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7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413-579-199 wmffclub@gmail.com

It’s April and Spring is here. The days are getting longer, and warmer, Mass Wildlife has been stocking our streams, rivers ponds and lakes, it’s time to get out flex the muscles shake off the winter rust and throw a line.

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.

Guest Speaker

April’s guest speaker will be Karl Meyers, Society of Environmental Journalists. The topic will be “LIVING RIVERS FLOW DOWNSTREAM: A History of Fish Passage on New England’s Broken Rivers”

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the meeting.

(7:00) Thanks Dan!

IRON MIKE STREAMER

HOOK – size 6 – 2 xl nymph/streamer

BEAD- silver tungsten 5/32

THREAD – 6/0 black UNI

TAIL – white marabou with mallard flank or teal feather

BODY- pearl wing & flash, or ice wing or secret stuff

WING- pearl wing & flash with mallard or teal feather

HEAD- med pearl mylar collar

LANDON MYER BLACK MINI LEECH

HOOK – Jig hook size 10

BEAD – black tungsten 1/8

TAIL- black pine squirrel

BODY_ red mylar tinsel

LT. HENDRICKSON  DRY (CATSKILL STYLE)

THREAD – 8/0 uni

HOOK – standard dry size 14

Tail – dun (gray) hackle fibers

BODY_ Hendrickson dubbing (pink/gray/tan mixture)

WING wood duck flank

HACKLE – Med. blue dun (gray)

The Western Mass Fly Fishermen club wants to thank everyone that came out to support our March Expo!

The following images were provided by John Calhoun. Thanks John!

I hope everyone survived the cold weekend we had at the beginning of the month without any frozen pipes or dead car batteries!

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.

Guest Speaker

We will not have a guest speaker at our February meeting due to the time required to discuss our March Expo plans and other club activities.

We will have representation at the Springfield Sportsman’s Show at the Big E February 24^th – 26^th. 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 the club. We want to have coverage all three days so please sign up to help. A sign- up sheet will be at our next meeting. Here is a link to this event https://www.osegsportsmens.com/index.html

As a reminder we are rapidly approaching the time to renew our individual membership. For individuals that are looking to join the club the membership dues are $20.00 a year. The annual renewal date for the 2022-2023 season is March 31, 2023. I have included a mail in renewal form with this meeting announcement.

Hope to see many of you at this coming meeting.

January Meeting Minutes:

At this time of this publication we do not have the January meeting minutes.

John LaFrancis – Vice President

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the meeting.

(7:00) Thanks Dan!

Welcome to 2023 I hope everyone is well and have survived the Holiday’s. WMFF is ready to start the 2023 season.

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

January’s guest speaker will be Brian Comfort of the Deerfield Fly Shop

As a reminder we are rapidly approaching the time to renew our individual membership. For individuals that are looking to join the club the membership dues are $20.00 a year. The annual renewal date for the 2022-2023 season is March 31, 2023.

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan Trela will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.

Thanks Dan!

7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413-579-1994

Monday November 21, 2022 Meeting Notice

We have successfully completed our first two meetings of the last quarter of the 2022 season.

Our November meeting will be held at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

November is Club Officers election month. Be prepared to submit your nominees for Club President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer we will be voting for our 2023 officers.

James Conleyour newest memberwill be our guest speaker for the November meeting. James will be sharing his fly fishing experiences fishing Pyramid Lake in California.

Thank you, James,

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following flys at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.

7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413-579-1994

We are back and we have successfully completed our first meeting after our return from summer break.

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

The Pandemic is over at least according to President Biden, however please feel free to use what ever virus protocols you feel comfortable with.

Sean Rose will be our guest speaker for the October meeting. Sean will be sharing some of his living and fly fishing experiences out west.

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan Trela will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.

Thanks Dan!

Just a reminder for anyone interested in attending.

The Bill Rose Memorial Fly-Fishing Clinic, co-sponsored by the Westfield River Watershed Association and the Western Mass Fly Fishermen Club, will be held this year on October 15th across from the Huntington Health Center in Huntington, MA. from 9 AM – 12 Noon

7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413-579-1994

I hope everyone had a great summer and enjoyed some great fishing during our break. It looks as though the virus is somewhat in our rear-view mirror, although some may want to adhere to past virus practices, masks, distance, sanitizer etc…

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

September’s guest speaker will be Tom Panaccione

Tom will be sharing fly-fishing stories and personal experiences from his trip to Argentina. The presentation will include trip info, fishing techniques and the flies used. Questions during the presentation will be welcome. Please join me in welcoming and thanking Tom for taking the time to share his experiences.

It will be great to see everyone again and start a fantastic and fun after break season.

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan Trela will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.

Thanks Dan!

May 2022 and Covid seems to be in our rear-view mirror, we are no longer living under Covid mask mandates, lock downs or distancing. However, Covid is still very real so at this point please utilize whatever virus practices that you are personally comfortable with, masks, distance, sanitizer etc.

Our regular May Meeting will be held at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA

This month we will be meeting in the Pavilion for a cookout and our close of season meeting. We will start serving food at 5 pm. Anyone that would like to help set up the barbecue come to the Pavilion at 4:00pm.

Hope to see all of you at the cookout.

It is now February 2022 and we are still dealing with Covid and it’s two variants Delta and Omicron. We will still have to adhere to the current Virus Practices. masks, distance, sanitizer etc. or whatever they may be at the time of the meeting or what ever is your comfort level. We will be conducting our February meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

We are rapidly approaching the time to renew our individual membership.

 As we all know due to Covid membership renewals were suspended until March of 2022. Please note if you would like to renew your membership by mail or would like to join the club you can email me at wmffclub@Gmail.com and I will email you back the form. If you prefer to renew in person fill out the form and bring to the next meeting.

There was a Bord of Directors Meeting held at the end of the regular meeting. A discussion was made by all directors and officers present that the March Fly Fishing Expo will be moved to April 18th, 2022.

It was also decided to monitor COVID activity to possibly postpone to a later date or to cancel.

Currently we do not have guest speaker for this meeting. In lieu of a guest speaker we will be presenting the documentary “Trout Grass”. This is the story of Bamboo and its journey from China and the process of turning it into a fly rod.

Hope to see many of you at this coming meeting.

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.