Calvary Outfitters September Meeting Notes and Bunch of Other Stuff

Well, -Best laid plans of mice and men..Mark Roberts was scheduled to be our guest speaker and enlighten us on fishing tandem rigs. Well, Mark got sick - SO - we were able to do a "Focus Group" on a new TV Show produced by Jason Cruise of the Outdoor Ministry Network. Fun stuff and some great input. We are rescheduling Captain Mark for our November meeting which will be Thursday, November 19th at 7:00pm (a week early but we avoid Thanksgiving). Next month for our October meeting we're going to have our own Bill Brison do an in-debt meeting devoted solely to Fly Tying. Bill began fishing nearly a decade ago and what was supposed to be an alternative to competitive golf ended up carrying him "downstream". Not only has he become familiar with fly fishing he has become a prolific fly tyer as well. Bill ties flies for the fish on our local waters but he also ties fully dressed salmon flies which can take up to several hours to complete. Bill has studied with some of the best including Ron Alcott, Stack Scoville, A.K. Best and one of France's best tiers, Jean Paul Dessaigne. And if fishing and tying wasn't enough of a challenge Bill has spent several years learning to make bamboo rods. Bill is truly a "Renaissance Man" of the pursuit of Fly Fishing. Bill plans to share many of the "Tip and Tricks" he has learned and lots of ways to have more fun tying flies. Bill especially encourages us to bring our questions along with our tying gear. This meeting will be Thursday, October 29th at 7:00pm. If you fish a fly you really need to see this one.One final note: Make sure you check out http://www.calvaryoutfittersmontana.blogspot.com/ for the latest information on our planning information for the 2010 Montana Trip.

Calvary Outfitters - August Meeting Notes

Blake Morgan and I gave a FULL report on our trip to Montana celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Lifeway/OMN Fly Fishing Adventure Trips. River reports and pictures of BIG Montana fish were in abundance. I was able to completely enthrall the entire membership in attendance with my report of my fishing skills (at least that's how I remember it). ANYWAY, a good time was had by all and we finished the night with the tying of the Chernobyl Ant, a great topwater fly for trout, smallmouth, and other species..

Additionally, we are now in the beginning planning stages for a 2010 Calvary Outfitters Montana Retreat! For details please see our NEW Blog http://calvaryoutfittersmontana.blogspot.com/ dedicated to planning this trip. PLEASE visit the blog and offer any suggestions you have for this event.

"And May God Bless",
Anthony

Calvary Outfitters - July Meeting Notes

Thursday night at Calvary Outfitters was a Night of Bamboo. Leo deMonbreun did an outstanding job showing the progression of the making of a bamboo rod. Leo started with the bamboo harvest in China and finished with the product and how good bamboo performs on the river. He educated the group on everything from reel seats to tips while covering the entire process of making a handmade bamboo rod. Several members of Calvary Outfitters own and fish bamboo, while others have an interest in future trips to the river with their own cane rod one day.

Calvary Outfitters has become an informative once a month stop for local anglers to meet and talk about fly fishing in a Christian based setting. Next month we are looking forward to a fishing report from Montana as well as local reports from members of the group. I would encourage anyone who is thinking about stopping by to come and get your feet wet with a fine group of anglers.

My thanks to Captain David Perry for providing this report in my absence.

Calvary Outfitters - Three Tips for July

OK, I'm a bit late on this and I'm sorry. Here are my 3 Tips for July;

1. Psalm 23:2 "He leadeth me beside still waters. He restores my soul."
2. Montana
3. MONTANA !!!!!

June Meeting Notes

If you ever wanted to know where the fish were hiding then the June meeting was the place to be. Guide David Perry did an excellent presentation on "reading" tailwaters. Runs, shoals, ledges and pools, oh my - David explained using a great slideshow where the trout hide in these and other places on our Tailwaters. He also was kind enough to help us learn a few tactics on fishing these waters accurately rather than just drowning a fly. Great night -now, if we can just get the Caney to cooperate. See you next month.

Calvary Outfitters - Three Tips for June

OK, pressure is on - June is running out but - AS PROMISED here are the Three Tips for June.

1. Summer Fashion Advice. For those of us of a certain age as men we sometimes have performance problems -with our eyesight - and have to wear glasses. If you are like me and too cheap to buy good polarized prescription sunglasses that you have to change when the sun goes down you can do without, wear clipons or buy "fitovers" (the old men's standard sunglasses). Not wanting to look too very, very old I went on a mission and found these http://www.liveeyewear.com/vistana/index.html. If you wear smaller frames you can get smaller sizes and not have Spiderman eyes. Worth checking out.

2. Popper crazy -here is a dealer on eBay that has a nice selection of Poppers CHEAP http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260315973922 $9.99 plus $3.00 shipping for 20 poppers (5 each of White and Yellow with legs and 5 each of White and Yellow smaller no legs). I bought my 20 and was very pleased.

3. Final thought. At the Last supper Jesus washed the feet of his Disciples -all of them - including Judas, knowing what he was about to do. Next time you're having "Un-Christian" thoughts about someone in your life or holding a grudge think about the Son of God washing Judas feet and "Man up". By the way - I can't take credit for this. I was having an issue with someone and my Bride brought this to my attention. I have to say it's really hard to do.

Calvary Outfitters - May Meeting Notes

Our May meeting, featuring David Knapp focused on midge fishing for trout. David did an excellent job of enlightening us on the life-cycle of a midge and which stages are important to the trout fisherman. Science and biology can be fun - especially if it helps us catch fish. After learning a bit about the midge itself David discussed tactic for fishing the midge - size, types, and techniques. And trust me, any man brave enough to fish a three fly rig is worthy of our attention. Once David completed his presentation we moved on to actually tying a midge. I checked all the vises and there did appear to be tiny little somethings with thread on them so apparently we were successful. I do know that I personally ordered some micro-tubing this morning.
- I now fully expect the group to go out an now become expert midge fishermen.
Our sincere thanks to David for making the long journey to the "Boro" to help us out.

Scripture for our Devotion was 1 Corinthians 10:13 (New International Version)
13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.