Congratulations to Rick Lang, winner of the custom built Cane Rod that was donated by Don at www.bamboorods.ca
Category Archives: Notices
Fly Tying with Phil Rowley – Saturday, April 6th
Dubbing Loops – Tips and Tricks
Join Phil Rowley for a full day of fly tying on Saturday, April 6th!
Phil will spend the day teaching a variety of techniques for using dubbing and dubbing loops to produce unique and productive fly patterns.
This is primarily a tying technique seminar aimed at tyers who have basic skills and want to learn some new tricks at the vise.
Materials will be supplied by Phil – just bring your tools, thread and vise!
Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at Club Meetings, at the Northern Lights Fly Tyer’s booth at the Edmonton Boat & Sportsmen’s Show or email inquires to tickets@nlft.org.
For more information about Phil Rowley, check out his website: Fly Craft Angling
Cane Rod Raffle
Tickets are now available for the Cane Rod Raffle. The rod was custom-built by Don Andersen of bamboorods.ca. It is a 7’6″ 4/5 weight rod with an extra tip section. The draw date is March 27 at the club. Tickets will be available at all regular meetings as well as at the Sportsmen’s show. $5 each or 5 for $20.
7 New Videos were posted this week on our Youtube Channel
Several new videos have been posted on our channel this week. Use this link to visit the channel for a listing of our video collection.
Silent Auction Fundraiser
The fall fund raiser is only a few weeks away! We need to pre-book meals for the caterer and the cutoff for ticket sales is October 26. There are only 2 more club meetings (Wednesday nights October 19 and 26 at Queen Mary Park community hall) where tickets will be available.
There’s going to be quite a variety of items at the auction:
- Fishing items: rods, lines, flies, reels, float tube, and an assortment of other gear
- Golf bags, clubs, shirts, balls
- Gift certificates, dinners out, auto services, spa certificates,
Fall Fund Raiser Tickets
Tickets are now available for the fall fund raiser. They will be available at regular club meetings (7:00 Wednesdays at Queen Mary Park) from now until October 26. Price is $30 and includes a Prime Rib Buffet.
Many items have been collected, and it is promising to be a great event. Please continue to collect donations so we can make this event extra successful. It is our major fund raising event for the year.
Weekly Story Time
It might sound a little silly, but we’ve had great response to our new agenda item at the weekly meetings. Ken started in week one with pictures and a story about a float plane trip to Kakwa Lake. Last week Paul told us about his bear encounter and Mervyn showed some pictures of flies as seen from the fish perspective. Bring your pictures and stories to the meetings and share for a few minutes!
Feb 23 meeting: Fly Fishing for Lake Trout
Duane Radford will present destinations, tactics and flies. Duane is an award-winning writer and photographer and is currently Vice President of the Outdoor Writers of Canada. He’s also an accomplished wild game chef and has written a fish and wild game cookbook. His writing and photographs have appeared in many outdoor publications in Canada and the United States. Duane is the former Director of Alberta’s fisheries branch as well as having worked as a regional director and regional fisheries biologist. He is certified as a Fisheries Scientist by the American Fisheries Society and has fished throughout much of Canada.
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting
When – January 19th 7:00 p.m.
Where – Queen Mary Park Community League
What – Annual reports, election of officers for 2011 and minor changes to club charter
Project Healing Waters / Trout Unlimited Edmonton Dinner & Auction
1ST ANNUAL EDMONTON DINNER & SILENT AUCTION
IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT HEALING WATERS & TROUT UNLIMITED EDMONTON
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
MAYFIELD INN & SUITES
16615 – 109 AVENUE
EDMONTON
Dear Friend of Trout Unlimited Canada
Project Healing Waters Canada is pleased to partner with the Northern Lights Fly Tyers, Trout Unlimited Edmonton Chapter, for their 2010 Dinner and Silent Auction on October 23, 2010. We are excited to have partnered with the Edmonton Chapter of Trout Unlimited as this group of dedicated fly tyers and anglers forms a substantial part of the training and deleveopment of new fly-anglers through the Project Healing Waters Program.
Your support of the 2010 Northern Lights Auction and Dinner supports the Cold Water Conservation initiatives of Trout Unlimited Edmonton Chapter in addition to providing the dedicated funding necessary to provide the Healing Waters program to our clients. PHWFFC clients are comprised of Canadian Forces Soldiers as well as civilians who are suffering severe physical injury or Post Traumatic Stress and are looking for alternative methods for rehabilitation.
We offer the ability to discover fly-fishing in a safe and controlled environment at the hands of experienced anglers with a passion for the sport with attention to the conservation needs of our cold water resources. Our program supports: members of the Canadian Forces, RCMP and Municipal Police Forces, Corrections Canada, Fire and Emergency Services personnel and Canadians who have suffered amputations.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
Tickets Now Available at:
The Fishing Centre – 12922 82 St NW Edmonton, AB (780) 473-4498Order by Phone (Tickets are $40 each).
Mervyn Hasler 780-819-5106 or email: Juroch@telus.net
Barry Wright 780-910-8375 or e-mail: wrightb@telusplanet.net
Kerry Pitt e-mail: projecthealingwatersca@gmail.com
We are also accepting donations of goods or services for the dinner, please inquire above on how you can help out.
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Canada
Kerry Pitt, President PHWFFC Canada
Greg Scratchley, Media Coordinator email: gscratch@gmail.com twitter: @PHWFFCanada
Northern Lights Fly Tyers – Trout Unlimited Edmonton
Barry Wright, President