

“Aaron Reimer, Carnation, WA, epitomizes what we consider an ideal casting mentor. His nomination letter details a group that he formed years ago called “Day on the river”. Some spey casters he’d met were having trouble getting it right and were invited by Aaron to a “day on the river” to hopefully fix the problems. The problems were quickly fixed, and word spread that if you needed help with spey casting, join the “day on the river” group with Aaron. Now the group meets 49 Saturdays a year, Aaron’s wife insists on 3 Saturdays for her. The group is bigger now, and other instructors show up to help, and a variety of rods and lines are available to cast, but the mentoring spirit that Aaron began continues. Aaron is a CI and THCI and is working on his Masters certification.

Most of us were fortunate to have a mentor or two in our formative years, many avid spey casters can claim Aaron as theirs!”

Bruce Richards

FFF CICP Board Chair

Pictures from the Day on the River...

William Van Valkenberg has been taking some great pictures of the Day on the River on Saturday's in Fall City. Here are a few, many more are located here.

Enjoy!

Casting with the kids!

A while ago, Aaron, Cliff and I went down to Aaron's grandson's high school(Tahoma HS) and taught about 60 students in their outdoor program to spey cast. Here are a few pictures from that day. We taught two sessions, with about 30 kids per session and the kids worked in groups of 3 or 4. A fun time was had by all!

Rod Loading

This is how a rod looks as it is being loaded from the rod's point of view.  The rod is CND I Spey and the line is Zpey competition head cut to the caster's choice length.

WA FFF Conclave - Day two from E-Burg!

Well the scotch is about half way depleted, and Bill is quite hungover this morning... The fair opens at 11am today, so come on by and see the sun, particularily if you live on the wet side of the mountains. Oh yeah, the rivers dropped a bit and March Browns are showing up.. do I need to convince you further?!?