Conservation through Education.
April 28th Club Meeting
Last evening we had the pleasure of Henry Ramsay's portrayal of the bugs he sees on trout streams conveyed as masterpieces of fur and feathers. His presentation carefully illuminates the natural characteristics of some of common Easten aqautic fish foods ... followed by his uncanny depictions of them as tied flies in their stages of development.
Some of us were familiar with portions of his presenttion after reading his book "Matching Major Eastern Hatches". (https://www.amazon.com/Matching-Major.../dp/081170730X). But he's added some new stuff.
I was particulalry intrigued by his patterns that imitate early black and brown stoneflies. That's because I've seen a lot of them on the stream in early spring/late winter and never caught a trout with any of my wretched patterns. Hey 'ya never know!
Henry is just the latest in a string of Dame Juliana League hits. Watch here for news about our next event in May : Fishnic'25!
We had a wonderfull turnout for our Annual Fly Tying Bee. 27 guests came to mess with feathers, hooks and dubbing! Thanks to the 7 featured tyers, our three greeters, the members who brough edibles and, of course, our guests. We're hoping some of you who are not members, become one soon! Go here: https://www.djlflyfishers.com/membership
On Monday September 30, President Steve Basson addressed a gathering of the Dame Juliana League clan to honor two incredible leaders: Emerson Cannon & Mike Ferraro!
Emerson has served DJL a long time:
Emerson joined The Dame Juliana League of Fly Fishers in 1972. He became a board member in 1976. In 1982 he became vice president to president Troy Dunn and became treasurer at the same time. Emerson remained the vice president under John Burgos when Troy left and then took over as president when John Burgos retired. Emerson retired from being president in 2023 and thankfully remains a board member.
Mike has been DJL's membership Chairman and an extremely active board member since Pluto was a pup. Under Mike's supervision Dame Juliana League has grown to over 100 members. Both Mike and Emerson are indefatigable fly fishers of a variety of large, exotic species!
In the picture below Emerson is accompanied by his lovely wife Margaret and Mike is with his beautiful spouse Karen.
(Photos by Eric Tschantre)
