General Meeting Schedule
All meetings are held at the Lakeside Pavilion - 2565 California Park Dr. Chico, CA 95928 at 6:30pm on the second Wednesday of each month October through May. The other months are for fishing! The first hour is fly tying with the guest speaker at 7:30pm.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025: Lance Gray of Lance Gray and Company Fly Fishing will be doing a streamer fly-tying demo at 6:30pm. At 7:30pm he will begin his presentation "Streamers: Current Trends and Techniques". At this time of year, the rivers are prime for streamer action! We will have our usual raffle at the end of the presentation before leaving.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025: Our own Ed Bruno will present on his experience fishing Northern California. Ed has fished almost every rivulet of water in California over several decades. He has completed at least one itineration of the California Heritage Trout Challenge. He has great slideshows of all kinds of places he has fished with his family!
Saturday, March 8, 2025: 53rd Annual Fundraising Crab Feed 4pm to 9pm. Raffle, Silent Auction, Live Auction. This is our annual fundraising event! Dine on the freshest Dungeness crab, see old friends, meet new friends. This money helps us support all kinds of community programs. Almanor Fishing Association; Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve; California Trout; Casting in the Park; Chico Endangered Species Faire (Upcoming); Fly Fishers International; Fly-Tying Classes (in development); our General Meetings; Hooked on Fishing (it's coming back!); Project Healing Waters; Salmon (and Steelhead) in the Classroom; and a lot more!
Wednesday, April 9, 2025: Tim Fox of Mr. Fox Outfitters is our guest presenter. Tim is currently one of the hottest guides for both fly fishing and hunting! He has generously donated guided trips to our Annual Fundraising Dinner, and this year is no exception. Tim's presentation is based on his years of working with clients and is entitled "The Most Common Client Mistakes and How to Fix Them". Everyone will benefit from this presentation, even if you are one who typically does not use a guide to fish!
Wednesday, May 14, 2025: We are pleased to have Cal Trout photojournalist, Mikey Wier, be our presenter on "The Klamath River: Past, Present, and Future." Mikey has followed the progress of the Kamath River dam removal before the removal process even started. As we all know, this is a very controversial project with many strongly suggesting this project was the end of a fishery. However, it appears that the dam removal is the showing something very encouraging and heartwarming...