Entries by Lee Funkhouser
Toys For Tots
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 […]
Bayley Lake Restoration
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 […]
Steelhead Woes
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) […]
Fin Clipping -Fall
On September, 23rd, 2014, IEFFC again visited the Spokane Fish Hatchery to do some fin clipping. IEFFC members Jerry Harms, Keith Kuester, Floyd Holmes, Ivan Lines, Bruce Morgan, Ray Kranches, Tom Hoag, Lee Funkhouser and Jim Athearn volunteered to assist Spokane Fish Hatchery in a fin clipping operation. About 23,000 small, rainbow triploids were clipped as […]
Wading Safety
As felt soles fall out of favor because of invasive species concern, more thought is necessary to wade safely, especially in our local rivers. The round basalt of the Ronde, Clearwater, and the low sand sediments of the Spokane are especially challenging. A few tips that’ll keep you upright: Wading Staff– This third point of […]
Tick Bites
We are in that season where tick bites are a concern. Lyme disease is our greatest concern, but ticks can also give us Rocky Mountain spotted fever, as well as a number of other infections. Be careful, but also realize that most tick bites do not result in Lyme Disease, especially if the tick was […]