CLC Club Corner News for April, May, June 2007

IWFF has created a strong network of women fly fishers and encourages you to take the time to network with our sister women fly fishers and get to know each other by using our IWFFTalk@topica.com Discussion Line!  Simply ask to be put on the line by e-mailing Kiki Galvin at angla56@msn.com .  It's a good way for you to meet other members, get to know them, and to fly fish together.  Then, when you meet each other at a Rendezvous or the Festival in October, you can recall all the good times you spent together on a fishing trip—or you can arrange a future trip.  Here are the activities and outings that each of our clubs plan for October, November and December 2006.  You can also find all our club’s contact addresses posted on the IWFF CLC Club Directory.  IWFF continues to be a strong leader and supporter of all-women fly-fishing clubs worldwide, encouraging more women in the sport of fly fishing, which is intended to lead to a fly-fishing industry sensitive to all our needs.

Happy fishing from your Club Liaison Committee!

Nancy Zakon, IWFF CLC Co-Chair, nanzakon@aol.com   ; Kate Blubaugh, IWFF CLC Good Will Ambassador & IWFF CLC Co-Chair, blubaughk@mindspring.com  ; Rachel Andras, IWFF CLC Committee Member, rachel@flywatertravel.com ; Dawn Hewitt, IWFF CLC Committee Member, azsunrise@cox.net  ;  and Misako Ishimura, IWFF CLC Good Will Ambassador, misakoflyfish@hotmail.com and Robin Healy, IWFF CLC Committee Member; info@stoneflymaidens.org.   

United States

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International

Africa

Belgium

Canada - Alberta | Ontario

Ireland

Japan- Tokyo

Sweden - Stockholm

U. K.

Stateside Clubs

Dame Juliana Anglers – Meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month (except January) at the Half Moon Grill in Phoenix, Arizona.  Visit our new website: www.damejulianaanglers.com Contact Dawn Hewitt at azsunrise@cox.net for more up to date information.
Activities/Outings: April – Float tube fishing on Saguaro Lake; May 18-20 weekend at Wood’s Canyon/Willow Springs/ Black Canyon Lakes. Check the website for upcoming events.

Sisters On the Fly – Contact Maurrie Sussman, msussman1@cox.net of Phoenix, Arizona and Becky Clark, waterlemon@ctcweb.net  of McCall, Idaho, for more information.
Activities/Outings:  April 13-15 Florida Party, Lake Butler, FL, contact Paula Grimstead at pollygee01@yahoo.com.  April 12-15 Annual Lee’s Ferry Fishing Event, contact Maurrie Sussman at sisters@sistersonthefly.com .

Check website for more details.  www.sistersonthefly.com

Shasta Mayflies – E-mail mayflies@hotmail.com for meeting times and information. The Mayflies board meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of each month. The membership meetings are generally held on the third Tuesday of each month (held at the Elks Club Lodge in Redding. There is at least one fishing outing each month, usually following the membership meeting. Activities and Outings:  Opening day of trout season is April 28.

The Ladybugs Fly Fishers Club – Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at Lyons Restaurant in Sacramento.  Visit our Club’s website for more information: www.theladybugs.com Activities/Outings: Contact Nancy Siegler at fishen@directcon.net  for more information. April 17^th special guest speaker Don Muelrath, author, photographer, and great fly fisher; April 28 Kiene’s Fly Shop Expo 8AM-5PM; May 19^th Tubing and Casting clinic at Nimbus Flats; May28-31 Henderson springs Trip $834 for 3 nights including lodging, food & fishing. Keep watching for more upcoming exciting activities.

Colorado Women Flyfishers – Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month (except July & December) at Piccolo’s Restaurant at Hampden & Monaco in SE Denver. 

Visit our website for more information: www.colowomenflyfishers.org. Club’s e-mail address: iwffclc@colowomenflyfishers.org 
Activities/Outings: April Salida: Arkansas River (Caddis hatch, rafting); May Waterton Canyon and Pella Ponds (near Boulder); June Green River (Utah) and Blue River. Check in with the website for further details. www.colowomenflyfishers.org

Connecticut Women Anglers on the Fly – E-mail Regina B. Stinson, President, FROSTYDCS@aol.com for Meeting times and our Club’s activities. 
Activities/Outings: 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed.

Delaware Valley Women’s Fly Fishing Association- For more information visit the website: http://www.dvwffa.org
Activities/Outings:  Contact Rabbit@dvwffa.org for more information on updates. 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed. Check in with the website.

Bonefish Bonnies – For Club information contact Nancy Zakon, Founder and President, at nanzakon@aol.com
Activities/Outings: We hold weekly events from January to May, including fishing outings, luncheons with speaker, and several trips.  April 4 - Fishing Outing; April 11 - Flats Tournament; April 18 - Awards Luncheon for the year; April 25 - Final Fishing Outing.  We would be delighted to include anyone traveling this way in our events

Georgia Women Flyfishers – Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at the Delkwood Grill in Marietta.  Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.  Our monthly meetings include a different program speaker each month.  We also have a monthly “Match the Hatch” to which members can bring $2 or a fly to be placed in the hat for a raffle drawing.  The winner receives the hat, the flies, and the money.   Contact Suzanne Chalk, President, smchalk@yahoo.com for more information.  Visit our website:  http://www.georgiaflyfishing.com
Activities/Outings: April 7^th Intermediate Fly Fishing Clinic, Unicori Outfitters, Nacoochee Bend, Helen, GA; April 20^th Fly Tying Night; May 12^th  Sam Rizzio Youth Clinic; May 25-28 Spring 2007 Camping Trip to Boone, North Carolina; June 7^th 9^th FFF SE Conclave; June 22^nd Fly Tying Night. Check in with the website for more details

Chicago Women’s Angling & Casting Club – E-mail Catherine A. Sero, troutgirl_60610@yahoo.com  for Meeting times and to get more information on our Club’s activities.  We have just over 423 members and growing every month.  Our Club covers the City of Chicago, surrounding suburbs, and into the States of MN, WI, IL, IN, MI and OH. 
Activities/Outings:  2007 Outings and activities are still being developed.

Chesapeake Women Anglers – Our Club gave a presentation on how to form a Women’s Fly Fishing Club at the IWFF October 2004 Pocono, PA. Festival.  If anyone needs assistance in organizing, or re-organizing a club, please contact the Outings Coordinator: Norma Kawecki, e-mail: njkawecki@juno.com  CWA is a great Resource to IWFF.  Contact Val Walters, 2006 President vcwalters@starpower.net; Jane Carroll, Treasurer & Membership jdcarroll@verizon.net ; Linda Crouch, Secretary, IWFF Liaison lcrouch55@hotmail.com for more Club information.  Visit our website:  http://www.chesapeakewomenanglers.org
Activities/Outings: 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed. Check in with the website.

Flygirls of Michigan, Inc. – Contact Jennifer Nelson President, matukajenn@yahoo.com ; Dorothy Schramm, Secretary/Membership, jdschramm@oceana.net  for more Club information.  Visit our website for more information:  http://www.flygirls.ws  
Activities/Outings: April 14 Fly Casting Clinic at 1PM Lansing area, contact Dorothy Schramm at jdschramm@oceana.net; May 4-6 Steelhead/Trout Outing, Schmidt Outfitters, Wellston, MI, contact Jenn Nelson at matukajenn@yahoo.com; June 1-3 Flygirls Fly-Fishing School, Grayling, MI, contact Nancy Lounds at yoopnnancy@aol.com; June 15-16 GLC Annual FF School at the MacMullen Center on Higgins Lake, MI, June 23-24 Grayling Area Fishing, Grayling, MI, contact Tina Straw at tinastraw@comcast.net or Kris Nichols at nicholskris@comcast.net. 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed. Check in with the website for more details.

Women Anglers of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minnesota – E-mail Georgia Stinson, President, geoprofish@comcast.net  and Eileen Kendrick, V.P., kendrickeileen@charter.net  for more Club information regarding Meeting times and Club’s Activities and Outings.  Visit our website:  www.up-north.com/womenanglers/ 
Activities/Outings:  May Spring Fishing Trip and New Brighton Kids Fishing Derby; June Annual Fishing Tournament and Buffalo Days/Kids Clinic. Check the website for details.

Gallatin Valley Wad’n Women –E-mail Terese “Tese” Shekitka for more information:  trout.girl@earthlink.net  Visit our website: http://www.troutfitters.com  (GVWW located under the heading Gallatin Valley Wading Women. 
Activities/Outings:  2007 Outings and activities are still being developed. Check in with the website.

Nevada

Sierra Nevada Sisters Fly Fishing Club, Reno, Nevada – Contact Kate Blubaugh blubaughk@mindspring.com  or Lizz Stanley at cyberlizz2004@yahoo.com for more club information. This is a brand new club and we offer you a GREAT BIG WELCOME.  Meeting times are the 3^rd Thursday of the month at 7PM at Reno Fly Shop. . 
Activities/Outings: 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed. Check with Kate or Lizz at e-mail address above for more information.

Joan Wulff Fly Fishers -Passaic, NJ.  – Contact Sam Decker, President, samfishes@hvc.rr.com , Phone 845-754-8226 EST, or Maureen Yaccino, fishoften@optonline.net, and find out about all the latest happenings and for more information regarding Meeting times and Club’s
Activities and Outings: 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed.   

She Fishes! – Our club recently merged with New Mexico Trout Club.  E-mail Jody Springer, shadowbot@aol.com for more information regarding Meeting times and Club’s
Activities and Outings: 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed.

Dame Anglers, Westtown, NY.- E-mail Dawn Foley, dameang@warwick.net for more information regarding Meeting times and Clubs
Activities and Outings, which include: seminars, stream cleanups, and of course, fishing trips.  Our primary goal is to learn and have fun. 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed.  

Juliana’s Anglers, New York, NY. – They meet every third Thursday of the month at the New York Orvis Store at the corner of 5^th Ave. and 44^th Street.  E-mail Karen Kaplan, kwswell@msn.com and Sara Low, V.P. at hoopsnflies@msn.com for more information regarding Meeting times and Club’s Activities and Outings: 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed.

Women On The Fly - Charlotte, North Carolina – Contact Pat King at wotf@mindspring.com or Phone 704-366-1059 EST, for more Club information regarding Meeting times and Clubs Activities and Outings. 
Activities/Outings: 2007 Outings and activities are still being developed. Contact Pat King.

The Stonefly Maidens -Portland, Oregon. – General meetings are held the 2^nd Wednesday of the month at the Iron Horse Restaurant located at 6034 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, Oregon, 503-232-1826 PST.  Our ‘Fishalongs’ are held on the following Saturday following Wednesday’s Speaker.  Activities/Outings:  October 14 Deschutes, October caddis hatch – trout. Please visit the club website:  http://www.stoneflymaidens.org  and write to the club’s e-mail:  info@stoneflymaidens.org  or, contact Robin Healy, Program Coordinator/Webmaster programs@stoneflymaidens.org  or Lisa Wassgren, Membership Coordinator  membership@stoneflymaidens.org  for more club information.

Women in Waders – Activities/Outings:  –  If you wish to fish South Carolina waters, contact the Women In Waders fly fishing club.  Contact Ellen King, IWFF Board Director and Women In Wader's President, at armstrongellen@msn.com  or, Phone 864-573-9233 EST for more club information.

Tennessee Brookies, Knoxville, TN – Activities/Outings:  The club is currently dormant but you can contact Mary K. Jenkins, fishlady@comcast.net for some information of Red Fish fishing. 

Texas Women Fly Fishers, Austin, Texas - Activities/Outings:  November 3-5, Trout Fishing on the Lower Mountain Fork River, Beavers Bent-Broken Bow, Oklahoma, Outing Coordinator Kathy Goodlett and Karen Mitchell.   For more TWFF Club information, contact Sheila Anderson, President,  sjand1957@hotmail.com  or Becky Hand, 2nd Vice President & Membership Chairman,  webmaster@twff.net  TWFF’s website is:  www.twff.net

Reel Women of Utah, Ogden, Utah - Contact Lori Lundell, President, reelwomen@weber.edu. Activities/Outings: See our club website:  http://organizations.weber.edu/reelwomen/    

Reelladies, Roanoke, Virginia –– Activities/Outings:   Come join Reelladies in fishing Roanoke, Virginia waters.  Contact Catherine Wells, reellady@mindspring.com for more club information on outings and activities.

The Lady Highlanders, Abingdon, Virginia – Activities/Outings: October 21, TBA; November 18, TBA; December 9 Christmas Social.  Come join The Lady Highlanders in fishing Abingdon, Virginia waters. Contact Donna Crabtree at dcrabtree@alphanr.com; For information on our outings and activities visit our website at: www.ladyhighlanders.org.

Lady Angler, Olympic Peninsula, Washington – Activities/Outings: Contact Ann Foley at ann@opwomensoutdoor.org or phone 360-796-0533 PST for more club information on activities and outings.  Visit the club website: www.opwomensoutdoor.org 

Northwest Women Flyfishers, Seattle, Washington - Meetings Activities and Outings:   Contact Judy Graham, President, at judybeem@hotmail.com for more club information.  Our club’s e-mail site is NWFflyfishers@hotmail.com  and our website is:  www.northwestwomenflyfishers.com 

Southwest Washington Lady Flyfishers, Kelso, Washington – Activities and Outings:  Contact Marie Job, President at mjob@peacehealth.org, or Chris, Vice President/Treasurer, for more club information about our activities and outings. 

International Clubs

Women Fly Fishing – Contact Fabienne Demarcin, President, for more club information regarding fishing trips and club activities.   E-mail us at:  wff@skynet.be    visit our club’s website:  http://users.skynet.be/livresdepeche/  Website is in French.

Irish Ladies Fly Fishing Association – Contact Ruth Mettler, Lady Angler of 2005.
Captain 2006 Chairman at ilfa@eircom.net for more information.  Activities/Outings:  7th October Fourth Trials at Ballyhass County Cork.  We are anglers who primarily fly-fish from drifting boats for wild brown trout on the lakes of Ireland. The Association works to promote friendship between lady anglers and we encourage ladies who wish to take up an interesting outdoors hobby to join us.  Apart from competition we hold a number of social outings each year to meet and fish and talk.  Our website is: http://irishladiesflyfishing.com/

Ladies International Fly Fishing Association – Contact Moira Cosgrove, President LIFFA at cosgrovemv@eircom.net  for more information on our activities and outings.  Our website is:  http://irishladiesflyfishing.com/people/people_home.html#chair  

Japan Fly Fishers Women - JFFW is the female-member group of Japan Fly Fishers.  Contact Rumiko Nakamura, rumiwff@ybb.ne.jp for information on club outings and events.  The club website is:  http://www.jff.gr.jp  (Click on the "Japan Fly Fishers Women Logo" in the middle of the ‘Home Page’) (Both Japanese & English versions available). The outdoor meeting many in various places from the Kinugawa meeting of still cold early spring to the Tono meeting in the season end of fall with beautiful fall leaves and the Oshino meeting of December are held by The Japan Fly Fishers.

ShiruBett Women Fishing Club of Kenya (SWFCK)- Contact Betty Wamae, Founder at shirubett@yahoo.com for more information. NO LONGER WORKING

Tauranga Anglers Club Incorporated – Activities/Outings:  This is our winter season through September when most fishing lakes, streams and rivers close for all but a few shoreline fishing spots.  We will update you in October on club activities. Some of the bigger rivers like the Tongariro in Taupo remain open along with good winter fishing on some lakes from the shore.  Our club trips are centered around the areas where fishing is still permitted and accommodation is indoors.  It is a time to store away some fishing gear, get out our thermal wear and enjoy the odd day fishing while waiting for the next season to start.  Some say this the best time to fish while others prefer a warm place indoors.  Visit our website: www.taurangaanglersclub.netfirms.com or Contact Pauline Gohns at pgohns@xtra.co.nz  for more club information. 

Nordens Kvinnliga Flugfiskare – Nordic Flyfishing Women - Nordens Kvinnliga Flugfiskare is a Nordic organization for fly fishing women. 
Activities/Outings:  Visit our website:  http://www.outdoor.se/nkf/index.html  (In Swedish & English versions).  Contact Desire’ Herou, President, at desire.herou@swedemail.se  for more club information and if you are interested in fishing in Sweden.  

England Ladies Fly Fisher Association - Activities/Outings:  October 1 Assessment Day European Squad – River, Wharf; December 2-3 International Grayling Championship – River Dee, Whales.  Check out our website:  http://www.elfa.org.uk/   Club contacts are Wendy Miller, President, at  wendy@millerjw.fsnet.co.uk  Paulsue.Sissons@btinternet.com or Kate Royce, Diary of Events, at  kateroyce@aol.com  for more club information.

Welsh Ladies Angling Division (WLAD) - Contact Nica Prichard, Secretary, at this e-mail:  prichard@springgardensfsnet.co.uk  or phone  01239820671 for more information.

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