Minutes of NBFF Membership Meeting
10/23/2024
Dan Cone was not able to attend. Pat McQuinn called the meeting to order at 6:10 pm at the Westside Community Center Library.
GRTU River Clean Up was a big success this past October 19th. There were approximately 90 participants including students from Texas A&M and Texas State.
Catch and Release was discussed. The draft letter the club has written may need to have some revisions made. The discussion was tabled for a later time.
LAP Process = We discussed the status of the LAP process. With the process being complete packets are now being mailed out to the participants.
Holdover Tournament = Ron DeMeyer discussed the Holdover Tournament which is scheduled for November 2nd. Due to parking availability the tournament has been moved from Action Angler to Rio Guadalupe. The tournament will get kicked off at 8:00 AM with Ron distributing the tournament rules and the score card. There are currently 29 participants.
Jud Cole was our guest speaker. Jud presented the history of the Guadalupe River water shed and the building of the Canyon Lake Dam to prevent flash flooding with the lake being filled in 1965. Jud also presented the fly patterns to use early in the season and progressing through the season.
Treasurer’s report = Brien John reported that we are ok and solvent in the account. He has also developed a budget that the board needs to review and approve.
Fly-Tying report = Gary Nyland reported that there were 10 folks that attended the last class. The class tied copper johns which is one of the more difficult flies to tie. Next class will be November 9th from 6:00 – 8:00 at the Westside Community Center. Gary is planning on the class tying the woolly bugger.
Membership report = Pat McQuinn reported that the club roster has 48 active members. He emphasized for members to check their FFI membership expiration date. This date needs to be kept current with notification of renewal being sent to Pat so that the club roster can be kept up to date.
Education = Chris Long was not in attendance so we did not have an education report.
Website = The position of Director of the Website remains open. We need a volunteer to step up and take this position. We had 2000 post likes and we are up to 2.1K followers and the site, both Facebook and the web page are doing well.
Outings = Ron DeMeyer reported that we did not have any outings planned. The next outing will most likely be to Castell in December pending TPWD’s stocking schedule. Jud mentioned that WinterFisch is in Mason on December 7th which could also be a possibility.
Club Survey = Pat reported that the Scouts had been contacted and their first available date for NBFF to present fly fishing will be April 16, 2025. This weekend the Scouts are having a canoeing and fishing campout so this will be a good opportunity for NBFF. Details will be following.
Fish Feeding Program = The feeding program is wrapping up. October 28th will be the last week of feeding.
BigHorn Angler September 2025 = The deposits for this “bucket list” trip are due the first week of November. Anyone interested please speak up. Time is running out.
Fly Raffle = Ron conducted the fly raffle which raised more $$ than it ever has in the past. Thanks to all that participated.
November/December’s club meeting = Our next club meeting will be Wednesday December 11. Due to the holidays November & December’s meetings are combined into one. We will be meeting at the Public Library on E. Commons from 6:00 – 8:00.
