The addition of a session for families from the Ronald McDonald House has again been a success. On Friday we had about 20 kids and their parents. The bus ride out and back went well for the kids and parents and every one had a great time. Our Legacy Committee provided the funding for the bus transport of […]
As many of you know, Mark Pinch and Lee Funkhouser have been attending meetings of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for the past few years working on the management plan for the Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area. The plan is important to us because the area includes Z Lake, a fly fishing lake […]
IEFFC members did an outstanding job again this year at our club booth and tying theater at the Big Horn Show and everyone said they had a lot of fun. Responses from the kids, and adults as well, were very positive. We had quite a few kids return to learn more about tying. Some have […]
Anglers are getting the run around at Rocky Ford Creek, a fly-fishing holy water north of Moses Lake. The issue: Lack of money to fix the lower footbridge. Since wading is prohibited at the desert spring creek, anglers have only one way to cross the stream — the upper bridge. The Washington Department of Fish […]
This fall the public had a chance to respond to WDFW regarding a proposal to make it mandatory to retain Hatchery Steelhead. The issue is quite complicated and we have tried to keep you up to date on it as much as we possibly can. I appreciate that club members have utilized our email resources […]
The Toys for Tots meeting was again a great success with donations of over 100 toys and cash contributions of almost $600.00. It is a great feeling that we again can provide some assistance to the United States Marines in helping these area children have a better Christmas. Thank you for your donations!! Attending our […]
IEFFC Work Party at Bayley Lake: On October 9th, seven members of the IEFFC continued what has been a long-standing (over 30 years) club project to maintain the inlet channel at Bayley Lake. Jerry McBride, Floyd Holmes, Bob Anderson, Stephen Aspinwall, Bill Papish, Don Perry and Jim Athearn spent several hours removing grass, weeds and […]
Many anglers are puzzled by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s big program stocking lakes with thousands of steelhead smolts this year. News and rumor of river closures, lawsuits and extraordinary regulations abound from the Skeena to the McKenzie. Short answer: several actions spring from litigation begun last year by the Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) […]