January, 2017
Calendar of Events
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Casting Clinic, Almendra Park, 8 am
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Casting Clinic, Almendra Park, 8 am
Thursday February 9, 2017
Fly Tying Class, 7-9pm
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
SCCC Monthly Meeting, 7-9 pm
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Casting Clinic, Almendra Park, 8 am
Thursday March 9, 2017
Fly Tying Class, 7-9pm
Contents
Calendar of Events……
1
The Riffle………………….
1-2
Officers……………………
2
Membership………………
3-4
Outings..
4-5
Gone Fishing
5-6
Club News…………………
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Volume 11, Issue 1
The Riffle
Dick Harris
A sure sign of any
great club is its
ability to party, and
the SCCC December
Holiday Gathering
upheld the tradition
to be sure!! With
enough food for a
small country, great
songs from Robynn
Creitz, and gifts
exchanged ranging
from Starbucks cards
to a black teddy bear
members had a
grand time.
Perhaps one of the
most important parts
of the evening were
the annual awards,
each given by Prez
Jon Simle to one
greatly deserving of
the recognition
bestowed.
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Officers
First up, to a man who has
not only become one of the
best tiers in the club (in
SoCal?) but has been
instrumental in leading the
monthly tying class and
promoting this important
aspect of the sport
whenever he can, the
club’s 2017 Fly-Tying
Trophy went Barry Weber.
President: Jon Simle
Membership: Connie Bullock
Treasurer: Judy McLean
Correspondence: Bill Creitz
Senior Director: Dick Harris
Member at Large: Aran Dokovna
Member at Large: Chris Taylor
Next, The Kazy Award was
created to acknowledge a
member who embarked on
or created a most
memorable angling event
during the pervious
year. This year’s recipient
depicted here with award
and ceremonial hat
is Roger Knudson takes the
2017 Kazy Award after
single-handedly taking Jon
Simle and Gary Haselbusch
on the trek of a lifetime
during a 2016 outing. Both
men are still recovering.
Club Chairs
Casting Clinic Director: Paul Riegert
Outings Coordinator: Chris Taylor
Fly Tying: Jon Simle, Barry Weber
Events Coord.: Gary Haselbusch
Newsletter Editor: John Parmenter
SWCFFF Rep: Connie Bullock
Fund Raising: Chris Taylor
Rod Building: Chris Holm
Roster: Connie Bullock
Merchandise: Connie Bullock
Website Admin.: Greg LaPolla
Conservation: TBD
Social Media (Facebook, etc.):
TBD
Photos by Bill Creitz
Our Value Promise
To bring together people of all
ages who share a passion to
develop their knowledge and
skills in the wonderful sport of
fly fishing, through education,
conservation, and fishing events,
while serving as a proud steward
of our community, our local
waters and wildlife areas.
And lastly, for her
outstanding work for the
club over the proceeding
months - Connie Bullock
took home the 2017 SCCC
Outstanding Service Award
always giving of her time
and talent with
consummate grace and
ease to our club and to the
Southwest Council.
If you missed this one, you
missed a good one. Here’s
to a great 2017!
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“True leadership requires a willingness to serve others.” This simple, but
insightful, quote from a book I am reading entitled The 5 Languages of
Appreciation in the Workplace (Gary Chapman and Paul White) got me
thinking recently about our club and its leadership team.
While our club’s mission is “To bring together people of all ages
who share a passion to develop their knowledge and skills in the
wonderful sport of fly fishing, through education, conservation, and
fishing events, while serving as a proud steward of our community, our
local waters and wildlife areas,” to fulfill that mission, we need people
willing to work without financial compensation and who put the welfare
of others before their own welfare. I believe that that attitude permeates
our leadership and every aspect of this club.
Countless hours are spent by the leadership team volunteers
coordinating meetings, speakers, fly tying classes, casting clinics,
barbeques, parties, outings, raffles, and the various demonstrations and
presentations that we, as members, benefit from.
One
of
the
management
principles
discussed
in
the
Chapman/White book is summarized as follows: “Collegiality in the
workplace (or in any organization)—helping one’s team (substitute “club
members”)—leads to more successful organizations.” The authors go on
to observe that the idea of serving someone in the world of work is
practically a foreign concept nowadays. Everyone is so focused on their
individual tasks and “getting ahead” that sacrificing or being
inconvenienced for others is simply not a concern. That being the case,
we are privileged to be part of a club where every board meeting has as
its underlying theme “What can we do to make this club better? And how
can we best meet the needs of the membership?” And the answers to
those questions most often require time to be spent by one or more
volunteers.
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Having said that, it can also get pretty lonely at the top.
Leadership has its price; effective leadership isn’t for cowards. Our
president, Jon Simle, works tirelessly (with lots of help from his friends
on the board) to bring creativity, enthusiasm, balance, innovation,
organization, and just plain old fun to this club’s activities.
Taking a cue from the book’s title The 5 Languages of Appreciation
in the Workplace, would you—the next time you see Jon, Roger Knudson,
Connie Bullock, Judy McLean, Dick Harris, Aran Dokovna, Chris Taylor,
Paul Riegert, Barry Weber, John Parmenter, Chris Holm, Ben Franken, or
Greg LaPolla—thank them for what they do to make our Santa Clarita
Casting Club such a success. Without the efforts and sacrifice of these
members, our club would not be nearly the success it is.
And while I’m not a big proponent of making New Year’s
resolutions (I always seem to cancel my new gym membership around
March every year), I am going to resolve to thank those from whom I
benefit more often in recognition of the fact that putting others first, of
necessity, means putting yourself last.
Happy New Year. You are greatly appreciated.
*Editor’s note: Our Membership Chairman seems to have forgotten to mention (by
choice, I’m sure), the contributions he has made and continues to make for our club.
So a shout-out and a much deserved “Thank You” to Bill Creitz as well!
Outings Report
Chris Taylor
**Editor’s note: I received an email from Chris Taylor who’s been busy
planning club outings. If interested in any or all of the tentative outings, be
sure to stay in touch with Chris or Roger Knutson for details.
A trip to the "O" is planned the last weekend of February, but that is
tentative according to weather, and talking to Jon this morning.
I’ve been talking to Jon and Roger about our May Utah trip. No specific
date has been established, but a timeline is being looked at for mid May
or the week after Memorial Day.
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Also, another trip to Utah is scheduled for the 2nd week of July to fish for
big cutthroats. It will be float tubing only using #10-#12 Goddard Caddis
and Parachute Caddis dry fly patterns. Cutthroats from 18"-24" have
been landed.
Another trip is being looked at for yours truly to guide on the San Juan
River, NM, possibly in the fall. It’s a trip to consider if you like landing
18"-28" rainbows. Contact Roger or me.
Also, we are due for our yearly float tube order from Outcast Float
Tubes. The discount is substantial at about 40% off, with no tax but
shipping is added. Only 2 tubes are allowed per year to the club, so first
come, first served!
Some of our more stalwart members have been fishing despite the
rain and wind we’ve been experiencing this winter. In
mid December while some of us were hunkered
down at home or like your editor--still in bed-members Ben Franken, Rudy Archiega, Roger
Knutsen, and Barry Weber were climbing into
their chest high waders and launching their
float tubes/floatation devices up at Pyramid
Lake. Stripers were on the prowl and the
flies used were Larry’s minnows, many tied
at an earlier club fly tying session. What
could be better?
Fish counts for the day were Barry with 4,
Ben and Roger with a few each, and Rudy
with a long distance release. Reports are that
all had a great time!
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Connie Bullock
Updated Fly Tying Schedule for 2017
The monthly Fly Tying Classes is moving to a new venue, Green
Briar Estates East at 21425 Soledad Canyon Road, Valencia, CA 91354
from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM on the second Thursday of each month
throughout 2017. As you enter the clubhouse it is directly in front as
you pass through the gate (code #9517) and there is plenty of parking.
Material requirements and patterns provided prior to the classes
which are below for the remainder of 2017:
1/12/17
2/9/17
3/9/17
4/13/17
5/11/17
6/8/17
7/13/17
8/10/17
9/14/17
10/12/17
11/9/17
12/14/17
Please update your calendars with the new day and dates. Should you
have any questions or concerns, please contact Barry Weber or Jon
Simle.
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The Fred Hall Show
The Fred Hall Show will take place March 1 thru 5, 2017 held at the Long
Beach Convention Center at 300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach,
CA. http://www.fredhall.com/long-beach. It's one of the biggest
fishing/tackle shows in the country and we have an opportunity to
participate in this event. Even thought it's held in Long Beach, it brings
in people from all over the country and is great exposure for our club
and promotes new membership.
Please let Connie Bullock know if you can help out one of the days of the
show. Thank you.
Sierra Pacific Fly Fishers is offering a Fly Fishing Class in March. The classes
this year will be better than ever at the new location in Reseda Park with an LA
River class and graduation in Bishop. We are charging a nominal fee of $40
(repeating Club students $20) and children under 18 are free. Word of mouth
from the Club has always been our best advertising so please do your best to
round up students.
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