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Thursday, January 8,
2009
7:00PM
Folsom Lake Activity Center, Granite Bay,
CA
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speaker for our Thursday, January 8, 2009 club meeting will be Rickey Noel
Mitchell. He is a kayak fly-fishing guide, professional fly tier,
freelance writer, photographer and author. Rickey started out almost
twenty years ago with a fly rod and float tube exploring the lakes and
rivers of Central California. Due to the various limitations of float
tubes and pontoon boats, he progressed into canoes and kayaks as his fly
fishing vessels of choice.
After years of research and on the water experience with these four
types of personal fishing craft, Rickey had a fateful meeting with Tom
Rosenbauer of Orvis. In 2007, Rickey Noel Mitchell’s second book, "The
Orvis Guide to Personal Fishing Craft", was published. Rickey's work can
also be found in various magazines such as "California Fly Fisher",
"Paddler" and "Kayak Fisherman".
A Fresno resident, Rickey teaches fly-fishing and fly-tying to students
of all ages at Fresno Adult School and the summer enrichment program for
children in Fresno Unified. He can be reached at
www.paddleandflies.com.
The program that he will present to the Granite Bay Flycasters will be
on "Fly Fishing from a Kayak". This program will cover the various types
of kayaks, how to rig and use them and the many diverse opportunities
that combining the two arts of fly fishing and kayaking has to offer.
He will also demonstrate unique paddle strokes that he has developed
specifically to facilitate fly fishing and fly casting from a kayak.
Furthermore, he will be tying some of his favorite fly patterns between
6:30pm and 7:00pm in the clubhouse. So please arrive early for this
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