The annual chapter fly-tying meeting is a tribute to Dry Fly Dick Frantes, who—for the first twenty years or so— coerced practitioners of the fly-tying art to display their skills. Dick liked to have themes for this annual meeting. Our theme this year? Tie one, tie all! All meeting attendees are encouraged to bring their vise and materials and tie. If you’re a beginner, there will be lots of folks who can give tips and instruction. If you’re an experienced tier, there’s always something new to learn. If you don’t want to tie, come anyway to join in the fun and frivolity. Tall tales are as much a part of tying flies as anything else, so you’re sure to be entertained.
March 4, 2020 Chapter Meeting Junior’s Restaurant 414 South Main St. River Falls, WI 54022 Dinner starts at 6pm (your dime). Meeting starts at 7pm.
Heath Benike, WIDNR Fisheries Supervisor, will join us at our next chapter meeting to talk about Wisconsin’s first ever inland trout management plan. This 10-year plan is the result of hard work, effort and comments submitted by the stakeholder team, general public and Trout Team staff. See page 3 of this newsletter to learn more.
We hope to see you at the chapter meeting when we discuss the future of our trout fishing and fisheries resources.
Erik Helm, a fly fishing guide based in Soldier’s Grove, Wisconsin, will be speaking at our next chapter meeting. Erik is a guide, writer and teacher who has spent countless hours fishing for trout in the Driftless, as well as pursuing steelhead on the west coast and the Great Lakes tributaries with traditional spey casting. Erik owns Classical Angler Fly Fishing and produces the fly fishing blog “The Classical Angler.”
Hope to see you there!
Chapter Meeting
January 8, 2020
Dinner starts at 6pm (your dime). The meeting (movie) starts at 7pm.
Junior’s Bar & Restaurant 414 South Main Street River Falls, WI 54022
The Underwater World of Trout A video written and produced by Wendal “Ozzie” Ozefovich
Join us on November 6th when we go underwater to see and learn how trout interact with the world of a freshwater stream. The video is a multi-part series hosted on the New Fly Fisher YouTube Channel. Randy Arnold, Kiap’s habitat volunteer coordinator, procured a CD instead, so we can skip the ads and enjoy the footage without interruption.
Here are just a few of the many comments about the video: THANK YOU! This video is an awesome piece of work and will surely send me fishing in spots on a river I’d never have casted into! Great info!
Really great work-great shooting, diverse angles, reasonable explanations, useful tips. And just beautiful! Thank you!
This was extremely informative and opened my eyes to a totally different approach moving forward.
Didn’t think I’d sit and watch this for 45 minutes, yet here we are at 47 minutes in. Nice video, I enjoyed it.
Chapter Meeting
November 6, 2019
Dinner starts at 6pm (your dime). The meeting (movie) starts at 7pm.
Junior’s Bar & Restaurant 414 South Main Street River Falls, WI 54022
Join us on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at the Kiap-TU-Wish Open House. Held at Rush River Brewery and sponsored by Bob Mitchell’s Fly Shop, the open house will include casting contests, a fiberglass rod demonstration, fly tying, door prizes, pizza and beverages (not just beer, but water and soda too). We’ll also have displays by the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust, the WI DNR, Kiap-TU-Wish, Bob Mitchell’s Fly Shop and Trout Routes app.
It’ll be a chance to reminisce with old friends, make new ones and tell fishing tales, true or otherwise. Hope to see you there.
Please join us on May 1 for a Kiap-on-Tap chapter social at 6:00-8:30 PM at Rush River Brewing in River Falls. Volunteers have been planning away and it’s bound to be a great night to gather, catch-up with old friends, make new friends and enjoy the final chapter meeting of 2018-2019. Then it’s time for spring and summer and making new memories to share at the next chapter meeting in September. Please join us!
Rush River Brewing Company
990 Antler Ct
River Falls, WI 54022
(715) 426-2054
