Officers

Rick Radoff

President

Rick has been with the club for seventeen years, and has been Vice President twice and President and Past President once. Rick has been involved with most of the club’s conservation projects and has been the lead co-chair on the Salmon and Trout Education Program from its inception in 1989. Rick’s other interests are flying and bird hunting. Rick is a General Contractor and mostly remodels schools.

Bill Carnazzo
VP Membership

Bill has been fly fishing for nearly 50 years and is a popular fly fishing guide on the Upper Sacramento, McCloud, Rubicon, Lower American, and North Yuba Rivers.  His guiding career began in 1995, and intensified in 2003 when he retired from his position as Chief Assistant City Attorney for the City of Sacramento.  A master fly tyer who ties at many fly fishing shows, Bill has created many "fish catcher" fly designs, including October Caddis imitations such as Bill's Stick Caddis.  When not on the river or at the tie bench, Bill works part time at Kiene's Fly Shop and teaches fly fishing and fly tying at Sierra Community College.  He also gives fly tying classes for Granite Bay Flycasters.

Bill joined the club in 2006, being one of those guys we hear about at every meeting who "had heard of the group for a long time and finally got around to attending a meeting". He quickly realized what a special group of people are members and how active and professional they are. He was introduced to fly fishing years ago by some colleagues at an American Water Resources Association meeting in Jackson Hole with a river boat trip on the Snake River with a guide from Jack Dennis' group. Bill began fishing at a very early age with his family and learned to appreciate Wild Trout by visiting the South Fork Kings River near Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Forest. In 2004 he was selected to be the "Watershed Coordinator" for the North Fork American River Watershed. He retired from the U.S. Geological Survey in 2003 after a 30 year career with the Federal Govt. as a "Hydrologist". He has a B.S. Degree in Natural Resources from Humboldt State and an MPA from Sacramento State.

Fran has been a club member for seventeen years along with husband Rick. Fran was Secretary for the club once before, and has also worked on conservation projects throughout the years and has helped Rick greatly with the Salmon and Trout Education Program. Fran along with Rick has raised two wonderful girls that grew up attending many fishouts and club picnic’s throughout the years along with many other long time members of the club. Now it is time to have the Grandchildren to come along. Fran is the hard working other half of Radoff Construction, Inc.

Directors

Mike Kaul has been a teacher with the San Juan School District for almost twenty years. He teaches special needs students at Mesa Verde High School and has been known to take some of his students out fly fishing from time to time as a reward for working hard in his classes. This has paid off for both Mike and the students, most of which have ended up out fishing Mike. This proves that Mike is an excellent teacher. Specializing in still-water fly-fishing, Mike has created his own fly patterns that work well for him on local waters. He also co-teaches our popular bent wood net building clinic.

Joe Aichroth

New Member Coord.
(Dir. thru 2008)

Joined the club at the end of 2003 to learn more about fly fishing in California after moving to this area from the SF Bay Area. I enjoy attending the various clinics, fishouts and classes offered by the club to improve my skills. Participated in several club functions, completed the Golden Trout program this spring, and chaired the 2005 and 2006 GBF Annual Dinners and fund raising event. The picture's a brown trout that I caught in the Trinity River (on a fly) about 3 years ago.  It was a snowy morning and a beautiful drift.

Ron English

(Dir. thru 2009)

Ron is a twenty year club member and served as Treasurer once and once as a board member. Ron has also worked on most of the club’s conservation projects throughout the years. Ron has been Programs chair and worked on many dinner committees’. Ron is always there when something needs to get done, and has donated materials and time and equipment to various club projects, including the clubhouse. Ron is the other hard working half of R T English Construction Inc.

Karl Wolff

(Dir. thru 2009)

Karl has been a club member for four years, and right away jumped in with both feet, serving on the board for two years and dinner committee for two years also. Karl has been involved with many club fishouts and enjoys working with the membership. Karl is a District Sales Manager with responsibilities in nine Western States.

Jack Ramos

(Dir. thru 2010)

Bob Williams

(aka Sammy Salmon)

Member at Large

Bob has helped GBF by volunteering last year as librarian and played the role of Sammy Salmon at the 21st Annual Dinner, where he exuberantly greeted members upon their arrival and let the fearless ones smile for the camera from between Sammy's cavernous jaws! He promises to do something about the "fish breath" for next year...

Art Hawkins
Past President

I was introduced to fly fishing in 1992 and went fishing a couple times a year.  In 2002 I realized that I wasn’t doing enough fishing, primarily because I was retired (had been since 1999) and all my fishing buddies still worked.  So I joined GBF and got involved quickly.  I signed up for numerous clinics, went on lots of fishouts, and completed the Golden Trout program. I have also given back to the Club that has provided me with so many benefits; Michael Kaul and I have been conducting numerous net building clinics for 4 years, I took on the Treasurer’s job for 3 years, I volunteered to be the Annual Dinner Ticket Sales Coordinator for the past 3 years.  All of this has provided me with the opportunity to meet and really get to know many of our 300 members.  As for my prior life, I spent 35 years working with numbers – started as an Accountant and ended as VP Finance.  My other interests include woodworking, bonsai trees and snow skiing.  My recommendation to GBF members: volunteer and get involved, you won’t regret it.

2007-8 Committee Chairs and Volunteers

Advertising Chair

Open position - Volunteer needed (new position as of March, 2007)

Annual Dinner

Mike Howes

Casting Instruction

Sturmer White

Classroom Aquarium Education Program

Rick Radoff & Frank Stolten

Outings Committee

Bill Carnazzo & Mike Suslin & Denny Welch

Fly Tying

Bill Carnazzo & Paul Egan

Fly Tying Jam

Jim Holmes

Gatekeepers

Michael Gervais & Jack Peuler

Golden Trout Program

Larry Goodell

Historian

Warren Schoenmann

Leader Editor

Frank Stolten

Leader Layout/Publisher

Vivian Mevorah - Rosebud Secretarial Services

Librarian

Bill & Ellen Tydeman

Merchandising

Taylor Yates & Dennis Baker

Monthly Speaker Programs

Tom Bartos & Ron Hayashi

New Member Coordinator

Joe Aichroth

Refreshments

Monthly volunteers

Salmon Festival

Pete Peterson

Webmaster

Kent Ripley & Scott Eldridge