Author: Scott Seifel

Member of the WMFF and inheriting the duties of maintaining the WMFF web site.

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Monday April 21, 2025, Meeting Notice

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It’s April and we have gotten through another WMFF March Expo. Hopefully the weather will change for the better and those of us that have been hibernating through the winter well get an opportunity to get out and wet a line. I would like to thank everyone that volunteered to assist with the Expo. Thank you. Without your help the Expo could never be a success.

 We will conduct our April meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

 April’s guest speaker will be:

  • James Garner
  • PhD Candidate
  • UMass Amherst
  • Environmental Conservation Department (ECO)

James will be speaking on the shortnose sturgeon project that has been in the news recently.

 As a Membership Reminder March 2025 was the time to renew your membership for the 2026 season. Please find the mail in renewal form with this meeting announcement. You can fill this form out and mail your renewal directly to me and I will mail your Membership Card to you or you can bring the completed form to the April meeting to renew in person.  Alternatively, you can complete the Membership Form on the WMFF website, and bring the payment with you to the next meeting.  I would like to thank those of you that have taken the time to renew your membership.

 Hope to see many of you at this coming meeting.

– John Lawor

Fly Tying Demo

Dan Trela will be tying one fly called the Empie’s Goldie, but Dan will tie it twice.  Dan said “This is a fly you will want in your fly box if you fish a river or pond that was recently stocked. Not every fly shop carries Bill’s bodi braid, it is usually found in saltwater fly shops. I sell the material alone as well as a kit to tie the Goldie.”

Thanks Dan!

Empie's Goldie fly photo

Empie’s Goldie
Thread: UTC 140 D hot orange
Hook: Size 8 or 6 1XL nymph hook
Bead: 5/32 gold tungsten bead
Tail: Several strands red crystal flash, 2 strands Bill bodi
braid pearl, 2 strands Bill’s bodi braid gold
Body: Silver mylar tinsel
Wing: 4 strands pearl bodi braid and 4 strands gold bodi
braid
Collar: Hot orange thread

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Monday March 17, 2025 Meeting Notice

I would like to thank all of you who volunteered to work the WMFF Booth at the Springfield Sportsman Show in West Springfield last month. Your hard work and dedication to the club made our presents at the show a success.

As a Membership Reminder March 2025 is the time to renew your membership for the 2025-2026 season. For those of you that have not renewed please find the mail in renewal form with this meeting announcement. You can fill this form out and mail your renewal directly to me and I will mail your Membership Card to you. Or you can bring the completed form to the March EXPO meeting to renew in person.

Hope to see many of you at the EXPO

Our March 2025 Meeting will be our 2025 WMFF EXPO. For March Expo information please visit the WMFF web site at the WMFF’s website.

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WMFF March Expo

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Monday February 17, 2025, Meeting Notice

As we move into the new year, we have a number of Club events coming up in February and March. We have the Springfield Sportsman’s Show at the Big E in February and we will be in need of volunteers to representative the club, we will also be preparing for the WMFF EXPO and we will also need club member participation and volunteers.

We will conduct our February meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

Our guest speaker at our February meeting will be Reece McDowell. Reece runs the graphite department at T&T Fly Rods in Greenfield, MA. He also works at the Deerfield fly shop part time and has been fly fishing for close to a decade. Reece’s passion is fly fishing for Carp and his presentation will be Carp 101. He will be going over gear, habits, habitat, flies and everything to get started fly fishing for Carp.

Once again, we have been invited back to the Springfield Sportsman’s Show at the Big E, February 21, 22, and 23. We are in need of volunteers to man the booth at this event. You can tie fly’s or just be there to talk about fly fishing, fly-tying and the WMFF club. We want to have coverage all three days so please sign up to help. A sign- up sheet will be available at our meeting. Here is a link to this event http://www.osegsportsmens.com

As a reminder we are rapidly approaching the time to renew our individual 2026 membership. Renewals are due by the end of March 2025. Please note that attached to this meeting announcement you will find a Renew by Mail Form. Please follow the directions on the form to renew by mail or if you prefer to renew in person fill out the form and bring it to the next meeting. Dues are still $20.00. I will be available to renew your membership during the meeting.

If you have not filled out the club questioner yet, please do. The club is sending out this questionnaire to all members so we can get your input and ideas for making the club better, to find out from the membership what they think will enhance the club, what we are currently doing and what other programs you as members would like to see put into place. I will also be attaching a copy of the questionnaire to this announcement.

We will also be discussing preparation and planning for the 2025 WMFF March EXPO.

Thank you. – John D Lawor, Secretary WMFF

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting. (6:30). Thanks Dan

Little Black Stone Fly Dry
  • Hook – Standard dry size 16, 14
  • Thread – Black uni 8/0
  • Body – Black superfine dubbing
  • Wing – mallard primary slip sprayed with clear lacquer
  • Hackle – blue dun (grey)
Dark Hendrickson Nymph 
  • Hook – standard nymph hook size 10,12
  • Thread – black uni 8/0
  • Tail – wood duck fibers
  • Body – dark  brown rabbit  dubbing 
  • Rib- brown copper wire size brassier
  • Wing case – mallard primary
  • Legs – natural wood duck fibers
McCannel’s Massacre Midge
  • Hook –  dry fly scud hook Daiichi 1130 sizes 22- 20
  • Thread – dark brown uni 8/0
  • Rib – copper wire
  • Wing – 2 mm tan foam
  • Thorax – olive SLF dubbing

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Manny DaSilva

1953 – 2025

Service information:
The wake was held at Beers & Story Palmer Funeral Home from 9-10:30 a.m. on Friday January 31, 2025

Beers & Story Funeral Home – Palmer
1475 North Main Street
Palmer, MA 01069

A Mass honoring Manny’s life was held at St. Thomas Church at 11 a.m. directly following the wake.

St. Thomas the Apostle Church
1076 Thorndike Street
Palmer, MA 01069

To view the full obituary, please access the following URL (web link) below:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/masslive/name/manuel-dasilva-obituary?id=57367738

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