EventsOur June meeting speaker will be Joe Kassuba, owner and manager of HIS Rod Shop in Kennewick.
Joe is an excellent rod builder and a relatively new member to the Columbia Basin Fly Casters. Joe is going to be speaking on rod construction and the impacts of methods and materials. Even if you are not a rod builder, for those of you who heard Joe speak several years ago, he will include in his message his unique method of grading rods for weight using pennies. If you went home and applied this method to gage your rods, there might have been surprises for you, as well as some discoveries why your rod and line combination wasn't as effective as you might have assumed.
This is the opportunity to learn how to simply grade your rod weight so that you can obtain a better match of line to rod to improve your casting ability and line control. So don't miss this part of the presentation.
Craig Anderson
Dick Sagara will be our featured speaker at the May 11, 2010 club meeting. Dick is a manufacturer's representative for the fly fishing industry and will be speaking to us about the latest developments in the fly fishing industry. His presentation will focus on the latest in fly fishing equipment (what's new and not so new), current trends and controversies in the "business" of fly fishing and how this affects fly fishers, and how the fly fishing industry better meet your needs. Meeting attendees will have the oporturnity for Dick to answer your questions regarding the fly fishing industry and address your questions and concerns.
April’s meeting will feature Leroy Hyatt. of “Fly Tying the Angler’s Art” . Episodes of the show can be found 
