NOVEMBER/

THE TROUT LINE

DECEMBER 2010
VOLUME 10,
ISSUE 6

Published bimonthly

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN MIKE GENTRY

Those of you who attended the chapter’s Annual Meeting Finally, through the good work of TU representative Alan
of Members on October 13 know that this has been a good Moore and others, the first of what is likely to be a number
year for Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited. For the rest of of joint projects with The Campbell Group was undertaken
you, here is a snapshot of some of the highlights of the on Klootchy Creek. The Campbell Group, a major timber-
chapter’s activities during the year ending September 30. land owner and operator, presently may be unique among
forest products companies in its foresight on good steward-
Organizational Activities. The chapter increased its ship and willingness to work with TU on migration/
membership by about 65 members from a few new joins spawning/habitat improvement efforts on the coastal areas.
and from TU National’s reassignment of a number of mem- Last month, TCG permitted the decommissioning of a mile
bers in the greater Portland area from “at large” members of logging road and removal of nine culverts which had im-
to TVTU members. The chapter successfully converted peded fish passage. While TVTU members were not called
distribution of its award-winning newsletter to e-distribution, upon for the hands-on work on that project, word is that TU
resulting in significant cost savings. Board member Mi- was substantially aided in obtaining the funding for that
chael Ellis was persuaded to assume the role of Conserva- work by the demonstrated track record of TVTU being will-
tion Chair. ing and able to focus on, undertake “ownership” of, and
muster work party support for projects on the North Oregon
Project Activities. The most exciting news was the com- coast.
pletion and installation of the long-awaited bridge over the
confluence of Circle Creek with the Necanicum on the Sea- So what’s to come next year? In large part, that depends
side Golf Course so that restrictive culverts and a dirt “dam” on you. The successful Klootchy Creek project has pro-
could be removed. The project was funded in large part by vided impetus for a number of other opportunities for good
an Embrace-a-Stream grant the chapter obtained from TU. work on Campbell Group lands. A December 11 “Ecola
That project had been stalled for months in administrative Creek Field Day” is in the planning stage as TU becomes
and bureaucratic permitting and approval channels. Troy the City of Cannon Beach’s “fish partner”, and TVTU
Laws, a master of tenacity and patience, successfully navi- stands at the ready to plant wilding cedars on new riparian
gated the project through the maze and obtained two mas- acreage being acquired by the City for a forest/watershed
sive bridge support sides. A contractor installed the neces- preserve. Thompson Creek, an early TVTU project, likely
sary concrete base supports and erected the steel under- will receive further attention this coming year. And the end
structure, and TVTU members armed with tools and bottles vision for Neitzel Farm is still to come. In short, the progno-
of Advil wrestled and installed massive decking slabs dur- sis is that this chapter could become involved in as many
ing a Saturday work party this summer. hands-on and follow-up efforts as its members can staff.
So I urge each of you who is able and willing to join the
Neitzel Farm was not neglected during the year. The chap- TVTU Project Work Force to contact Michael Ellis at tvtur-
ter manned several work parties to continue planting native estoration@gmail.com or (503) 285-8543 so we can add
tree starts and vegetation in the recontoured areas sur- you to the list and keep you informed of work party opportu-
rounding the off-channel overwintering areas previously nities. The rewards (fresh air, a sense of satisfaction and
created during the initial phases of work. Doug Ray, chap- often an opportunity to wet a line) are worth the occasional
ter member and freshwater marine/habitat wonder and con- sore muscles.
ceiver of this cutting edge habitat restoration concept, re-
Meeting Schedule: Regular chapter meetings are held at
ports that benefits to the coastal fish stock are already evi-
the LUCKY LABRADOR on the second Wednesday of
dent.
each month at 6:30 PM with a social get-together and the
Inside this issue formal meeting at 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted in the
newsletter or website. Lucky Labrador, Multnomah Village,
President’s Column Page 1 7675 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland, (503) 244-2537. Food
Bridge at Circle Creek - Done! Page 2 and beverages available.
Big Brother, Oh, Brother Page 3 November 10: Jerry Lorang, Oregon Coordinator will pre-
2010-11 TVTU Budget Page 4 sent on Project Healing Waters, a program to teach fly fish-
NW Fly Tyers Rendezvous Page 5 ing and tying to disabled active duty military personnel and
Fly of the Month – Chopaka May Page 6 veterans.
Pictures and News Release Page 7 December 8 - Tom Wolf, TU's State Council President,
Board of Directors Listing Page 7 will discuss issues likely to receive legislative and grass-
Meeting Schedule and Budget Summary Page 8 roots attention in the coming year.
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Culvert replacement at Circle Creek is completed

By Michael Ellis
Thanks to many, many volunteer
hours, contributions of materials and
the dedication of Troy Laws of the
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife the culvert at the mouth of
Circle Creek has been replaced with
a wood decked Bridge. Tualatin Val-
ley Trout Unlimited members should
be proud to have played a small part
in the removal of this fish blocking
obstruction.

On August 28, volunteers from Tu-

alatin Valley Trout Unlimited and the
Rainland Flycasters met at the Sea-
side Golf course to work on the
bridge deck. We were greeted with a
trailer full of material and a partially
completed bridge frame. We finished
laying out and installing the support
structure and then began laying
deck. It was very rewarding to see The pictures were taken by Troy Laws..
the bridge taking shape and due to the number of volun-
teers the work went quickly and steadily.
Thanks again to all the members who participated in these
Since this work party Troy has had the pathways con- work parties. We have helped to improve fish habitat im-
nected to the bridge and the culverts were removed. Here mensely on the Necanicum system
is a message from Troy concerning the culvert removal:
We are planning one more work party for December 11th
“On Sept. 9th The old golf cart crossing was removed from which will involve some Steelhead fishing so keep checking
Circle Creek with full passage achieved at about 9:00 pm. our blog site (http://tvtroutunlimited.blogspot.com/) for vol-
We had our first customers within a ½ hour of removing the unteer opportunities.
culverts, as a few Sea Run cutthroat were spotted swim-
ming through the work area while we were dressing up the
stream banks and planting a few willows.”
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Big Brother? - Oh, Brother!

By Andy Andrews
My wife says that I pick things to death when I get upset. The following is mostly tongue-in-cheek but not entirely.

When is a fishing outing not a fishing outing? When it fails to launch? Maybe. When no one catches any fish. No.
How about if the trip is shot down by the sheriff? Oh, yes! And that is exactly what happened to the Laurence Lake out-
ing on Sunday, August 29th.

That morning I was blasting down I-84 towards Hood River and as I approached the Corbett exit, I remembered that my
new, brand new, waders were still sitting in their box in the family room, not in my gear bag in the trunk. I made the exit
and returned to Portland to pick up the waders. I was going to be much later arriving at Laurence than I had intended,
but I still would get in some fishing on this trip.

On arriving at the lake I saw Jeff from the Clackamas Chapter sitting in his truck. Jeff explained that he had been asked
to get off the lake by the sheriff or face a citation and a fine. The sheriff was in the process of clearing everyone off the
lake who was in a float tube or pontoon boat that did not have a PFD (Personal Floatation Device, type 3, 4, or 5) with
them. There was also talk of a whistle and a light if there were plans to fish after sunset.

According to the sheriff (deputy), a float tube with two or more air chambers is classified as a “boat” by the U.S. Coast
Guard. Oregon law requires that one PFD has to be available for each person in a boat. The sheriff also said that be-
cause an inner tube or child's pool toy has only one air chamber, the person operating said device did not need a PFD.
If you tied two inner tubes together, well then you now have two air chambers and you need a PFD. The deputy was
writing warning citations to everyone on the lake, except for a canoe which had the correct number of PFDs.

I feel there was some connection to Darwin's Theory in all of this business. If you are floating and only have one air
chamber, you don't have to have a PFD. I assume that the law says not to waste resources on someone who is not
smart enough to have more than one air chamber. If you have two or more air chambers, you need to be protected (I
guess?).

To me, (refer to the first paragraph) this business also ties into the Invasive Species Act. If my float tube is now a boat,
do I have to have my tube inspected for invasive species? If I do, how will anyone be able to track the inspections?.
You will have to register your 'craft' with Oregon, and pay a fee for the registration of said craft. I have to pay a registra-
tion fee for my boat once every two years, and this payment includes a fee (tax) to help support the boat inspection sta-
tion. Now, will the owner of the tube have to pass the required Coast Guard safety and navigation test before being able
to register his craft?

You would have to learn that one blast on your horn (whistle) is an indication that you plan to pass another vessel on
their port side. You may have to learn that you have to display two white lights if you are pushing someone or three
white lights if towing someone.

And what about the laws concerning the discharge of a substance that creates a sheen on the surface of the water?
Holy Crap! A lot of us old geezers are going to be in trouble on that one.

What will be the future for jet skis, sailboards, even scuba divers? The money for fees and permits will just be rolling into
the Oregon Marine Board coffers before this is done. My boat has been inspected, but no one checked the bunks on the
trailer, the rails on the trailer and what about the insides of my wading boots? Will fees and permits be required for all of
those items as well?

I can see that all of us are going to be paying a great deal more than the owners of the vessels who brought in the
“Invasive Species” in the first place.
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TVTU Chapter budget fiscal year 2010-11

Oct. 1, 2010 -- Sept.30, 2011
The membership approved the TVTU Budget at the October 13, 2010 Annual Meeting. As required, we are publishing it
in this issue of the Trout Line. In each issue we attempt to update the financial activities of the Chapter for the members.

During the quarter ending September 30, 2010, significant expenditures included $150 for chapter outings and re-
ceipts included $293 from the chapter picnic auction. Non-budget Embrace-a-Stream Grant expenditures included
$4,665 for welding and supplies on the golf course bridge on Circle Creek, and $157 for plants for Neitzel Farm.

TVTU Chapter budget fiscal year

2010-11
Oct. 1, 2010 -- Sept.30, 2011
Cash on hand (9-30-10) $ 4,514.00
10/1/2010
Revenue Current Budget Actual Original Budget

Raffles $ 600.00 $ 600.00

Donation campaign $ 2,300.00 $ 2,300.00
Sale of donated goods $ - $ -
TU New member rebate $ 45.00 $ 45.00
Flea market at picnic $ 300.00 $ 300.00
Advertising $ 300.00 $ 300.00

Total Revenue $ 3,545.00 0 $ 3,545.00

Expense

Newsletter $ 50.00 0 $ 50.00

Meetings: speaker fees $ 1,250.00 $ 1,250.00
Meetings: room rent $ 500.00 $ 500.00
Information/recruitment $ 50.00 0 $ 50.00
Raffle items $ 300.00 $ 300.00
Picnic $ 200.00 $ 200.00
Chapter outings $ 500.00 $ 500.00
Donation Reel Recovery $ 200.00 $ 200.00
Embrace-A-Stream Match $ 500.00 0 $ 500.00
Other conservation expenses $ 250.00 0 $ 250.00
Web Site $ 100.00 $ 100.00
Miscellaneous $ 200.00 $ 200.00

Total Expense $ 4,100.00 0 $ 4,100.00

Expected cash on hand (9-30-2011) $ 3,959.00

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NW Fly Tyers Rendezvous

Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited is a member/associate in the Fly Fishing Arts and Conservation Society. In years past
we have raised money through the Society to support our conservation projects and other worthy programs, including
Reel Recovery and Educational Recreational Adventures. Last year for many good reasons, the Society did not sponsor
a Rendezvous. This year, with help from the many clubs and organizations that are a part of the Society, there will be a
Rendezvous again. The venue has changed and the catering is new, but it is the same unique opportunity to join with 40
or more of the best fly tyers in the Northwest in a friendly, relaxed environment. There will be many wonderful items
available in silent auctions including fly rods, reels, and fishing gear, tying materials, and literally hundreds of flies tied by
the masters. ADMISSION IS FREE!!!
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Fly of the Month – Chopaka May Mike Gentry

Three of us ventured into Eastern Washington this June to
try some new lakes, including Chopaka Lake which is nes- 5. Tie in a dry-fly quality dun hackle butt first just behind
tled at the end of a torturous road a scant five miles short of the wing, put two or three winds of hackle behind the wing
the Canadian border. We’d heard about the fabulous calli- and three or four winds in front of the wing to just behind
baetis hatches, and weren’t disappointed. While the com- the eye, tie off and trim.
monly 20 inch or better fish took every stage of that genus,
the surface fishing was not surprisingly a thrill to behold. 6. Build a head of thread and secure with a drop of head cement.
I’d tied a “special” adult pattern for that lake that I found in a
book, and the fish clearly liked it. I’m sure it will work wher-
ever Speckled Wings are found. Materials
Hook: Tiemco 100, size 12-16
1. Tie in a tail of six or seven strands of moose body hair,
slightly longer than the body of the fly. Thread: Tan 8/0

2. For the wing, cut and stack a bunch of deer hair, pinch Tail: Moose body hair
and hold the butts of the hair bundle with your thumb and
index finger on top of the hook (tips of the deer hair point- Body: Olive-gray super fine dubbing
ing forward over the eye of the hook), and tightly wrap the
bundle on top of the hook with four or five turns of thread. Wing: Deer hair
The tie-down point should be about 2/3 of the way to the
eye. Then with your fingers, bunch and pull the hair Hackle: Dun
straight up and wind four or five turns of thread tightly
around the hook just in front of the tie-in point of the hair
bundle, to “prop up” the bundle as straight up as you can.
Then wrap two or three turns of thread moderately snugly
around the upright bundle to hold it together in an upright
position. The wing should be about one and one half times
as long as the body.

3. Trim off the butt ends of the wing hair as close to the tie-
in point as possible and put a number of thread winds
around the hook between the wing and the tie-in point of
the tail to create a uniform gently tapered underbody of
thread.

4. Wind the thread back to the tie-in point of the tail, and
make a dubbing loop and wind a thin “yarn” of body dub-
bing. Wind the yarn forward to the tie-in point of the wing
so that the size of the body increases slightly , tie off and
trim.

11960 SW Pacific Highway, Tigard, Oregon 97223

Phone 503-639-6400 Fax 503-684-7025
www.kman.com email info@kman.com
“Everything for the fly fisher”
Tackle, Classes, Guided Trips & Worldwide Travel
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The pictures below accompany the article on page two. Both were taken by Troy Laws and clearly show what the work
was all about.

NEWS RELEASE

TU National Convention In Bend, Oregon

The TU Board of Trustees has chosen Bend, Oregon as its location for the 2011 National Convention. The exact date
and location will be announced soon. This is great opportunity for Oregon TU. I hope that when the date and location are
announced that all of you are able to clear your schedule and come down to be part of the convention.

It will be a great opportunity to meet TU people from all over the country, celebrate the triumphs of TU in Oregon and be
part of a great TU convention in 2011.

Tom Wolf, Chair

Oregon Council Trout Unlimited

T U A L AT I N VA L L E Y T U O F F I C E R S A N D B O A R D
Officers Board of Directors:
President: Mike Gentry (503) 636-0061
michaelgentry04@comcast.net Outings Andy Andrews (971) 409-6149
andrewsclga@gmail.com
Vice Pres.: George Wilson (503)-524-3781
george_wilson@comcast.net Raffles: Ron Reinebach (503) 477-6266
ron.reinebach@comcast.net
Treasurer: Erle Norman (503) 293-6006
caddis2000@hotmail.com Conservation: Michael Ellis (503) 285-8543
flyfishmde@gmail.com
Secretary/ Bill Schoen (503) 638-7748
Membership: billschoen@ymail.com Newsletter : Jerry Lorang (971) 404-5154
jerrylorang@aol.com
Board of Directors:
Jerry Heppell (503) 639-9408
Hank Hosfield (503) 228-6553 gheppell5@verizon.net
hankh@imagina.com
Jeff Gottfried (503) 246-8916
Don Hoffman, (503) 297-1626 jeff@gottfried.net
don@dhoffman.net
ONLINE: http://tvtroutunlimited.blogspot.com/
Meeting Schedule: Regular chapter meetings are held at the LUCKY LABRADOR on the second Wednesday of each
month at 6:30 PM with a social get-together and the formal meeting at 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted in the newsletter
or website. Lucky Labrador, Multnomah Village, 7675 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland, (503) 244-2537. Food and bever-
ages available.

November 10: Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc. is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of dis-
abled active military service personnel and veterans through fly fishing and fly tying education and outings. Jerry Lorang
will present the story of PHW in Oregon with pictures and anecdotes about the volunteers and the marvelous men and
women that they serve.

December 8:: Tom Wolf, TU's State Council President, will discuss issues likely to receive legislative and grassroots
attention in the coming year, including the elimination of felt wading soles advocated by Trout Unlimited and other or-
ganizations.

Inside this issue

Reminder: NW Fly Tyers Ren-
President’s Column
Bridge at Circle Creek - Done!
Page 1
Page 2
dezvous
Big Brother, Oh, Brother
2010-11 TVTU Budget
Page 3
Page 4
November 6, 2010
NW Fly Tyers Rendezvous Page 5
Fly of the Month – Chopaka May Page 6
Pictures and News Release Page 7
Board of Directors Listing Page 7
Meeting Schedule and Budget Summary Page 8 SEE Page 5 for details.

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