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Minutes of NBFF Membership Meeting

07/26/2023 – Preiss Heights Park

Pat McQuinn called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm at Preiss Heights Park.

Thanks to John Wortham for making the arrangements for the club to meet at the neighborhood park on the Guadalupe River.  It is a beautiful section of the river.

Ron reported that the silent auction was a success.  There are 2 rods remaining that will be placed on eBay in the coming weeks.  Both of these rods are collectible bamboo and will add value to someone’s collection.

A big thanks went out to Ron and Jerry for all the work that went into developing the club hats.  Ron brought the hats to the meeting and folks were very pleased with the final product.  We have 3 colors to choose from and the logo looks great.  Ron will bring them to our next club meeting in August.  Hats are $25.

Brian reported that the club has a positive balance.  This month the club paid our insurance premium to FFI.  Our only club fund raiser will be the Hold Over Tournament scheduled for November 4^th.  This will be an opportunity for the club to deposit some needed funds back into the account.  We are hoping that the membership will support the event.  Details of the tournament will be emailed and posted to our website.

Pat McQuinn reported that membership was the same as reported in June of 42.  Discussion followed on how to increase the participation of the membership at our club meetings, outings, etc.  It was suggested by Cheryl that a survey be developed asking for suggestions, ideas, etc.  This survey will be developed and distributed with hopes of some good ideas.

Gary Nyland reported that the next fly-tying class will be August 3^rd, 6:00 PM at the Westside Community Center.  He will be sending an email out with further details.

John Wortham and Ed Finger are feeding the fish this week and gave an update.  The fish were active from Maricopa down to the Patio Pool but the activity at #5 has slowed.  They did go down to the S Curve and saw only a couple of fish which further supports the decision to drop this location from the program.  Detailed report for the week to follow.

Pat asked the group if there were any topics of interest concerning future guest speakers, suggestions, etc.  There were two suggestions.  One was to have the Manager of WORD make a presentation to update the club on their activities and efforts specific to conservation and protecting the fishery.  Pat will make the contact.  Kandie suggested approaching Carie Rey who is a FFI certified casting instructor, guide and member of the Texas Women Fly Fishers.  Kandie knows Carie and will make that contact.

Next club meeting will be Saturday, August 26^th at 8:00 AM at the River Acres Park on the Guadalupe across from the Public Library.  We will have a short business meeting and then get in the river for fishing and to practice casting.  8:00 AM is scheduled to beat both the heat and the crowds.

We then enjoyed a cold beverage of choice, fish stories and some of us did some wade fishing.

Action Angler & Outdoor Center- Guadalupe River, New Braunfels, TX is at Black Canyon Anglers.

Folks,

Minutes of NBFF Membership Meeting

06/28/2023 – New Braunfels Public Library

Pat McQuinn called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm at the New Braunfels Public Library.

Pat McQuinn reported that membership was the same as reported in June of 42.

Gary Nyland reported that the fly tying group tied clousers in their last class.  The next class is scheduled for July 6th and they will be tying a top water fly such as a parachute adam.

Ed Sweet reported that the club now has 1821 followers on Facebook.  This is a increase from last month’s 1807. Some new fly tying video’s have been posted to the fly tying page, so check out the web page. (this was added after the meeting)

Ron DeMeyer stated that the Blanco River trip was a success with 7 club members and their kayaks all catching fish. Also, the trip to Living Waters Fly Shop in Round Rock was a good trip.  Chris Johnson presented fishing in Southern Colorado.  There are no outings scheduled over the summer, just too hot.

Ron DeMeyer gave an update on the fish feeding project to date.  The water temps are increasing and the trout activity is decreasing.  Martin Stults and Ron Lucik are feeding this week and Martin confirmed the activity is down from just a few weeks ago.  Temps up to 74 at Little Ponderosa and they saw only one fish there.  The group will need to consider dropping Little Ponderosa from the schedule if the activity remains low to none at this site.

Ron DeMeyer brought two samples of the embroidered hats with the club logo for the membership to comment on.  The hats were well liked and a decision after a vote was taken was to order 3 dozen.  The order will be split equally between 3 colors and should be available by the next club meeting.  The hats will sell for $25. Initially the hats will be sold to the membership and then to the public as well.

A silent auction was held in lieu of the fly raffle.  The items Chris Jackson had received from an unknown gentleman were put up for auction.  This included a number of bamboo rods, a couple of creels, automatic return reels and some other miscellaneous items.  All of the items were sold with the exception of two rods.

Thanks to Martin Stults and Ron DeMeyer for organizing the auction.  The amount made by the club will be reported after the proceeds are counted.  In addition the plan for the two rods that did not sale is to put them up on eBay.

Our speaker was Jim Gray from Austin.  Jim’s presentation was on fly fishing the Llano River.  Jim considers the Llano River to be the best river in Texas for fly fishing with possibly the exception of the Devils River.  Jim also presented his favorite flys for the different species that he ties himself.  If anyone is interested in contacting Jim he can be reached by:

Email: texasjimgray@yahoo.com

Facebook: jim.gray.1213

Instagram: Instagram – @texasjimgray

Pat adjourned the meeting at 8:00 pm.

Texas Hill Country Fly Fishers & Oktoberfisch