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news and updates

May 12 meeting: Global Positioning Systems

With the popularity of handheld GPS devises increasing, there are more and more brands and styles at varying prices entering the market.  To help clear some of the confusion over which one to purchase for fly-fishing needs, Chad Ridgeway, Marine Manager from Bass Pro Shop in Denham Springs will be discussing some of the ins and outs of GPS.  He has agreed to bring some examples of the many units out there for a hands on demonstration as well as pamphlets on features and capabilities. If you're one of our many members who have been interested in purchasing a handheld GPS, or upgrading to one with new features, you don't want to miss this program.  GPS has come a long way in the last decade... Bass Pro recently had a handheld from Garmin advertised with a built-in base map and routing, ability to store 1,000 waypoints and reversible routes, expandable memory, electronic compass, barometric altimeter and a 64 MB microSD card for optional downloaded maps. To help understand some of this jargon, come to the meeting and find out and ask your questions of knowledgeable Bass Pro staff.

May 26 Tying Session

This month's session will be at the Cabela's store in Gonzales, time is 7:00pm. Public is invited. In June, the tying session will be at the Bass Pro in Denham Springs.  We will alternate locations for the rest of the year: "Even" months - June, August, October - at Bass Pro, and "Odd" months - July, September, November - at Cabelas. We know afternoon traffic around the BR area is pretty bad, and hopefully this regiment will allow the many members and general public who live in areas like Central, Millerville, Denham, Live Oak, Walker, Hammond, etc. to attend one of these sessions.

2008 FFF Gulf Coast Expo, May 16-17 in Lake Charles

The 2nd annual conclave of the Gulf Coast Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers is coming up soon!  If you haven't registered to attend, go to their website at www.gulfcoastfff.org and do so now!   You can register online in a minute!  Watch dozens of the top fly tiers from across the South, and even the nation. Cast the new rods from the manufacturers on exhibit. Demo paddle kayaks at the beachfront. Fish for reds in Lake Charles (they school at dusk) or anywhere else in the Calcasieu estuary (only minutes to a good fishing spot).  Enjoy boiled crawfish on Friday night and Cajun feast on Saturday night.  Take a workshop with an expert instructor (fee).  Lots of great bargains in the silent auctions and live auction on Saturday night.  This isn't just the ONLY fly fishing show in the region, it's one of the best experiences you'll have this year off the water!

Club members taking back to the marsh

With the Spring Catch-and-Eat coming up at the end of this month (May 31 weekend), members are returning to the marsh in their boats and paddlecraft. It was a cold and windy first few months of 2008, and not an indication of what to expect. At our February meeting, we learned from the state's eminent saltwater fisheries expert that we could expect a better-than-normal speck season.  Recent member trips have found speckled trout to be the most active species, with redfish in decent numbers but still migrating to the ponds.  Bottom line: barring anything short of a tropical storm, our Catch-and-Eat should be just that.