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Thursday, October 13, 2005 GBF Meeting Speaker Dan Blanton Flyfishing Hall of Famer |
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Fly Fishing for Stripers at San Luis Reservoir and O'Neil Forebay
We are truly lucky to have Dan Blanton, one of the foremost experts on striped bass fishing, giving this month’s presentation at a time when stripped bass fishing is in full swing. As you might know, Dan has received the Federation of Fly Fisher's 1990 Arnold Gingrich Memorial Life Membership Award and is a member of the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame. San Luis Reservoir and its equalizing basin, the O'Neil Forebay, combine to make one of the finest fly fisheries for fresh water striped bass in the world. These fisheries are located on the western rim of California's Central Valley, not far from the rural community of Los Banos. The largest striper taken on a fly, to date, pushed the scales to 54-1/2 pounds and was taken by veteran striper angler, Al Whitehurst. Whitehurst and others, like Len Bearden, Steve Santuce, and Dan Blanton, have all taken stripers weighing more than 30 pounds on a fly from these impoundments. In December of 1994, Len Bearden landed his largest striper ever, a 49-pounder. Dan has been fly fishing these waters since 1968 when San Luis Reservoir was at minimum just a pool. His slide show takes you from A to Z on how to successfully fly fish these productive waters - when, where and how-to, from both a boat and a float tube. Dan's excellent presentation will put you there, right on the deck of his skiff, his fly rod in your hand. Most of his techniques for these two impoundments will work anywhere fresh water stripers are found.
When: Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 7:00 PM Where: Granite Bay Flycasters Activity Center, Folsom Lake, California |
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