General Meeting

April 4
Topic: One Flyfisher's Tenkara Journey with John Pelligrin
​ John Pellegrin grew up in Southern California. After he retired in 2007 he moved to Folsom where he joined Granite Bay Fly Casters (GBF) to fulfill a lifelong desire to fly fish. He sampled all fishing venues and settled on mountain creeks, streams and rivers.  He heard a talk by Daniel Galhardo of Tenkara USA at GBF in 2011 and decided that it directly applied to his fly fishing desires. By 2012 he had stopped using rod and reel and concentrated on fishing Tenkara.  Phil started leading Tenkara fish outs and clinics from what he has learned.  He attended the “Oni School” lead by Japan’s premier Tenkara fly fisher Masami Sakakibara.  He has encouraged many others to try it and GBF currently has over 60 people with Tenkara rods and the interest keeps growing. Phil finds Tenkara to be a very rich approach to fly fishing with far more that can be learned and mastered than he originally imagined 


​Fish on,
Tim au Young

Meeting Reminders

  • Name Badge Drawing: Wear your name badge and pick up a drawing ticket at the welcome table to be eligible to win a gift certificate at a local fly fishing shop.
  • Fly Casting Lessons (summer only). Be sure to come early!
  • Fly Drawing -- Please bring ONE (1) fly of your choice to the general meeting put it into the fly cup located on the membership table at the door.  Pick up (2) free tickets for the drawing held at the end of the meeting. If you don’t have a fly to put into the cup or forgot it, you get (1) free ticket for the drawing. You must be present to win 
  • Logo Table: New members are eligible to receive the 10% off any item at the LOGO table.
GENERAL MEETING
For up-to-date information, please refer to the newsletter or club email messages.

First Tuesday of each month. MAP>
Richard Conzelmann Community Center
2201 Cottage Way, Sac., CA 95825

Schedule
6:15 p.m.: Fly Tying Demo
7:00 p.m.: Club events information
7:15 p.m.: Program Presentation