Entries by Lee Funkhouser
IEFFC Legacy Committee Scholarship
At the February meeting Jim Turner, from the Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club Legacy Committee, announced the Eastern Washington University IEFFC Legacy Committee Scholarship, which will be given out to a deserving student starting this fall. The scholarship will be a $1,000.00 amount and will be awarded to a Junior or Senior enrolled in the […]
Puncheon Project for Upper St. Joe River
The forest service recently installed a total of 300 feet of puncheon (pronounced pun-shun) otherwise known as a plank road on the upper St. Joe trail above Spruce Tree Campground. IEFFC went in with the North Idaho Fly Casters to purchase the 5″ twisted spikes used to nail down the individual planks. The puncheon sections […]
Toys For Tots 2018
The Toys For Tots event was again very successful with four large bags full of toys and a $1,000 check being given to the Marine representatives. The members of the Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club have always been extremely generous in regards to this program and this year was no exception. Sgt. Faudy Familia and […]
WDFW Certificate of Recognition
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently awarded our club with a Certificate of Recognition for our contributions to the WDFW mission. It is nice to receive this recognition and know that our efforts are worthwhile. We will continue to work hard with our partners in preserving our fisheries and providing education to those […]
Bayley Lake Spawning Beds
Many years ago the IEFFC in cooperation with the WDFW put in five 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 during spring run-off out of Potters Pond into Bayley Lake. The idea was to enable rainbow trout […]
Fall Fin Clipping 2018
Once again IEFFC Volunteers helped the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at the Little Spokane River Fish Hatchery in September. About 60,000 triploid female rainbow trout were fin clipped for the ongoing Long Lake program. Talk around the clipping trough indicated that fishing out at Long Lake has been fairly good on the previous […]