Entries by Lee Funkhouser
Medical Lake Sign Project – By Jerry McBride
They say that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it doesn’t take a village to put some new signs up, but it did take the efforts of two governmental organizations, two fly clubs and quite a few people. Need / Concept During a Zoom program presentation to our club Jolynn Beauchene, Washington […]
Kid’s Fishing 2022
Kid’s fishing this past May was a great time for the youngsters. We had a small gathering on Friday, May 6th, as the weather did not look as if it would be cooperating. It turned out better than expected and the kid’s from the Ronald McDonald House caught some very big fish. Special thanks to […]
Big Horn Show 2022
What a great group of volunteers we had at the sports show! Volunteers are what makes our club strong and viable and we all owe a big thanks to Bob Johnson, Bruce Morgan, Denny Carson, Skip Cavanaugh, Stephen Aspinwall, Dick Avery, Bob Burton, Dan Lobb, Keith Kuester, Guy Gregory, Bill Papesh, Jake Nelson, Chet Allison, […]
WSCFFI Club Conservation Award
The Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club of Spokane wins the Club Conservation Award from the Washington State Council of Fly Fishers International for 2021 for its outstanding leadership acquiring and permanently conserving 8 acres of public fishing access on the Grand Ronde River. Known as the Ebsen Fishing Access site, the private lot had been […]
WDFW Regional Director’s Award
At the Faha Ebsen Access dedication ceremony, Jim Athearn received the “Regional Director’s Award” from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for his work on Faha Ebsen project. Jim worked closely with Josh Mills of the Wild Steelhead Coalition, Bob Dice, Chris Donley, Greg Heingartner, Jerrod Ploof and Jeremy Trump to successfully purchase the […]
Frank Faha-Ebsen Access Dedication
A large group gathered on October 15th, 2021 to dedicate the Frank Faha Ebsen Fishing Access Site near the mouth of the Grande Ronde River. The group included numerous members of the Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club. Among those present were the many members who generously donated to the project and IEFFC member Jim Athearn, […]