Kiap-Tu-Wish Chapter Meeting: Wednesday, September 7th, 5:00 p.m.
Rush River Brewing Company
990 ANTLER CT
RIVER FALLS WI 54022
Chapter Meeting Social: Pizza, 50/50 card raffle, Door-Prize Drawings and Raffles, Casting for fun, Write-in tip drawing. Paul Johnson flies for sale, Gear Swap (rods, reels, fly tying materials, stream accessories, float tubes), 6:00-8:30 pm.
May The Forth Be With You Chapter Meeting – May 4th, 6 PM, River River Brewing
Come join us for the our last chapter meeting before our summer break. It will be at Rush River Brewing ( 990 Antler Ct, River Falls, WI 54022). The meeting will start at 6 pm, with pizza provided by the chapter (donations accepted). At 7 pm, we will present chapter awards. There will be plenty of time for catching up with friends and telling fish tales. Bring your favorite fly rod to show off, there is plenty of room for casting. 50th Anniversary hats and patches will be available for sale. Star Wars costumes are optional……
I don’t want to jinx it, but the weather is looking good! Hope to see you there!
More Volunteer Opportunities – now with time commitment added.
Thanks so much to everyone that has volunteered for BIC, ECO Day, Earth Day, and RF Clinic. We need you help to keep these great programs going!
A few of our Trout in the Classroom programs want help for their trout release field trip at Willow RIver State Park. We help Dean Hansen with in-stream bug collection and identification. We also give fly rod casting lessons to the kids (chapter rods will be used). We meet at the park and you do not need to pay for park entry. Bring your own fly rod and fish in the park after we are done! We have the following dates and times:
Amery Intermediate School: May 12th, 10:30 – 12:30.
Malone Elementary (Prescott): May 18th, 9:15 – 11:30.
Greenwood Elementary (River Falls): May 27th, 9:30 – 11:30.
I’ve still only heard from a couple people and we would like to have 4 per session. If you can make it, please email me (Greg Olson) at driftless23@gmail.com.
Trout in the Classroom News:
The Wild Rivers Conservancy St. Croix Youth Summit was April 21st. Steve Papp, his Greenwood Elementary students, and I gave a presentation on Trout in the Classroom.
Check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMEHGgkNbmk
Here is a photo of students of Joe Young’s Rocky Branch Elementary, teaching the younger students about TIC.
Again, thanks so much for helping with these programs, they can’t continue without you!
Hybrid Event – Option for in person or ZOOM (ZOOM link below)
Where: Radisson-River Falls/Juniors, River Falls, WI (Best Western is now Radisson)
When: April 6th
I know what you are thinking. The April Chapter Meeting, aka the chapter business meeting….. boring.
Well, think again! Sure, we have some business to take care of for 15 minutes or so and then we will have…… drum roll please…..
Nate Anderson – WI DNR Habitat Specialist – Bureau of Fisheries
Nate’ talk will be “WDNR Project Recap of 2021 and Project Update for 2022 Along With Easements Updates.”
You want more! We’ve got more! Next up…
Kasey Yallaly – WI DNR – Senior Fisheries Biologist
Kasey’s talk will be “2021 Large Stream Survey and Rush River Creel Survey Results.”
But wait! There’s even more! As a special bonus to those showing up in person, we will have a very limited number of KIAP 50th Anniversary hats (we almost sold out at the Expo). Only $20 which covers our cost!
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS MEETING!!!
Kiap-TU-Wish is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: April Chapter Meeting
Time: Apr 6, 2022 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Hybrid Event – Option for in person or ZOOM (ZOOM link below)
Where: Radisson-River Falls/Juniors, River Falls, WI (Best Western is now Radisson)
When: March 2nd
Program: Dry Fly Dick Frantes Open Tying Event (and via ZOOM)!
Observe and ask questions of such KIAP fly tying luminaries as Jonathan Jacobs, Scot Stewart, and others! Otherwise, it is a fun, open tying event for anyone to participate!
Also, fly tier extraordinaire, Scott Hanson, will be tying at Juniors and live via ZOOM!
If you intend to tie, bring your vice, materials, and any extra lighting you require (in which case bring an extension cord).
A word about Dick Frantes, legendary KIAP member for whom our fly tying meeting is always dedicated to, in the words of Jonathan Jacobs taken from the April 2004 issue of RipRap.
“Dick was an able, ardent and intelligent conservationist who worked hard to stay informed on pertinent issues and to take action on them. He wrote to government officials to urge them to do the right thing. He raised money for conservation organizations. He worked hard for Kiap-TUWish, serving as chapter secretary for four years and as chair of a membership committee for several more. He made it a point to attend TU meetings both here and in the Twin Cities and was a member of the Rush River-Eau Galle Sportsmen’s Club, the Federation of Flyfishers, the Nature Conservancy, the, Audubon Society and the St. Paul Fly Tiers Club as well. And he rounded up fly tiers for our tying meetings, too, which is reason enough to memorialize him every spring. You would do well to pattern your membership in TU after his. You could do worse than to pattern your angling attitude after his, too, because I don’t think I’ve ever known anyone who took more pleasure from fishing and I am certain that I’ve never known anyone who more enjoyed displaying the persona of a trout angler. Dick was, by any reasonable definition of the term, a character. It was as if he’d read Robert Traver’s stories of fishing-obsessed souls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and decided that he ought to replicate that lifestyle here. Then again, perhaps the judge heard of Dick and modeled his motley crew after him. He surely did his best to look the part of a cartoon angler. His standard fishing uniform consisted of a U.S. Postal Service pith helmet (which was heavily festooned with truly godawful looking flies, placed there, I think, to distract fellow anglers from looking at the fly that was at the end of his leader), a khaki shirt with the phrase “Save A Worm’s Life —Fly fish” emblazoned across its back, a vest that Lee Wulff himself might have sewn, and canvas waders with old khaki pants worn over them to protect them from punctures. I never quite figured out what held the pants up, as they were never zipped. This created, at first glance, quite an arresting vision.”
For those not comfortable meeting in person or unable to make the meeting in person, use the ZOOM link below to attend the meeting virtually to watch Scott Hanson tie.
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Topic: Dry Fly Dick Frantes Tying Event
Time: Mar 2, 2022 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Kiap-TU-Wish 50th Anniversary State of the Union Address, 4 x 100 Drawing, and Logo Reveal
First things first, we still have raffle tickets left for the fish pond bag. Please contact Tom Schnadt at thschnad@hotmail.com or 651-245-5163. It is a super nice bag, let’s sell all the tickets!
Raffle sales will end at 8 am on Wednesday, February 9th.
Next – keep bidding at our on-line auction. Plenty of great stuff for a great cause! BTW, you deserve a trip to Patagonia!!! Bidding ends at 8 pm on Thursday, Feb. 10th.
Lastly please join us this Thursday, Feb. 10th at 7 pm at the ZOOM link below. We will have a state of chapter address, followed by the logo reveal, and the 4 x 100 drawings!!!
Please join us for this exciting evening!!!! Use link below:
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Topic: State of the Union, Logo Reveal, and 4 x 100 Raffle Drawing
Time: Feb 10, 2022 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Hybrid Event – Option for in person or ZOOM (ZOOM link below)
Where: Best Western Campus Inn/Juniors, River Falls, WI
When: January 5th
Program: “The Croix” by Brian Vander Maazen, St. Croix River Guide
Brian is an experienced St. Croix River guide, as well as, hunting guide. He is the host of Amaazen Outdoors Podcast. He will share locations, technique, tips, tricks, and flies for taking musky and smallmouth bass on the fly in the St. Croix River.
For those not comfortable meeting in person or unable to make the meeting in person, use the ZOOM link below to attend the meeting virtually.
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Topic: January Chapter Meeting
Time: Jan 5, 2022 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Happy New Year!!!
