Message from our President Harold Norman:
We hope that all our members, their friends and families are in good health after all that has been experienced in our country and parts of the world for the past several months. For those members who have friends and families that were taken ill or suffered a loss of a dear one, our hearts and prayers are with you and your loved ones. Please know that this pandemic has impacted us all in some way shape or form. As a minimum, I miss gathering at our meetings and the experience of sharing our passion for the fly tying/fly fishing hobby/profession. If there is one lesson that this pandemic has taught us is; to NOT take things for granted as if we expect everything to happen the way we want, or because that is the way it’s always been, or we have always done things or expect things to take place. Life is short, sometimes unfair, and definitely complicated! Please stay safe, stay healthy, and stay tuned for information on our upcoming meeting in Sept. (I hope). Also, since our membership is comprised of many members with seniority, please take time out to touch base with a couple of our members/friends during this summer. In fact, when you get the chance please give Manny DaSilva a telephone call at 413-283-2915, he could use a few encouraging words during his fight with cancer.
Well it has been several weeks since this notice was initiated and now we are in Phase 2.5 of this crazy Corona Virus pandemic. I hope we are moving toward some normalcy soon. I will be contacting the Elks Club in the next few weeks to see when they plan on opening and based on that information, we will get the word out to you ASAP. We hope that by the third Monday in September (21) we will hold our first meeting since January!
We will send out our usual Meeting Notice before the meeting with all the meeting info. Until then, please stay safe and get out there and enjoy our summer.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please email me at tiger66gd@verizon.net, call me at 603-305-5301, or snail mail at the address listed above. My Face-Book and Messenger accounts are shut down due to a hacking problem so you won’t find me there.
Guest Speaker: None scheduled for Sept. If you know of someone, please contact Harold Norman.
Field Notes From Our Local Fly Fishers:
The shutdown of our country has really impacted the activity on the Swift River! I have never seen the Route 9 bridge area with so many cars that there were NO parking spots in the lot, the field across the street, route 9, the pumping station and the side trail to the Y-pool! Poor trout don’t stand a chance!
