Entries by Lee Funkhouser

Toys For Tots 2019

Thank you all for your generous contributions. We were able to raise $740 in cash donations and we gave the Marines almost 100 toys. There are many youngsters who will have a merrier Christmas because of your generosity. Sgt. Victor Sijohn and SSgt Dustin Pfister are shown receiving the donations. They send their thanks from […]

Boy Scout Merit Badge Class

The IEFFC taught fly tying and the Spokane Fly Fishers (SFF) taught fly casting to 15 scouts at the Scout Store on a recent Saturday.  All of the scouts got two hour’s instruction on fly tying and two hours on fly casting. IEFFC members Jerry Harms, Jerry McBride, Bruce Morgan and Bob Schmitt taught the […]

Fin Clipping – Fall 2019

Again this year the IEFFC joined other groups at the WDFW Spokane fish hatchery to clip adipose fins from fish that will be planted in Lake Spokane.  About 56,000 female triploid three to four inch rainbows raised by Trout Lodge Hatchery were processed over two days.   On Monday, September 23 the following IEFFC members clipped […]

Bayley Lake Spawning Channel

On Saturday, September 21 a crew of nine from the IEFFC went up and performed our annual spawning channel cleanup.  The purpose of the cleanup is to enable fish from Bayley Lake to spawn during spring runoff and then return to the lake to live another year. We met at Zips in Chewelah for breakfast […]

North Fork Cleanup

Earlier this year we were invited by the North Idaho Fly Casters (NIFC) to participate along with some other organizations in a cleanup of the North Fork.  Since many members of our club fish the North Fork we felt this was a worthwhile project.  We have a long history of working with the NIFC on […]