Next Monthly Meeting:
Thursday, March 19, 2026 7:00PM
This month’s speaker will be David Dempsey. David is the ‘real deal”. Here’s what he says:
- California native; fly fishing since I was 10 or 12 (?) not that I knew what I was doing!
- 60 years of fly-fishing experience, most of it in California and the American West.
- One of the early guides for the Redding Fly Shop late 80’s early 90’s.
- Only two guides then– Dirty Ernie and Jerry Gray–with me picking up the overflow!
- Started a series of workshops called “Reel People” to introduce the sport and keep it affordable.
- Developed fly fishing and fly-tying classes at the College of Marin in 1992, this class still offered.
- Founding president of the Mt Tamalpais Fly Fishers.
- Former member of the Taucher Committee, an advisory group to the CA Fish and Game.
- Trout bumming long before most people heard of John Gierach–with DIY forays to Mexico, Belize, Alaska, New Zealand and an “almost secret” location in the South Pacific… as often as my budget allowed.
David has 30 years in the classroom and another 60 years on the water. David will be talking about bugs, flies, rods, reels and casting, not to mention some tips, tricks and techniques. David is a guy that can help us do the basics brilliantly.
Leader’s Line
March is here already and spring will be coming soon. Even though some of our weather has felt like spring already. Hopefully we will be getting more rain to fill are streams and lakes. This will help with the nourishment of our fisheries.
So, get out your equipment and fine tune everything, because I think this year and every year there are going to be great fish outs on the schedule. Please go to the website for all the upcoming fish outs and register.
Looking at the education schedule, it seems like we have a lot of things going on. Take advantage of the clinics – Casting in the park (Monthly), Fly Tying Jam (Monthly), Essential Knots/knot skill building and Tenkara fundamentals/follow-up of three workshops. So go to the education section of website and you will see the whole list and the register for what you like.
The club’s annual dinner is on March 28, 2026, at the Blue Goose in Loomis. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet, please do. Tickets WILL NOT BE SOLD at the door on the night of dinner. This is our one and only fund raiser for the club. The silent auction will have both fishing and non-fishing items to bid on. Fly rods and reels, waders, various flies, guided fishing trips, TV sets, Hosted Ladies Luncheon and much more. We will have a raffle going on with various wine, candy, snack, dog gift baskets, Yeti Cooler, Blackstone grill and much more. We play various games so that you can win a float tube, wader’s, net, cash and more. Raffle tickets CAN be bought on the night of the dinner. So come join us for some fellowship and have some fun out with your club members.
Our elections for the Board of Officers and Directors of the club are held at the June general meeting. Various positions on the Board will be open. They are: Four directors, Secretary, VP of Conservation. The board has a zoom meeting on the Tuesday before the general meeting each month at 6:30 p.m.
If you are interested in joining the Board contact Robert Farley at graywolf95742@yahoo.com.
Everyone have a fantastic March!
Robert Farley, President 
New on the GBF site:
- The GBF Traditions webpage was released https://gbflycasters.org/gbf-traditions/
- The 2026 fishouts and education classes/workshops schedules are mostly complete for the year. Click here and here.
- Check out the freshly updated Library page with reorganized list of all available books and DVD’s.
- See Lower Yuba hatch chart on the articles page, bottom RH side just above the Bill Carnazzo info.
- Launch of the updated Golden Trout Program was announced Nov 18, 2025
- A reminder that all historic FLY TYING JAM recipes back to May of 2017 are available here in a single location under the Fly Tying menu tab. New to fly tying? Check out the educational links at the top of that page.
- A list of GBF member achievers for the Fly Fishers International Fly Casting Skills Development Program is now available here.
- Collectors and aficionados of vintage rods and reels will now find contact info for long-time expert Jim Adams of Adams Angling on the GBF Links page under Vintage Fly Gear, Books and More. A good source to check the value of grand-dads vintage fly gear.
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“Some days they take the fly greedily, and some days not all the art in the world, nor all the flies in the box can lure a rise.”
– “Rogue River Angling”, Medford Mail Tribune, October 26, 1911
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