Cape Fear Flyfishers Meeting Minutes—19 October 2022
President Jim Larson called the meeting to order and held the fly drawing.
Paul Askew won the fly plus a special box of donated flies from a retired fly fisher that Rev included in the draw.
New members present were Rusty Jeter and Kirk Jeter. Allen Adel, their neighbor, and Bill Lees attended as guests.
Treasurer Doug Donaldson reported that there is currently $3,660.88 in the treasury.
An announcement was made on behalf of the St James Fishing Club for a ponds fishing tournament for their members on October 21-23. Details are on their web site.
EVENTS CALENDAR & MEETING TOPICS
- November 16 — Next Meeting at the St James Community Center at 6:00 PM
- December 11— Holiday Banquet at Members Club in St. James from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
OLD BUSINESS
The club fishing trip to Bristol, TN was attended by a group of six members and several spouses. A report will be provide at next month’s meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
None to report.
FEATURED SPEAKER
The featured speaker was Captain Allen Cain of Sightfish NC, a fly and light tackle guide service. He comes highly recommended by Big Jim and Rev Jim. His contact information is : 336-613-2975, allenc4593@gmail.com , www.sightfishnc.com. He spends 9-10 months of the year in the local waters, a few weeks each year in Weldon during the Stripers annual trek upriver to spawn and then two months of the year in Louisiana chasing redfish. His talk was informative and motivating. He showed several videos he has taken with his drone. These videos had more fish than one sees in an aquarium!
The following select slides highlight his presentation.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 PM.
A group of twelve people including Allen Cain continued discussion over dinner at Beacon 315. It was a good discussion and the fish stories grew into the evening.
Respectfully submitted,
Dennis Falkenstein