Across
the Stream – October 2007
A
Publication of Heart of America Fly Fishers
HOAFF October Meeting
Monday, October 15 - 7:00pm
HOAFF Annual Auction
& Raffle
Community
of Christ Church • 79th & Mission Rd, Prairie Village
President’s Message
Annual Auction &
Raffle
by
Mark Borserine
September
has been quite a month! Volunteering at Mill Creek to build skyhooks for
habitat restoration, followed immediately by a most successful picnic on Monday
night, then the very next Friday, the Bohigian
Conservation Area Dedication. In my spare time ...Well, I can tell you I got no
“time at the vise”!
Without a
breath, we go right into Auction. Don’t forget that we take used as well as new
items and non-fishing items also. There are a good number of us who hunt as well
and most all of us camp at some time or other; or, like John Gierach, at least make coffee by the stream. To paraphrase
Scripture: “Go ye into the fields and byways and gather in what ye may”! Call Jim Mattes with any last-minute
donations including up to the “night of” auction. Which, by the way is October
15th – bring a friend along! Also, don’t
forget where the money goes to vs. just trying to get something cheap. If
you’re thinking of buying something anyway, especially for gifts with the
upcoming Thanksgiving & Christmas seasons, please consider that the money
goes to your club and all the good it does. Throughout the year please sponsor
our generous donors!
We
branched out and began getting some non-fly fishing items this year and we have
a couple of unusual ones: Smoke N’ Fire
donated a complete kitchen knife set manufactured in Australia by Furi. These knives are simply the latest thing! And, absolutely razor sharp – a marvelous
gift for anyone interested in the “Culinary Arts”. We have sturdy, quality
US-made ladder-type deer stand! Most
deer stands now are made in China and the quality is notably lower. This stand
sold originally for $149 and is brand new!
From Mickey’s Surplus.
This year
again, Saltery Lake Lodge on Kodiak Island is offering
a two-for-one deal. This is the trip Cliff Newton and I took in summer 2006 and
I cannot recommend any place or any opportunity more highly. “Buddy Up” with
someone and buy this trip – a genuine $2,300 value!! There was no bid on this last year and
someone really missed out on the trip of a lifetime!
Mill Creek Volunteer Day
by
Mark Borserine
Kevin Carril’s idea to add some muscle to money and help the MDC
with projects to improve the habitat on the stretch of Mill Creek that runs
through the new Bohigian Conservation area in Phelps Cty MO paid off!
Nick Girondo said never in his wildest dreams
did he believe that the 15 skyhooks or bank hides could have been built in as
short a time as they were – he estimated MDC received the value of 200 man
hours!
Representatives
from four FFF-affiliates: HOAFF, Ozark Fly Fishers (St. Louis), Roubidoux Fly Fishers (Ft. Leonard Wood area) and Capitol
City Fly Fishers (Jefferson City) as well as a strong contingent from
Mid-Missouri TU gathered at the Bohigian Conservation
area and completed the 15 skyhooks in record time. There were more volunteers
than tools!
2007
Officers
President
Mark Borserine
913-381-0722 majborser@aol.com
Past
President
David Andrews
816-741-8314 davidgandrews@kc.rr.com
Secretary
Jim Jorgenson
913-469-1950 jjorgensen@ci.lenexa.ks.us
Treasurer
Paul Bennetts
913-338-3837 pbennetts1@comcast.net
Newsletter
Tom James
816-718-0393 tom@blackdogsports.com
Programs
John Bell
785-843-1782 j.bell@kcc.state.ks.us
Cliff Cain
913-558-5069 cliffcain@hotmail.com
Education/Recognition
Bill Lindley
913-888-3177
Norm Crisp
913-645-1994 streamsideff@yahoo.com
Outings
Darren Watson dwatson@lawingfinancial.com
Ron Carruthers
816-741-7251
rcarruthers2@kc.rr.com
Membership
Travis Knight
816-246-4168 tdk883@yahoo.com
Frederick Clark
913-831-0305 fclarks@planetkc.com
Conservation
Team
Kevin Carril
913-362-9379
rrac3@sbcglobal.net
John Bell
785-843-1782 j.bell@kcc.state.ks.us
Library
Doug McDonald
913-764-6678 mcdoug5148@sbcglobal.net
Web
Master
Vicky Newton
816-943-8306 svnewton@sbcglobal.net
Raffle/Auction
Jim Mattes
913-268-6161 jimmattes@mattesappraisal.com
Spring
Programs
Dick Martin
816-781-9557 rlm@mllfpc.com
Don Grundy
816-781-9019 dgrundy@sbcglobal.net
Historian/Event
Coordinator
Bill Brant
816-941-9691 billandkathy@kc.rr.com
Southern
Council Liaison
Hod McIntosh
913-722-3684 singingreels@kc.rr.com
Supernumerary
Ray Zook
816-941-2862 rzook@kc.rr.com
HOAFF Auction List 2007
Partial list, more to come...
by
Jim Mattes
Guided Trips/Lodging
Taneycomo:
River Run
Outfitters $315
Guided
Drift Boat, full day for two, lunch provided, Expires: 9/24/2009
Parkview
Lodge $92
Two
nights lodging for two people
Kansas Reservoirs:
Fly
Fishing for Golden Bones (Carp), Flat Landers Guide Service, 1 day trip, 2
anglers, Paul “Sodie” Sodamann
Three
Rivers Guide Service $250
Full day
of Guided Fishing, includes lunch
White
River:
Rim
Shoals Resort $220
2 nights
lodging
White
Sands Motel $109
2 nights,
2 adults & 2 children, Expires: 10/1/2008, Must Reserve 2 wks in advance
and excludes Holiday weekends
Alaska:
Saltery Lake Lodge, Kodiak
Island$2,310
“Two for
One”, 6 day/6 night, roundtrip from Kodiak, August 24-30, 2008 only
Tightline Guide Service
1 Guided
walk-in trip
Strip
Pits:
Hunting
Sports Plus $200 each
Two
four-day (can be non-consecutive) fishing
passes, For two anglers to Hunting Sports Plus Strip Pits near the La Cygne Power Plant.
Two four-day “passes”, two anglers each, Hunting Sports Plus – Daryl
Traylor
Bennet Springs:
Sand
Springs Resort - Two nights of lodging in a kitchenette unit. Valid Sunday
through Thursday during the regular trout season for up to four people. Donated
by Sand Springs Resort
Equipment
4 weight
VT2 Rod (slightly used)
George
Rankin
J.W.
Outfitters Chest Pack & Back Pack (used), Mark Borserine
Dan
Bailey Gear Bag $50
Dan
Bailey Wader Bag $30
Olive
Green, spacious cordura bags – matching. Dan Bailey’s is famous for quality! Ray Fincke’s Fishing Hole
Box of
Bass Flies (tied by Bob Groody)
Mark Borserine
Sage
Double Rod/Reel carrier, Olive Cordura for 2
five-piece rods
Sage
Double Rod/Reel carrier, Olive Cordura for 2
three-piece rods
Simms Windstopper Fleece Jacket XL
Sage
Quiet Double-Taper 2wt floating line
Scientific
Anglers Mastery Trout Double-Taper 2 weight floating line
Rio 10 weight, weight-forward sinking head line
K&K
Fly Fishers
Horrocks-Ibotson (H-I) Vintage (40’s or 50’s) Power Glass Rod
– Izaak Walton Model
Jim
Rogers Shooting Star rod, 9 foot, weight, 2-piece, Jim Mattes $225
Fishpond
“Blue River” Chest/Lumbar Pack, Yager’s Fly Shop $70
Okuma 7/8
Magnitude Reel with 2 spools (used), Jim Ohnemus
Clear
Creek Chest/Belt Pack $65
Two dozen
Trout Flies in Rainbow Fly Shop Box, Rainbow Fly Shop $50
Orvis Clearwater II reel for 2-5
weight lines $39
Orvis Wonderline
“Trout” weight-forward 5wt. $59
Larry’s
at Bennett Spring
Pacific
Fly XXL Shirt Lt. Blue $30
Clear
Creek Halter Wader Vest (2-piece, attaches to Wader Suspenders) $32
Redington Rain Suit, Large $35
Reading’s
Fly Shop – Bennett Spring
Mountain
River Fly Shop
Fly Tying
Pheasant
Pelt, Georgiana Baer
Whiting
Rooster Saddle Bronze $20
Hen
Saddle, Olive, Reading’s Fly Shop
Fly Tying
Kit
This kit
includes a very nice assortment of fly tying material and tools including a
vice. Suitable for beginning fly tyers.
Donated
by WASPI
Non-Fly Fishing Items
United
States Flag flown over our Nation’s Capitol, Hon. Dennis Moore (Congressman –
KS)
Trax-America Ladder Deer Stand
(U.S. made), Mickey’s Surplus $149
Furi “Gusto-Grip” Kitchen Knife
set (Australia) $335
7 kitchen
knives, Carving Fork, Poultry
& Fish Shears, Birch “Clean Store” Knife Block, These are the knives
featured by Rachel Ray on her cooking shows! Smoke N’Fire
21-Book
set, The Hunting & Fishing Library, Mark Borserine
Kansas
University “Jayhawk” Fly Fishing T-Shirts, Long
Sleeve $24
Short Sleeve $21
Yager’s Fly Shop – Lawrence
Shawnee
Country Club - Round of Golf for two plus a dozen golf balls $140
Joe Tomerlleri Painting
Barbecue
dinner for 6-8 to include:
Brisket,
Ribs, Chicken w/sides of potato salad, beans, cream corn. They will need to
provide the location and all the dishes, etc. as well as drinks. It will all be
cooked, delivered and served. The only restriction is not on any “family”
holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Mark Borserine
Check online for updated auction items list.
HOAFF Apparel is here
Hats $15 • T-Shirts $12
Now
you can get a T-shirt or a fishing hat with the new Heart of America Fly
Fishers Logo.
Fishing in Phelps County
Missouri
by Mark Borserine
The two trips recently by HOAFF members to Phelps County
MO; the first on Sept. 15th and the second on Sept. 21st while necessitated by
higher aspirations, demanded that some water be fished nonetheless. On the
afternoon of the 15th, Kevin Carril, Ron Carruthers, Jim Bebb and Mark Borserine were “forced” to spend a few hours on the Little
Piney just East of Mill Creek. Peggy Bebb guarded the
vehicles at Vida Bridge while she watched the wildlife and read a book.
Ron and Kevin went North, Ron catching two trout and Kevin
catching one; Jim and Mark went South toward Layne Spring Access. Mark showed
his prowess catching Chubb upon Chubb (they loved a Hopper/Copper John dropper
combo) while Jim caught four trout on an Olive Woolly Bugger. Frankly, we all
expected a little better fishing but the day was overcast and notably chilly
considering the heat of the week before; perhaps the sudden change had set the
fishing “off” a bit!
On Sunday
morning, the same group drove down to Montauk and the Current River, putting in
at Baptist Access on the Current. This time Kevin and I went upstream and Jim
and Ron went downstream. Jim was the only one to be successful, catching a nice
16-incher!
The next
Friday, John Bell and I went to the Bohigian
Conservation area dedication and again, were “forced” into going over to the
Little Piney for the afternoon. John and I “team” fished going South from Vida
Bridge toward Layne Spring Access about 3/4 mile. John would fish the water
first with a dry fly, his choice being an Elk Hair Caddis and I would fish it
afterward, swinging an Olive Woolly Bugger downstream and across on a sink tip
line (which would get under the woody debris surprisingly well). John caught
three trout and I caught two, all small but beautifully marked and with a
fighting spirit that belied their size.
I also caught what had to be a record Chub – fat and feisty, keeping up
my tradition of the previous week, and a bluegill.
Bohigian Conservation
Area Dedication
by Mark Borserine
On Friday
September 21, 2007 the Bohigian Conservation area was
dedicated at Mill Creek in Phelps County MO.
This is the 477 acres purchased by the Missouri Department of
Conservation, assisted by donations from a number of Missouri Fly Fishers’
organizations and very substantial donation of part of the property’s value by
Dr. and Mrs. George Bohigian. The Bohigians were
present at the dedication and I had the pleasure of meeting this charming
couple and having my picture taken with them by the sign for the new
Conservation area. John Bell and I
attended, representing HOAFF; you’ll see John pictured with two special
friends, Curt Morgret of the Missouri Conservation
Heritage Fund and Mike Kruse of the MDC.
The Missouri Conservation Heritage Fund pledged $100,000 toward the
purchase and then went out to gather pledges from other organizations; it was
MCHF who asked HOAFF for the donation.
Also
attending were Elected Officials, County Commissioners, employees of the MDC
and USFWS, and representatives of other organizations that had donated funds;
some of whom I recognized from the previous Saturday when volunteers built the
Bank Hides or Skyhooks for the MDC.
Kevin Carril, HOAFF auction chair got special mention at the
dedication! It was Kevin’s idea to
gather volunteers to help build the Skyhooks on the previous Saturday
(September 15th); Nick Girondo said that because of
Kevin, the MDC received 200 man hours of labor from the various
organizations. The idea was so
successful that the MDC is considering many more such events, especially for
Crane Creek (Stone Cty MO). Congratulations to Kevin on his achievement!
There
were many wonderful comments and observations from all of the attendees praising this achievement as an example of
cooperation between government (MDC and USFWS), Phelps County, organizations
such as the FFF clubs represented and Mid-Missouri TU and many private
citizens. The best comment came from
Mrs. Chris Bohigian when she said her dream was to
“find a ten-pound trout in this section of Mill Creek someday”.
Upcoming
Events & Programs
Oct 15, 2007 Annual Auction
& Raffle
Nov 2-4, 2007 Fall Outing -
Lake Taneycomo, Branson, Mo
Nov 19, 2007 Jeff Williams -
Arkansas Trout
Dec 1-3, 2007 Annual Banquet
- Bennett Spring
2008 Upcoming Events
Mar 6-8, 2008 White
River Lodge - Mountain Home, AR
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