Entries by Lee Funkhouser
Fall Fin Clipping
A mighty group of IEFFC warriors headed to the hatchery on September 27th and 28th to perform adipose fin-ectomies on thousands of tiny fish. This is one of our most difficult projects and the extreme weather didn’t make it any easier. The rain on Monday was an absolute downpour, but our members stayed the course […]
Bayley Lake Spawning Channel
Our annual trip to repair the Bayley Lake spawning channel was another success story. We were unable to clear the channel last year due to Covid concerns so the need this year was extreme. An able crew of ten members was assembled on September 25th and the transformation was spectacular. The group included five veterans […]
Fall Projects Listed – By Jerry McBride
Bayley Lake Spawning Channel Cleanup September 25 Background Many years ago the IEFFC put in weirs (low dams) and laid down gravel in the ponds formed by the weirs to create spawning beds in the short, channel-like stream that flows out of Potters Pond into Bayley Lake. The idea was to enable rainbow trout to […]
Grande Ronde – Ebsen Access Preserved
The final step in preserving the Ebsen Fishing Access on the Grand Ronde closed last week when WDFW took control of the property. Thanks to the hustle of the Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club of Spokane, an acquisition plan by Seattle’s Wild Steelhead Coalition and the generosity of fly fishers statewide, eight acres of prime […]
Amber Lake Project 2021
To quote Tennessee Ernie Ford: “You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.” On Monday, May 24, 2021 a work crew comprised of Dan Dzieken from WDFW, four members of the Spokane Fly Fishers and four IEFFC members spread and compacted 16 tons of crushed rock at […]
Toys For Tots 2020
We could not collect toys this year with Covid cancelling our meetings, but that did not stop the IEFFC from coming through for the area children. We were able to collect a total of $1,665.00 and that money was given to the Toys for Tots representatives in plenty of time for them to buy additional […]